Winter Sports Highlights

Nordic combined, part of every Winter Olympics since 1924, was cut from 2030 over low popularity and limited nations. IOC leaders left a clear path open for its return at Utah's 2034 Games.

Five years after becoming the first openly gay NHL-contracted player, Luke Prokop remains the only out athlete in men's professional hockey,...

Connor Bedard's four-month shoulder surgery recovery until mid-November deepens Chicago's already bleak rebuild, with questionable trades like the fourth-overall pick leaving fans facing another long season near the bottom.

Olympic Program Shifts

• 🔥 Russian Olympic Committee Suspension Lifted: The IOC has provisionally lifted its suspension of the Russian Olympic...

The IOC's provisional lift of the Russian Olympic Committee suspension creates a clearer route for Russian athletes to return under the ROC banner at...

Steamboat athletes and coaches are reeling from the IOC's decision to drop Nordic combined from the 2030 Games, calling it a slap in the face after...

Tuffy Latour's election as Vice President of Sport for the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation ends a 45-year gap since the last northern...

2030 Olympic Program Expansions

• 🔥 Team Sprint Speed Skating Added: The ISU welcomed the IOC decision to include men's and women's team sprint...

The IOC is modernizing winter sports for 2030 with freeride and team sprint speed skating, reflecting demand for creative and engaging formats.

-...

Kirsty Muir delivered a stunning first-run score of 93.66 to claim her maiden X Games slopestyle title, making her the third Brit on the podium at...

Following double Olympic golds in 2026, British Skeleton has extended contracts for key coaches Martins Dukurs and James Howard through 2030, with...

IOC's ROC suspension lift opens doors for neutral Russian participation, yet federations chart separate courses.

• Figure skating sees athletes like...

Olympic Sport Expansions

• 🔥 Synchronized Skating to 2030: Montreal's Les Supremes helped demonstrate synchronized skating for IOC approval,...

The IOC's surprise additions bring two very different sports into the spotlight for the French Alps Games.

• Freeride reactions mixed: editors at...

The skiing world lost TJ Lanning at 41, a former top junior ranked world's best in 2001 who claimed the U.S. downhill title in 2008 and three World...

U.S. Figure Skating awarded its highest A1 funding tier to just two women for 2026-27: Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn.

• The National Team Envelope covers...

Alpes 2030 Programme Updates

• 🔥 Freeride Debuts: Freeride skiing and snowboarding will make their Olympic debuts at Alpes 2030 with four events...

The IOC is strategically overhauling the 2030 program with three key moves.

• Freeride added for rapid growth and youth fanbase, offering 44 athletes...

An ice hockey star was killed during a game in a rare on-field fatality that required immediate official documentation.

The IOC approved major shifts for Alpes 2030, adding freeride skiing and snowboarding plus synchro9 figure skating while removing Nordic combined for...