International Ski Federation (FIS)

Winter Sports
Events

Swiss-Ski has announced that it is exploring a bid to stage the inaugural edition of the FIS Games in 2028, with St. Moritz/Engadin proposed as the host destination
Skiing
Events

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has launched the bidding process to find a host of the inaugural FIS Games in 2028, four years later than the governing body had initially intended to stage its new…
Skiing
Events

Wirth Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will host a FIS Cross-Country World Cup event from February 17-19, 2024, the United States Ski & Snowboard has announced
Skiing
Events

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has acquired the Freeride World Tour (FWT), the annual tour of events featuring top freeskiers and snowboard freeriders
Skiing
Sponsorship & Marketing

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has added watch brand Certina to its sponsorship portfolio and expanded its existing deal with cheese manufacturer Le Gruyère AOP.
Skiing
Sponsorship & Marketing

German automotive manufacturer Audi has extended its top-tier sponsorship deal with the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS)
Skiing
Media

The centralisation of international broadcast rights to the FIS World Cup series is a question of “when, not if”, according to Johan Eliasch, the International Ski Federation (FIS) president, despite the…
Skiing
Media

The IMG agency has negotiated a two-year US media rights agreement for FIS World Cup events held in Austria with NBCUniversal
Skiing
Media

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has recruited Roberto Nosotti, previously of the Infront agency, as director of media rights at its new in-house commercial division that will oversee the sale of…
Para Sport
Governance

Para alpine skiing, Para cross-country, Para snowboard and Para biathlon are set to become the first of 10 sports to depart the stewardship of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), with the four…
Skiing
Industry Moves

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has advanced its controversial plans to centralise commercial rights to its World Cup series with the dual appointment of IMG’s Christian Salomon and former Allianz g…
Skiing
Industry Moves

Niklas Carlsson is returning to the International Ski Federation (FIS) after quitting his position as secretary general of the International Biathlon Union (IBU)
Skiing
Governance

The national skiing associations of Austria, Croatia, Germany and Switzerland have united to protest the controversial re-election of Johan Eliasch as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS)…
Skiing
Governance

Johan Eliasch, the Swedish businessman re-elected overwhelmingly as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS), has promised a period of “consultation” over plans to centralise commercial rig…
Skiing
Events

The Swiss municipality of Crans-Montana has secured a convincing victory over three rival bidders to land hosting rights to the 2027 Alpine Ski World Championships
Skiing
Media

Controversial plans to centralise international broadcast rights to World Cup events under a so-called ‘Concorde Agreement’ have placed the International Ski Federation (FIS) in legal conflict with the…
Skiing
Governance

Johan Eliasch is set to be re-elected as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS) after he was confirmed as the only official to submit his candidacy
Para Sport
Governance

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is in discussion with the International Ski Federation (FIS) over the transfer of governance of para alpine skiing, para cross-country skiing and para snowboard