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World Boxing has been provisionally recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the international governing body for the sport, clearing a crucial obstacle for the sport to remain on the program ahead of the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles. The IOC said that World Boxing showed that 62% of boxers from last year’s […]
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The Basketball Tournament (TBT), the 64-team, $1 million winner-take-all event, has announced three regional locations for the summer event with eight-team brackets taking place in Wichita, Kansas; Lexington, Kentucky, and Syracuse, New York. Hosted by Wichita State University and supported by Visit Wichita and headlined by WSU’s alumni squad, the Aftershocks, The Basketball Tournament will […]
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The Bassmaster Elite Qualifier at Pickwick Lake in Tennessee scheduled for October will be relocated to Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Alabama, and hosted by Decatur Morgan County Tourism after a tournament scheduling conflict. The first Elite Qualifier is scheduled for September in Plattsburgh, New York, before the series heads to Alabama then the final event […]
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Perfect Game has acquired Triangle Top Gun Sports LLC, a youth organization in the Carolinas, while also announcing a partnership with Cincy Flames, a high school-age baseball tournament organization which will now fall under the Perfect Game banner. Triangle Top Gun Sports runs approximately 4,000 youth teams annually in AA (D3) and AAA (D2) baseball […]
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Kit McConnell will be leaving his role as sports director at the International Olympic Committee to become the chief sport officer for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee in Brisbane. McConnell has had an extensive career across the international sporting landscape and Olympic Movement, dating to his role as part of the Sydney […]
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The fact that the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are smaller than their summer counterpart, that the venues are day-long trips between clusters and there are a key series of events with no firm location yet has not stopped the clamor for hospitality packages when the Opening Ceremony starts in Milan on February 6, […]
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The United States needs immediate action within the travel industry ahead of the 2025 Ryder Cup, 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and other events, the U.S. Travel Association said with the release of an advocacy report. The Commission on Seamless and Secure Travel, which issued the report, is comprised of former […]
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Edgar Grospiron, a freestyle skiing gold medalist in 1992 when France last hosted the Olympic Winter Games, will be the president of the newly-formed organizing committee for the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The organizing committee was officially formed on Tuesday following its inaugural General Assembly meeting in Lyon Stadium, a few days after […]
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The United States Tennis Association will commit an additional $10 million in grants nationwide to build, refurbish and extend playable hours on courts across the country, a four-fold increase in its existing grant program. Since 2005, the USTA’s TVS grant program has awarded more than $19 million in grants, including $1.2 million in 2024 that […]
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NEW ORLEANS — Amongst the faux brick façade promoting this spring’s NFL Draft in Green Bay, the tech-focused booth showcasing the host of next year’s Super Bowl and the folks in New Orleans promoting its 11th Super Bowl hosting before the Philadelphia Eagles’ win was a multi-colored booth making sure people knew just how far out […]
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