Author: Matt Traub

Lausanne | SwitzerlandIOC President Thomas Bach holds the EB meeting in Lausanne on the 28th March 2023 with a day packed with various topics.Photograph: IOC/Greg Martin
IOC President Thomas Bach holds the EB meeting in Lausanne. Photograph: IOC/Greg Martin

Race to Host 2030 Winter Olympics Expanding, IOC Claims

The International Olympic Committee continues to draw interest from around the world to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, claimed Executive Director Christophe Dubi, while refusing to say from which regions the interest is being registered. Dubi said after Wednesday’s IOC Executive Board meeting that he anticipated a report to the executive board […]

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2026 FIFA World Cup Bay Area Host Committee Names Zaileen Janmohamed as CEO And President

Zaileen Janmohamed has been named the chief executive officer and president of the Bay Area Host Committe, putting her in charge of preparations for the Bay Area and Levi’s Stadium to host 2026 FIFA World Cup matches while also overseeing the Bay Area Host Committee’s bids for other high-profile sporting events. Janmohamed will report to […]

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IOC President Thomas Bach holds the EB meeting in Lausanne on March 28. Photograph: IOC/Greg Martin

IOC Begins Push on Olympic Inclusion of Russian Athletes

The International Olympic Committee continues to stay in a waiting pattern over what was believed to be growing momentum to allow Russian and Belarusian individual athletes to compete in the Olympics, refusing to guarantee their participation — for now — and increasing existing sanctions to include teams of athletes from either country in the wake […]

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Players from LSU and Florida State prepare for a point to begin during action at the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships in April 2022 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

NCAA Beach Volleyball Tickets on Sale

Tickets are on sale for the NCAA Beach Volleyball championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with the event starting May 3 at Gulf Place Public Beach. The schedule begins with a opening round play-in dual between two teams before the full 16-team field starts May 5, with the double-elimination tournament last three days with the title […]

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San Diego to Host Manchester United, Wrexham on July 25

One of the biggest names in world soccer, Manchester United, will play at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego on July 25 in an exhibition match against one of the trendiest names in world soccer, Wrexham AFC, the club co-owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. “We could not be more excited to welcome Manchester United […]

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Fans take a photograph while watching Ekaterina Baturina of Russia compete in the luge sprint World Cup event on in December 2018, in Lake Placid, New York (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Lake Placid to Host Luge World Cup 2023-2024 Season Opener

Lake Placid, New York, will host the opening race weekend for the 2023-2024 International Luge Federation World Cup schedule, which was released over the weekend. In the three months from the beginning of December 2023 to the beginning of March 2024, nine world cups are schedule. Lake Placid will host from December 7-9, 2023, before […]

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Atlantic City Delivers for Sports Events

As a premier sports destination, Atlantic City is ready to make your sporting event a success. Whether competing in basketball, pickleball, beach volleyball, or esports, this waterfront destination is at the forefront of world-class sports events. In this Vision Video, discover how Atlantic City can serve as the ideal home for your next sports event. […]

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Athletes gather in the University City Olympic Stadium for the Opening Ceremony on October 12, 1968, for the Summer Games in Mexico City. The 72,000-capacity venue opened in 1952 and was used for the 1955 Pan-American Games, 1986 FIFA World Cup and the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games and remains active as a soccer stadium. (AP File Photo)

Mexico Submits Formal Bid for 2036 Summer Olympics

The Mexican Olympic Committee has submitted a formal bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, the governing body announced on Friday after visiting with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. Mexico Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and Mexican Olympic Committee President Maria Jose Alcala met with IOC President Thomas Bach. The bid […]

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Puerto Rico to Host 2024 ISA World Surfing Games

The International Surf Association has announced that Puerto Rico will be the location of the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games, the final stage of qualification for surfing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The competition is set to take place in the municipality of Arecibo on the reefbreaks of Margara, a heavy water wave, and […]

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