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Beijing will host the 2029 World Aquatics Championship, the international federation announced over the weekend during the ongoing 2024 championships in Doha. The event will welcome more than 2,500 athletes from over 200 countries and regions to compete in swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water swimming and high diving. In addition to the […]
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The National Football League will play its first-ever regular season game in Madrid in 2025 at the Santiago Bernabéu, home to world soccer superpower Real Madrid. The league announced Friday at the Super Bowl that its international slate of games for the 2025 season will feature a game at Real Madrid’s iconic Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. […]
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Doug Thornton has been in the sports and events industry for nearly three decades. Based in New Orleans, he’s been through the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina and was there when the lights went out in the Superdome in the middle of the 2013 Super Bowl. There may be no better person to talk about the […]
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The Atlantic Coast Conference will hold five straight men’s basketball tournaments in North Carolina starting in 2025, while the women’s tournament that has had a longtime home in Greensboro as the city of the league’s founding will split time between there and Charlotte. The ACC announced future sites for 42 championships in 14 sports — […]
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The North Country Sports Council and Hotel Saranac will become the new training headquarters for the Jamaica Bobsled team ahead of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Italy. The Hotel Saranac, nestled in the village of Saranac Lake, will provide an opportunity for the team to prepare and train for upcoming bobsled competitions while immersing […]
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WNBA Rookie of the Year and former University of South Carolina star Aliyah Boston will be partnering with Experience Columbia in South Carolina to share her experiences exploring Columbia, including some of her favorite spots and activities during her time at the University of South Carolina. “Columbia holds a very special place in my heart,” […]
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Main Attraction Recreational Sports has reached another milestone in the company’s growth, signing a multi-event streaming agreement that will see multiple tournaments broadcast on ESPN3. MARS’ Turf Wars kickball events on July 6 at the Liberty Sports Park in Prince George’s County, Maryland, as well as its two-day event August 3-4 in Charlotte, will be […]
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Medals that will be awarded at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Paris were unveiled on Thursday with hexagon-shaped tokens forged out of scrap metal from the Eiffel Tower in every gold, silver and bronze medal to be draped over an athlete’s neck. “The absolute symbol of Paris and France is the Eiffel […]
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The NBA has struck a multiyear partnership deal with Emirates to become the title sponsor of the league’s in-season tournament and have its logo on referee jerseys in the NBA, WNBA and G League, as the airline will now be known as the global airlines partner of the league. The in-season tournament will be renamed […]
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The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics has recommended Divisions I, II and III sponsor legislation to add a national collegiate women’s wrestling championship, with the projected first NCAA championship occurring in winter 2026. Before the committee can make a recommendation to add a championship for an emerging sport, 40 schools must sponsor it at a […]
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