The Prime-Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitriy Medvedev signed an order about building of a new sport center for children in Sochi.

A Soyuz capsule has returned to Earth, carrying the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch after it was taken on its first spacewalk as part of the Russian lead-up to the Winter Games.

November 10 - Munich will not bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics after local citizens voted against it in a referendum held today.

Russia has joined the service truck revolution in cross-country skiing.

Today, 8th November, the Russian national team in ski-cross left Austrian glacier Stubae.

A rocket carrying the Olympic torch successfully blasted off Thursday from Earth on its way to the International Space Station and its first spacewalk in history.

The United Nations General Assembly has maintained its tradition of the past two decades, adopting a symbolic resolution for an international truce during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

November 6 - Pope Francis with Trentino 2013 chairman Segio Anesi and the Universiade torchPope Francis today lit the Torch for the Trentino 2013 Winter Universiade during a special ceremony before a large crowd in St Peters Square in Vatican City.

The Swiss skier Michael Smidt, the Olympic Champion in ski-cross 2013, won’t take part in the first World Cup which will take part on 6-7 December in Canadian Nakiska.