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In December 2024, Jeremy Bloom was named CEO of the X Games. It was a return to the action sports world for Bloom, now 44, who had been a U.S. Olympian in skiing and starred in college football at Colorado. Bloom never got the chance to compete in X Games as an athlete, but now […]
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An 11-year-old girl stood poised on her skateboard on top of a ramp inside a cavernous venue known for hosting Super Bowls and Final Fours, one member of a mixed-gender team representing a single city at a season-ending championship event. Then she dropped in, made history, won a gold medal, and helped further the evolution […]
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Before the 2026 FIFA World Cup officially got underway on June 11, it was already guaranteed to be a record-setting affair — as this would be the first edition of the event in its 96-year history to feature three host countries, 16 host cities and 48 national teams competing, with 32 advancing to the knockout […]
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Spain won its second FIFA Men’s World Cup on July 19, beating Argentina 1-0 in the final. Now holding concurrent world and European titles, it was a historic moment for La Roja, but it was not only the Spanish team and its fans across the Atlantic who were raising a glass in celebration. Eight hundred […]
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The Commonwealth Games enter an uncertain new era this week, as Glasgow, Scotland, gets set to stage the 23rd edition of the event. It joins a special club of Auckland, New Zealand, and Edinburgh, Scotland in hosting the event on two occasions, 12 years after its last time as a host. The 2026 event, taking […]
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The biggest FIFA World Cup in history is over, and it was, in many ways, the most remarkable in history, one that rewrote the record book: 16 host cities across three countries; 104 matches; 308 goals; and 6,810,966 fans. Much of that is due, of course, to the competition’s expansion from 32 national teams to […]
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The 23rd FIFA World Cup has reached its crescendo. And now, just two teams remain in contention to claim international soccer’s ultimate prize this Sunday at New York New Jersey Stadium: Spain and Argentina. For Spain, it is a return to the FIFA World Cup Final 16 years after securing their first Jules Rimet trophy […]
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After 100 matches over the last month across Canada, Mexico and the United States, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is down to just four teams: France, Spain, Argentina and England. Perhaps not coincidentally, those also happen to be the top four teams in the FIFA World Rankings. Notably, each of those nations has also all […]
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“You never forget your first time on Centre Court.” That’s what I was told before I set foot last week in the storied stands of Wimbledon’s centrepiece arena, probably the most famous tennis stadium in the world. The oldest of the four tennis Grand Slams and the only one to be played on grass, The […]
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the largest in the history of the competition, with 16 host cities in three countries — Canada, Mexico and the United States — hosting 104 matches involving 48 teams. Despite FIFA President Gianni Infantino‘s promise to deliver “the greatest World Cup ever” with more than 6 million fans converging […]
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