The FIS Council held its Autumn Meeting at the FIS Headquarters in Oberhofen (SUI) all day on Sunday 3rd November and dealt with a full agenda, including preparations for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

Today, 1st November at 00:07 the first electric train “Swallow” left Sochi railway station to go to “Krasnaya Polyana” ski resort.

German top Cross-Country skier Jens Filbrich crashed on roller skis during a treadmill workout and suffered a brain concussion.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) would like to remind FIS member National Ski Association.

The 2013 FIS Snowboard World Cup season's last parallel giant slalom race scheduled for March 8, 2014, in La Molina has to be cancelled due to the continuing difficult economic environment in Spain.

Russian Central Bank said Wednesday that it has issued a special banknote edition for the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

Berlin (dpa) - The German ski team aims to snatch at least 15 medals at the Sochi Winter Olympics, the national ski association (DSV) said Wednesday.

World champion Sarah Hendrickson shed her knee brace a week and a half ago and remains on track for a January return to ski jumping, she said Monday.

The season is back in action this weekend with the first World Cup taking place as per tradition on the glacier in Soelden. In this Behind the Scenes video we show you what all it takes to put together a race and how athletes are preparing for the kick off of the new season.

Sochi 2014 organisers have unveiled the official uniform for volunteers and staff at the Winter Olympics.