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Andrew Schmidt has been named executive director of the North Carolina Sports Association. Schmidt has spent more than three decades years in local government and tourism positions. The industry veteran will lead the NCSA after retiring in June after 11 years as president and CEO of Visit Greenville, NC. In addition to his work at that organization, […]
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Following the conclusion of the 2026 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, World Rowing has announced the launch of a new Beach Sprint Series, creating a new international competition platform for one of rowing’s fastest-growing disciplines. The international governing body anticipates that the inaugural two-event series will lead to the formation of a global series […]
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The Final Draw for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil will be held on December 11 at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, also known as MAM Rio. The event will bring together representatives of all of the qualified teams, as well as those still in contention via the Play-Off […]
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FIBA has agreed an exclusive immersive live rights deal for 3×3 basketball with ticketed social presence platform L1VE that will cover the FIBA 3×3 World Tour, Women’s Series, and World Cup. Immersive live rights are a new class of media rights, and allow FIBA’s 3×3 basketball events to open an additional platform that complements existing broadcast […]
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Sumo Championship League has announced the first three stops of its inaugural season. The new professional sumo league will debut in the Austin area, with an October 10 event at the nearby H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. Competition continues November 7 at Chicago’s Credit Union 1 Arena, and the league will close out the year […]
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XENOM, the Decathlon of Fitness, a 10-event, stadium-scale global fitness competition, will hold its first edition in London this weekend. The competition, which standardizes and scores total human performance on a universal points-based index, is designed to create a first repeatable global benchmark for athletes. Open to everyone, it tests athletes’ endurance, gymnastic ability, weightlifting, […]
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Following a successful fifth edition in Birmingham, UK, earlier this year, TEAMS Europe is heading to Manchester from March 23—25, 2027, and prospective attendees can now register their interest to attend and exhibit. With preparations well underway for the event, staffers from Northstar Meetings Group and its flagship SportsTravel media brand, which produces TEAMS Europe, […]
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Los Angeles City Council has approved a deal with organizers of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games that aims to control costs during the global multisport event, despite a long delay in securing the agreement, and opponents arguing that the arrangement does not go far enough. On August 12, the City Council authorized an amendment […]
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The National Hockey League is expanding its footprint further into Germany, as it was announced that the cities of Munich and Cologne would host NHL regular-season games for the first time during the 2027-2028 season. During the 2027 NHL Global Series Germany, the Boston Bruins will play two games at SAP Garden in Munich (the […]
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One month after the conclusion of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, FIFA on Thursday unveiled the full match schedule for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil. The announcement was made at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, during the draw show for the preliminary phase of […]
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