It is a country perhaps more associated with sand than grass but Lebanon has just held a World Cup event. In winter it also has some skiing. 

One of the leaders of the Norwegian national cross country team stated that the recent team is the strongest ever.

Today, 19th July, the Russian national freestyle skiing aerials team finishes its training camp at American Lake Placid.

The International Broadcasters Briefing takes part at Sochi.

Alexey Guskov will act Pope John Paul II in a movie about his alpine skiing life.

The online registration tool for the FIS Season Accreditation for the 2013/14 season has opened. 

The FIS Medical Committee recently circulated a letter to the National Ski Associations to bring to their attention the importance of cardiovascular and lung resuscitation (CVPR) which may confront all at anytime and anywhere. 

The disciplines of Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard share not only some of the same infrastructure on the slopes with the events of pipe, cross and slope, but also in terms of television coverage which has seen a significant rise in the past season. Recent broadcast figures provided by TV & marketing rights holder Infront Sports & Media, which measures the TV transmissions by its licensed broadcasters around the world have highlighted some of the growing trends in both disciplines.

In the process of preparation for the Olympic Games Sochi-2014 the stage of General Cleaning is reached.

When Shaun White straps on his snowboard for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, there will be less hair tucked under his helmet, and a different obstacle in his path