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.

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.