A record-breaking 1,900 athletes will compete in South Korea in January to become the next generation of winter sports stars at Asia's first Youth Olympic Games.

On 17th November in Yanqing (People's Republic of China), it will be the epicenter for the first race of the World Cup. The start of the 2023/2024 sliding season will commence in the Asian giant, 95 km north of Beijing.

Another week brought more disruption to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation's (FIS) World Cup circuits with more weather-related cancellations.

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI), in collaboration with the National Federations, has launched a plan aiming to improve the winter sports environment in the country.

Shiva Keshavan has called on the Indian Government to do more to support the country's efforts in winter sports.

Ski mountaineering is gaining ground worldwide. Of course, the pandemic-related outdoor boom has contributed to its growth in recent times. However, the sport’s increasing popularity is mainly driven by the modern values that "skimo" is representing. Now, ski mountaineering is close to becoming an Olympic sport by the Milan Cortina 2026 Games.

With international athletes unable to compete, this year's Winter Games NZ are set to instead take place under a revamped team format and will be called Obsidian 2020. 

Snow Australia is to launch the Snow Australia Medal to formally recognise athletic achievement in winter sports.

A group of Olympic Winter Sports Federations have expressed their support for the work in China in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

Results from the Potential Analysis System (PotAS) of Germany's winter sport federations will provide the basis for structural discussions and funding, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has said.

Let's be clear: this week's report on governance in Winter Olympic sports indicates some modest improvement over the past year in overall standards in the seven Winter Olympic sports federations.

Eric Frenzel completed a golden triple for himself and Germany today at the 2016-2017 International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup event in Lillehammer as he won the second 10 kilometre Gundersen race of the weekend.