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The opening ceremony for the 2028 Olympic Summer Games are two years away, but the Olympic experience will not be confined just to Los Angeles. Oklahoma City will be hosting multiple events during the Games themselves, cities (including Louisville for USA Gymnastics) across the U.S. will host Olympic Trials in the run-up to the Games […]
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The International Olympic Committee executive board has provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee, paving the way for Russian athletes to potentially compete at the LA28 Olympic Summer Games. The suspension of the ROC had been in place since October 12, 2023, 20 months after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on […]
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USA Fencing, the national governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport, will hold its Summer Nationals in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2027. Running from July 2 through July 11, 2027, the Summer Nationals will be staged at the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City. It is expected to draw more […]
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The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) has closed a $100 million Series E financing round led by Ares and Alibaba Group Chairperson Joe Tsai, which it says represents the largest capital raise in the history of professional lacrosse. The round also includes a subsequent minority equity investment from ESPN, along with investments from actor and writer […]
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The Oklahoma Department of Commerce and in-state LA28 Olympic venues have partnered through the Business Expansion Incentive Program to invest more than $100 million in preparations for the 2028 Olympic Summer Games. Oklahoma City will stage softball and canoe slalom events at Devon Park (Oklahoma Softball Park) and Riversport (Oklahoma Whitewater Center), respectively, in 2028. […]
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Surfing is coming to the mountains. As part of a sponsorship between USA Surfing and Kamaka Responsible Development that had the company serve as the title sponsor of the 2026 USA Surfing Championships, a wave pool under development in Utah will become a training center for the USA Surfing national team when the venue opens in […]
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Drop 2, the second public Olympic ticket sale, will run August 10—20, LA28 announced Wednesday. Tickets across all Olympic sports will be offered at a range of price points, subject to availability. Registration for the ticket draw, which is required for a chance to secure a time slot to purchase tickets in Drop 2, is […]
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LA28 has unveiled its Paralympic competition schedule by event, detailing when medal events will take place across 14 days of competition during Los Angeles’ first-ever Paralympic Games. The schedule maps out each medal event across more than 1,100 hours of competition and provides additional detail on all confirmed sports and venues, giving athletes, fans and […]
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Obstacle racing will officially be a new Modern Pentathlon discipline at the LA28 Olympic Summer Games. It comes after an agreement was reached between Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS for short, the Japanese company that created Ninja Warrior) and the Union Internationale de Pentathlon (UIPM) to collaborate on the SASUKE/Ninja Warrior discipline within the Modern Pentathlon […]
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World Gymnaestrada, the world’s largest gymnastics event, will be staged in Las Vegas from July 7–13, 2031, according to an announcement from World Gymnastics. This is the first time the event will be held outside of Europe. The event is held every four years and features more than 20,000 athletes representing over 50 nations. It […]
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