Hailey Swirbul, the United States’ breakthrough star in cross-country skiing, has said she hopes the forthcoming International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup will help her prepare for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Olympic cross-country skiing medallist Albert Giger has died aged 74.

A successful summer inspection took place at Les Rousses, four months before the Nordic station is scheduled to host a Cross-Country World Cup in January.

Berit Svendsen has been appointed manager of the 2025 International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic World Ski Championships (WSC) in Trondheim.

Olympic cross-country skiing team sprint champion Kikkan Randall has joined the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage (NSAA) as an executive director.

Experienced cross-country skiing coach Eric de Nys is set to return to the Nordiq Canada set-up to develop the nation's aspiring Olympic athletes as the new head of the NextGen programme.

Kazakhstan's cross-country skier Anna Shevchenko has been banned for a year for whereabouts failures.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) is planning to stage the 2021-2022 Cross-Country World Cup campaign in five blocks with the final set to be held in Russia.

Jessie Diggins, a Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic team sprint gold medallist and the current World Cup champion, heads the United States cross-country skiing team announced for the 2021-2022 season.

Nineteen-year-old Helene Marie Fossesholm has been named in the Norwegian senior cross-country skiing team for the 2021-2022 season that will include the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Olympic champion Charlotte Kalla and world champion Jonna Sundling are among the athletes named on the Swedish cross-country skiing squad for the 2021-2022 season.

Olympic silver medallist Federico Pellegrino and Italian team-mate Francesco de Fabiani are set to train with Russia’s top cross-country skiers to prepare for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Håkon Brusveen, a gold medallist in cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics, has died age 93.

Swedish cross-country skier and two-time Olympian Hanna Falk has announced her retirement from professional competition, with her World Cup career dating back to 2007.