Germany's Francesco Friedrich registered another win in Whistler with victory in the opening four-man bobsleigh event of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season.

Canada bagged gold and silver as monobob made its International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup debut.

Britain enjoyed a great start to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season as Marcus Wyatt and Matt Weston won gold and bronze respectively in the men's skeleton event at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Canada, before Olympic champion Hannah Neise won the women's race.

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup is set to return with the season-opening event at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Canada from tomorrow until Saturday (November 26).

Aja Evans, who won Olympic bobsleigh bronze for the United States at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, has received a two-year suspension for what has been accepted as an unintentional anti-doping violation.

Junior world champion Susanne Kreher has been included in a German skeleton team for the upcoming World Cup season which also includes Olympic champions Hannah Neise and Christopher Grotheer.

Tara McNeil is the new President of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) after standing unopposed at the organisation's adjourned Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Beijing 2022 women's monobob bronze medallist Christine de Bruin of Canada has been banned by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) for testing positive for a prohibited anabolic agent.

The World Curling Federation (WCF), International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), and International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) have received full membership fees from their respective Russian National Federations despite the country's athletes being banned by the trio.

Lamin Deen, who competed for Britain in bobsleigh at the Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, has announced his retirement from the sport.

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has extended its sponsorship agreement with Liqui Moly for another two seasons.

Under-fire Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) and Hockey Canada have become the latest bodies to sign up to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner's (OSIC) Abuse-Free Sport programme.

Pyeongchang's Alpensia Sliding Centre is set to stage future editions of the Asian Championships, International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Youth Series and Korea Cup.

Belgium's World Cup bronze medallist Kim Meylemans and her partner, Brazilian slider Nicole Silveira, are to train together for the coming season.

Olympic bronze medallist Matt Antoine has been appointed as the new skeleton head coach of performance at USA Bobsled/Skeleton (USABS), bringing two Games' worth of experience to the role.