Minnesota Wild forward Nico Sturm was taken to hospital for precautionary evaluation after a slap shot from teammate Jared Spurgeon struck him in the head during a 4-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night. The hit recalled the skull fracture defenseman Brock Faber suffered in a preseason game.
U.S. Ski and Snowboard has included 41-year-old Lindsey Vonn on its 2026-2027 World Cup team as she recovers from multiple leg fractures sustained at the Milano-Cortina Olympics.
Goggia will skip the giant slalom at Sölden on 24 October and has set no return date. Federica Brignone will also miss the opener while recovering from a serious leg injury.
The IOC has dropped Nordic combined from the Olympic programme from 2030, and national coach Eric Frenzel says the sport could be gone within two years. Athletes describe a growing sense of hopelessness as the World Cup season opens on 27 November in Ruka, Finland.
The three-time Olympic champion will skip the opening slalom events in Levi and Gurgl, making her season slalom debut in Killington in late November.
The 41-year-old Washington Capitals captain and all-time NHL goal-scoring leader informed teammates on Monday that his 22nd season will be his last in the league.
Claude-Alain Schmidhalter stepped down as president of the Crans-Montana 2027 Alpine skiing world championships and vice president of Swiss-Ski after being indicted for fraud in his private engineering business.
The federation's disciplinary prosecutors closed the case on 5 February 2026, but the file describes a rigid wooden barrier too close to the piste and a course set by an Austrian trace setter that Italian staff did not check. The reports surfaced two days before the federation's 10 October assembly in Verona.
Italian ski champion Sofia Goggia revealed she contracted Chikungunya and Parvovirus B19 during pre-season training in Argentina, leaving her World Cup return date uncertain.
Three-time Olympic champion Iivo Niskanen has completed two surgical operations to remove an acral melanoma from his foot, clearing the Finnish cross-country skier to prepare for the upcoming winter season.
German sports administrator Franz Reindl won the International Ice Hockey Federation presidency at the congress in Tenerife, defeating Czech candidate Petr Briza 60 to 57 in a second-round vote.
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation has approved eight start spots for 37-year-old Marcel Hirscher, clearing the way for his return after an ACL injury in December 2024.
French freeride skier Juliette Willmann died after being buried by a 400-metre snow slab on Cerro Crestón near El Chaltén, while her husband survived with injuries.
Three-time Olympic champion Kamil Stoch will begin an advisory role with the Polish Ski Association in early 2027, serving as a liaison between athletes, coaches, and federation officials.
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation approved four Russian competitors, including Olympic medalist Jewgienij Klimow, to return to competition under individual neutral status following a four-year exclusion.
Following the end of his four-year term leading the Polish Ski Association, former ski jumper Adam Małysz announced on Instagram that he is launching a private company with friends while balancing home projects and federation contacts.
During promotional events in Dubendorf and the FIS autumn meeting in Geneva, Swiss athletes pushed back against holding World Championships in every non-Olympic winter, citing the devaluation of medals.
The Swiss National Council voted 137 to 40 on Thursday to grant 200 million Swiss francs for the 2038 Winter Olympics, rejecting an optional referendum that could have delayed the bid dossier.