Author: Paul Stevens

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Ontario Base Camp Confirmed for Panama’s Men’s National Soccer Team at FIFA World Cup

Panama’s Men’s National Soccer Team has secured the Nottawasaga Training Center in New Tecumseth, Ontario in Canada as its base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Nottawasaga Inn Resort and Conference Center will be the team’s hotel during the tournament, while the Nottawasaga Training Site next door will be its training facility. The base […]

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Curaçao Confirms Boca Raton as FIFA World Cup Base Camp Destination

Curaçao will prepare for its first FIFA World Cup campaign this summer at a base camp in Boca Raton, Florida. It was announced that the “Blue Wave” (La Familia Azul) will use Florida Atlantic University (FAU) as its principal training facility, while the team and staff will stay at the Boca Raton Marriott at Boca […]

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The signing ceremony of the host city contract for the 2029 Asian Winter Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Credit: OCA)

Almaty, Kazakhstan, Replaces NEOM as 2029 Asian Winter Games Host City

The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 10th Asian Winter Games in 2029 will be staged in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, which replaces the planned city of NEOM in Saudi Arabia as the host of the event. It comes just weeks after the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the OCA had confirmed that […]

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Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)

Saudi Arabia Assigned to Austin for FIFA World Cup Base Camp

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation has announced that it has selected Austin, Texas, as its base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Green Falcons will train at Q2 Stadium, the home of Major League Soccer side Austin FC, and make use of its fields, facilities and […]

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Rehearsals take place ahead of the Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony in Milan (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Previewing the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony

Editor’s Note: This is part of SportsTravel’s ongoing Olympic preview week. Check back each day this week for more. February 2: What to expect at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, by Jason Gewirtz February 3: Previewing each venue — and whether they’ll all be ready, by Paul Stevens February 4: Looking back 20 years at the last Winter […]

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Lindsey Vonn (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

The Road to Glory: Athletes to Watch at The 2026 Olympic Winter Games

Editor’s Note: This is part of SportsTravel’s ongoing Olympic preview week. Check back each day this week for more. February 2: What to expect at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, by Jason Gewirtz February 3: Previewing each venue — and whether they’ll all be ready, by Paul Stevens February 4: Looking back 20 years at […]

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Argentina Picks Kansas City, Kansas, for FIFA World Cup Base

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced that reigning FIFA World Cup champion Argentina will be based in Kansas City, Kansas, during this year’s edition of the tournament. Lionel Scaloni’s team will set up at Compass Minerals National Performance Center, the training facility for Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City, for its team base camp training […]

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Flag football has become part of the NFL's Pro Bowl weekend and will make its Olympic debut in 2028, with NFL players allowed to participate. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

IOC Executive Board Signs Off On Pathway For Flag Football Qualification

The International Olympic Committee Executive Board has approved flag football’s official qualification pathway for the Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028. It moves the discipline a step closer to making its Olympic debut at LA28, with the IOC Executive Board working closely with the International Federation of American Football (IFAF). The systems, which […]

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The LA28 Olympic football (soccer) venues (Credit: LA28)

LA28 Reveals Venues for 2028 Olympic Soccer Matches

The LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games has unveiled seven venues across the United States that will stage matches for the 2028 Olympic soccer tournaments. The group stage and knockout matches will lead up to the final matches at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, which previously hosted the men’s FIFA World Cup final in […]

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The Fairmont Mayakoba hotel (Credit: AUF)

Uruguay Selects Playa del Carmen for 2026 FIFA World Cup Base Camp

The Uruguayan Football Association has confirmed that its men’s national soccer team will be based in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, in Mexico during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. La Celeste (Sky Blues) will stay at the Fairmont Mayakoba during the tournament, while its training camp will be […]

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