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World Triathlon Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, Edmonton to Host Future World Triathlon Multisport Championships

The World Triathlon Executive Board has awarded the 2026 World Triathlon Multisport Championships to Abu Dhabi, while the 2027 edition will travel to Edmonton, Alberta, while also adding several new events that start in 2024. “We are delighted to see the continued commitment of Abu Dhabi with our sport,” said World Triathlon President Marisol Casado. […]

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Cedar Point Collegiate League

Cedar Point Collegiate Softball League to Launch in 2024

Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center announced the formation of the Cedar Point Collegiate League, a new softball league that will launch in the summer of 2024 in Sandusky, Ohio, under the umbrella of the American Collegiate League, the national body of governance for regional NCAA summer league softball that was established in […]

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The Soccer Tournament Announces $1 Million Women’s Prize in New Competition

The Soccer Tournament, the 7v7 event with a $1 million winner-take-all prize, has announced its plans for an expanded 2024 event featuring the addition of an eight-team women’s tournament for a separate $1 million prize with the event staying at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, from June 5-10, 2024. The expansion adds to […]

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Henrico Sports Events Center
Photo courtesy of Henrico County Sports Authority Facebook Page

Henrico Sports & Events Center Officially Opens

The Henrico Sports & Events Center sports and entertainment complex held its formal opening this week as the former Virginia Center Commons mall property has been turned into a $50 million, 185,000-square-foot venue for tournaments and more. Built through a partnership between Henrico and Rebkee County, the complex began hosting tournaments and other events in […]

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Gulf Shores Sportsplex

Gulf Shores Approves New Multisports Facility

The Gulf Shores city council on Monday approved actions that will allow the destination to build a new sports facility at the pre-existing Gulf Shores Sportsplex for the promotion of youth sports and other sports-related travel. The proposed $8.2 million, multi-sport facility at the Sportsplex will be about 40,000 square feet indoors and outdoors and […]

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Peter O’Reilly Added to IFAF Board

Peter O’Reilly will be the National Football League’s representative on the board at the International Federation of American Football, the IFAF Congress announced during its meetings in Paris. O’Reilly is the executive vice president for club business, international and league events. He has extensive Olympic Games experience along with his NFL work, having been a […]

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Australia Brisbane 2032 Stadium
Spectators make their way home after play had been suspended due to heavy rain during the second day of the first cricket test match between Australia and South Africa at the Gabba stadium in Brisbane, Australia in 2012. The cricket stadium that Brisbane Olympics backers pitched as the centerpiece venue for the 2032 Summer Games is set to be demolished and rebuilt.(AP Photo/Tertius Pickard, File)

Brisbane Mayor Quits 2032 Olympic Organizing Committee

Nine years away from its Opening Ceremony, Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has quit the inter-governmental committee charged with organizing the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, reportedly calling it a “pointless talkfest” and “dysfunctional farce.” According to The Associated Press, Schrinner said the Leaders’ Forum, which has representatives from all three levels of government […]

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