The first stage of the eight FIS Worldloppet Cup 2016 races is over. 1230 participants skied the 38th edition of La Foulée Blanch in Autrans/FRA. For the first time it was part of the official Long Distance Skiing World Cup of FIS and Worldloppet and hence many elite skiers found their way to Autrans.

More than ten years since the last stop of the snowboard cross World Cup tour took place in Germany, the world-wide contest series is finally coming back to the most populous member state in the European Union.

More good news for Nordic Combined fans

One of the two competitions, that had to be canceled in Ruka/Kuusamo late November was now rescheduled to Lahti (FIN).

With the 2016 Grand Prix Tour stops being once again sanctioned as FIS Snowboard Freestyle World Cup events, Mammoth Mountain, CA will celebrate its debut as a World Cup host by organising this season's first events of the three-stop US national contest series.

It was another exciting race day in Watles with Marielle Thompson (CAN) back on top of the podium and Jonas Lenherr (SUI) scoring his first-ever World Cup win.

Trailing first-run leader Ana Drev by a mere 0.02 seconds, Viktoria Rebensburg pushed the limits in the second run to claim her first win of the season in a combined time of 2:29.51.

Sweden's Ida Ingemarsdotter and Stina Nilsson won the ladies' team sprint competition in Planica, Slovenia.

The 86th Lauberhorn races are in the books. After Kjetil Jansrud’s win in the alpine combined, Aksel Lund Svindal’s win in the downhill, another Norwegian, Henrik Kristoffersen, finished the day atop the podium after winning the slalom.

Norway won gold at the Ski Flying World Championships for the third time. Anders Fannemel, Kenneth Gangnes, Johann Andre Forfang and Daniel Andre Tande took a clear win ahead of Germany and Austria with 1467.7 points.