Wolfgang Staudinger will step down as head coach of the Canadian luge team after the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, ending a 15-year association with the organisation.

Olympic luge silver medallist Chris Mazdzer’s preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have suffered a huge blow after he sustained a broken foot.

The International Luge Federation (FIL) Executive Board has agreed to apply to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the women's doubles discipline to be added to the programme from Milan Cortina 2026, although it has dropped plans to seek the inclusion of natural track luge.

The International Luge Federation (FIL) has been forced to reverse an embarrassing decision made at today's Congress to award the 2023 Natural Track World Championships to Moscow due to a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision preventing Russia from being awarded any major events before December 2022.

Whistler in Canada has won the right to stage the 2025 Luge World Championships, while the International Luge Federation (FIL) Congress has awarded the 2023 Natural Track World Championships to Moscow despite World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sanctions against Russia dictating the country not be awarded any major events before December 2022.

USA Luge will be forced to begin their preparations for the new season in Russia after a planned training trip to Norway was cancelled because of travel restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.

Following its postponement from earlier in the year, the 69th International Luge Federation Congress has been moved to the Austrian city Salzburg a week before it is set to begin.

Four-time world champion Patrick Pigneter has held International Luge Federation talent identification events in Norway.

Austrian heating manufacturer Hargassner has become a main sponsor of the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup.

The Austrian Luge Federation’s (ÖRV) head coach and sports director René Friedl has set his sights on picking up medals in each of the luge events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games as his team ramp up their preparations for the forthcoming International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup season.

Shiva Keshavan has called on the Indian Government to do more to support the country's efforts in winter sports.

USA Luge chief executive Jim Leahy has said the decision to move an International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup event from Lake Placid to Sochi in Russia has been "devastating".

An International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup event in December has been moved from Lake Placid to Sochi because competitors and officials from Russia and Georgia have been unable to secure United States visas, it has been announced.

Russian Luge Federation head coach Sergey Chudinov has expressed optimism as preparations continue for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.