With just under 500 days left until the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun, Sweden, the Coordination Group met on 10th and 11th October 2013 with an eye on the upcoming test season which will see Falun host four major international events, including the Viessmann FIS World Cup Finals including all Nordic disciplines on 14th – 16th March 2014.

FIS and Infront Sports & Media are extending their collaboration for news coverage and distribution of the FIS World Cup competitions for the 2013/14 and 2014/2015 seasons.

The Olympic flame for next year's Winter Games in Sochi has arrived at the North Pole, the head of the organizing committee has said.

Mogulists from different regions take part in a training camp in Zermatt (Switzerland) these days.

The experienced Austrian snowboarder Siegfried Grabner, who competed in slalom discipline, announced he will retire after the Olympic Games in Sochi.

After the Freestyle and Snowboard test events in February 2013 and several inspections in the following months to optimise courses and working processes, all venues are now measured to meet international sports standards with only a few adjustments remaining.

A film about sports in Sochi will come to cinemas in January.

The American freestyle skier Simon Dumont talks about his preparations for the Olympics.

A monument in honor of Nikolai Guskov, the first owner of an Olympic medal in a history of Nordic combined in Russia will be opened in Petrozavodsk.

For those who dream about visiting Sochi and it's olympic facilities a special project "2014 steps to Sochi" has been invented by the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation.