Author: Paul Stevens

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Amazon Armed Forces Cycling Classic and A.S.O. Announce Strategic Collaboration

The Amazon Armed Forces Cycling Classic, a major cycling event in the Washington D.C. region for more than 25 years, has announced a strategic collaboration with French mass participation events company Amaury Sport Organisation. A.S.O. organizes the Tour de France among a number of international cycling events, including La Vuelta, the Lidl Deutschland Tour and […]

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Glasgow will host the European Cross Country Championships in 2027 (Credit: European Athletics)

Glasgow to Host 2027 European Cross Country Championships

European Athletics has announced that Glasgow, Scotland, will host the 33rd SPAR European Cross Country Championships in 2027, following a successful bid process led by UK Athletics. It will be the first time that Glasgow has hosted the Championships and 24 years after the event was last held in the UK, when Holyrood Park in […]

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JPMorganChase Named First Global Banking Partner of Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee and JPMorganChase have announced a significant partnership that will make the latter the first Global Banking Partner in the history of the Olympic Games. The partnership will include both the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games (LA28) and the French Alps 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. “JPMorganChase is the […]

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Brighton & Hove Albion Unveils Plans for £80M “Built for Her” Women’s Team’s Stadium

English Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion has revealed plans for what it says would be the UK and Europe’s first purpose-built women’s football (soccer) stadium, If built, the club states that it would become one of only three such stadiums in the world. Elsewhere, NWSL franchise Kansas City opened its CPKC Stadium in […]

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Sabastian Sawe from Kenya (AP Photo/Ian Walton)

Sabastian Sawe and Humanoid Robots Reset The Clock for Marathon Records

When Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe crossed the finish line in 1:59:30 at the TCS London Marathon last Sunday, he didn’t just become the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race — he defied physics and human belief. Sawe wasn’t even alone in his historic accomplishment, as Ethiopian debutant Yomif Kejelcha finished in […]

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LA28 Sold 4 Million Tickets in Opening Window

More than four million tickets have already been sold for the LA28 Olympic Summer Games in the opening window of sales. Tickets for the Games went on sale to the general public worldwide when Drop One opened on April 9 (the earliest on-sale period for an Olympic Games), before it closed 10 days later. Fans […]

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Columbus, Ohio, will have the next NWSL franchise (Credit: NWSL)

NWSL Awards Expansion Franchise to Columbus, Ohio, for Record $205M Fee

The National Women’s Soccer League has announced that it has awarded its 18th franchise to Columbus, Ohio. Set to begin play in 2028, the club will be owned by Haslam Sports Group, Nationwide and Drs. Christine and Pete Edwards. The expansion team will temporarily be named Columbus NWSL 2028 until an official team name, colors […]

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Kenya's Sabastian Sawe won the men's race in London in 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

A Fan’s Guide to The London Marathon

For more than a century, London has set the pace in the marathon world. During the 1908 Summer Olympics in that city, the official race distance was moved from 25 miles to 26.2 miles for reasons that remain unclear to historians but may have had something to do with wanting to appease the king and […]

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Egypt Announces Spokane, Washington, FIFA World Cup Base Camp Location

The Egyptian Men’s National Soccer Team will be based in Spokane, Washington, for the duration of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The team, which is participating in its fourth World Cup, will train at Luger Field on the southwest end of the Gonzaga University campus and stay at […]

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TeamSnap and XbotGo Partner for AI-Powered Youth Sports Streaming Experience

Youth sports management platform TeamSnap has announced a partnership with AI-powered sports cameras company XbotGo to redefine live streaming in youth sports. Together, the companies are introducing what they say is “the first fully integrated, all-in-one live streaming experience,” bringing camera control, live video, and game-day moments into TeamSnap ONE. XbotGo specializes in producing AI-powered sports […]

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