Junshiro Kobayashi surprisingly won the second competition at the FIS Grand Prix in Almaty, Kazakhstan. With jumps on 133.5 m and 134 m, the Japanese came in ahead of Stefan Kraft and his teammate Kento Sakuyama. It was the first win in the Grand Prix for Kobayashi.

Sara Takanashi also won the fifth and last competition of this year's FIS Ladies' Grand Prix in Almaty.

After the Alpencup Ladies already had their debut in Klingenthal earlier this summer, it was now time for the Alpencup men to get underway with their season 2015/16.

Sara Takanashi won the FIS Ladies' Grand Prix in Almaty. With jumps on 97.5 m and 99 m and a total of 246.8 points, the Japense took her fourth win in the fourth competition this season and, at the same time, secured the Grand Prix overall title for the fourth time in a row.

Stefan Kraft took the win in the first competition at the FIS Grand Prix in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The 4-Hills-Tournament winner showed jumps on 125 m and 130 m for a total of 307.6 points and won clearly ahead of Robert Kranjec and Ilmir Hazetdinov. It was his first ever win in the Grand Prix.

Little surprise at the training for the FIS Ladies' Grand Prix in Almaty: In two out of three rounds, Yuki Ito came in ahead of her Japanese teammate Sara Takanashi.

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun (SWE) 2015 officially concluded with the last meeting of the board on 5th September, where the Organisers were happy to announce that the financial result was better than expected.

The FIS Grass Ski World Championships were successfully staged from 2nd-5th September 2015 in Tambre (ITA).

The first part of the South American Cup 2015 end last week in La Parva, Chile and from next week onwards, the finals with the speed disciplines will start in El Colorado, Chile and the technical events in Cerro Castor, Argentine from September 21st.

The 2015 Australia New Zealand Cup series faced some weather problems, but with a venue change for the men’s giant slalom and great course preparation, all calendared events were held.