Representatives of skiing federations of Russia visited the Murmansk region.

Eleven years after winning the right to host the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the Vancouver Organising Committee (VANOC) has released its final financial and operational report showing a positive financial outcome and no liabilities, officially bringing its activities to a close. VANOC has achieved its goal: to deliver successful Games with lasting, debt-free legacies.

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) unanimously agreed today that Oslo (Norway), Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Beijing (China)* would progress from the Applicant City Phase to the Candidate City Phase in the bid to host the Olympic Winter Games 2022.

Last Saturday the 110th Assembly of Delegates of Swiss Ski was held. In total 340 delegates were present, including guests such as FIS President Gian Franco Kasper and Jorg Schild, President of Swiss Olympic.

The 79th General Assembly of the Austrian Ski Association was held from 26th-27th June 2014 in Lech am Arlberg. During the assembly, FIS Council Member Peter Schröcksnadel was re-elected as President of the Austrian Ski Association for the period of 2014-2017.

A bit more than three months after the final competitions of last winter, it's now time for ski jumping again. The international summer season starts with the Continental Cup in Kranj.

The two-time Olympic champion Justyna Kowalczyk put a bar of gold which she got for her win in 10 km race at the Olympic Games Sochi-2014 on an auction.

Today, FIS headquarters sits in the thriving village of Oberhofen, Switzerland on the scenic Lake of Thun. But 150 years ago, the village was nearly completely destroyed when a fire ripped through the town burning nearly everything in its path.

The four-time Olympic Champion Swiss Simon Amman confirmed his decision to continue carreer.

FIS Cross-Country Overall World Cup winner Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) has signed a long term contract with the Norwegian Ski Federation until 2018.