Olympic excitement was palpable this week as gold medalist Lindsey Vonn gave a thumbs up to the new PyeongChang downhill track in South Korea and was named as the first International Games Ambassador for the 2018 Winter Games to help promote the sport of skiing.

With his retirement from the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in March, Didier Defago (SUI) is moving onto a new role in the skiing world.

SnowKidz Organisers in Grandvalira (AND) have developed a unique snow sports area for kids called Montmagic.

The Czech Ski Association has chosen to replace head coach Ladislav Rygl.

After weeks of speculations, Slovenian Tina Maze has finally announced her plans for the 2015/16 season in a letter posted on her online channels.

The Finnish ski jumping teams for the 2015/16 season were officially announced on Thursday and various well-known names were missing on the lists.

In the series "FIS Ski Jumping-Talk" we present interviews with ski jumping athletes and officials. Today: Eva Pinkelnig (26), Austrian ski jumper.

The French Ski Federation has published their teams and coaching staff for the season 2015/16 and former jumping coach Jerome Laheurte will take over the post of the head coach after Etienne Gouy left after the last season.

A number of ski jumpers have announced their retirement this spring, among them former overall World Cup winners, World Champions and 4-Hills-Tournament winners.

Cross Country Canada (CCC) announced its national-team nominations Tuesday with little change to the World Cup and Development rosters.