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Steve Simon Gives up WTA Tour CEO Duties; Will Stay as Executive Director

Steve Simon will remain as executive chairman of the WTA Tour but give up the title and duties of chief executive officer for the worldwide women’s tennis tour under what the Tour says is an organizational restructuring. The upcoming changes in leadership will include the hiring of a new chief executive officer who will report […]

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USA Volleyball Partners with League One Volleyball

USA Volleyball has announced a partnership with League One Volleyball to support the expansion professional league scheduled to launch in November 2024, shortly after the conclusion of the Olympic Summer Games in Paris. LOVB also revealed Austin, Texas, as the sixth team that will take part in the league’s inaugural 2024–2025 season. Austin joins Madison, […]

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Twickenham to Host Women’s Rugby World Cup Final in 2025

The final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2025 will be staged at Twickenham, setting up the opportunity for a world-record crowd for a women’s international. World Rugby made the announcement on Monday. The record attendance for a women’s rugby international is 58,498 spectators for England’s victory over France at Twickenham this year. “Women’s […]

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World’s Strongest Man Competition Returns to Myrtle Beach in 2024

IMG has announced the 47th World’s Strongest Man competition will return to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, from May 1–5, 2024. In partnership with Visit Myrtle Beach, next year’s competition will again take place at the Oceanfront at Burroughs & Chapin Pavilion Place, following a four-day schedule that includes two days of qualifiers and a two-day […]

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FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2025 Final Set for Piraeus

The Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus has been named as the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2025 venue in Greece and will host the championship game on June 28, 2025 at the culmination of the tournament that will be co-hosted by four nations. The 11,847-seat Peace and Friendship Stadium will host one of the four groups […]

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United States and Mexico Submit Joint Bid for 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup

On the day that bids are due to FIFA, U.S. Soccer and the Mexico Football Federation officially submitted a joint bid to host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, entitled the “New Heights” bid. Along with the U.S./Mexico joint bid which had been earlier revealed as in the works and made official on Friday, a […]

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The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower. (AP Photo//Michel Euler, File)

IOC Confirms ‘Neutral’ Russian Athletes Can Compete at Paris Olympics

Having spent months laying the groundwork for the inevitable announcement in spite of widespread protests within Ukraine and other parts of Europe, the International Olympic Committee finally confirmed Friday that some Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. The IOC said in a statement released late Friday […]

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Frank del Duca, Adrian Adams, Martin Christofferson, Manteo, Mitchell, of The United States, start their four-man bobsled World Cup race in December 2022, in Lake Placid, New York. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Lake Placid Proposes to Host 2026 Winter Olympic Bobsled, Luge and Skeleton Events

The New York State Olympic Regional Developmental Authority has proposed that the sliding events of bobsled, luge and skeleton for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games be held in Lake Placid, New York, as a solution to the long-running drama in Italy. “Our commitment to managing, marketing, maintaining, and providing top-notch facilities for training and competitions […]

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Arlington to Host Volleyball Nations League Women’s Event in 2024

Arlington, Texas, will host women’s competition as part of the 2024 Volleyball Nations League 2024 schedule, which will include nine countries and four continents during a six-week period between May and June in a Preliminary Phase. The Nations League events will play a major role in determining the last national teams that will qualify for […]

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Lois Garlow of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team heads toward the sideline during a match against Canada at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2022. Members of the Haudenosaunee are hopeful they will have a chance to play the sport their people invented when lacrosse returns to the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Paul Newberry)

White House Supports Indigenous Lacrosse Team for 2028 Olympics

A push to allow the Haudenosaunee Nationals to compete as its own team in lacrosse at the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles received a major endorsement when President Joe Biden announced Wednesday at the White House Tribal Nations Summit a push to allow the Indigenous nation that invented lacrosse to play under its own […]

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