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Virginia Tourism Corporation Announces $2.7 Billion in Sports Tourism for 2022

Virginia Tourism Corporation has announced a comprehensive impact study done with Tourism Economics shows sports tourism in Virginia generated $2.7 billion in direct spending in 2022, marking a 12% increase from 2021. The growth was driven by 12.1 million sports travelers who participated in tournaments or attended other sports related events in Virginia as spectators. […]

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International Federations Raise Concern Over LA28 Program

Members of a key group of international federations of Olympic sport are expressing concern over the implications of expanding the sports program at the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles. At its final meeting of 2023, the Council of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) discussed the issues related to adding five […]

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Maine Lands Return of XTERRA Trail Run World Championships

XTERRA has announced it will bring its Trail Run World Championship back to Maine’s Sugarloaf Mountain in 2024. The 2024 event will mark 15 years of the championship and will be staged August 30 to September 1, offering a festival-like atmosphere in addition to the racing experience. “Our Board of Directors and local organizing committee […]

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Northstar Opens Bid Process for TEAMS and the EsportsTravel Summit

The Sports Division of Northstar Meetings Group, organizer of the TEAMS Conference & Expo, TEAMS Europe, and the EsportsTravel Summit, has opened its bidding process to identify potential host-city partners for TEAMS and the EsportsTravel Summit. The leading conferences for sports-event and esports-event organizers, are open for the following years: TEAMS 2030–2035, and EsportsTravel Summit […]

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Dallas to Host Concacaf Nations League Matches

AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will host the semifinals, third-place match and championship game of the Concacaf Nations League tournament in March 2024 while Toyota Stadium in Frisco will play host to play-in matches for the 2024 Copa America during the same international window. Concacaf made the announcement on Monday ahead of the current international […]

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Aspen Institute Releases Annual State of Play 2023 Report

Nearly four years removed from the start of the pandemic, children are playing team sports less often even as progress is being made in filling gaps with girls and low-income populations. Those are the high-level takeaways from The Aspen Institute’s State of Play 2023 report, an annual analysis of national trends in the delivery of […]

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NFL Launches Youth NFL Flag Program in France

The National Football League and the Fédération Française de Football Américain have announced a collaboration to launch the inaugural youth NFL Flag program in France. NFL Flag is the official flag football program of the NFL. The launch of NFL Flag programming in France follows flag football’s official inclusion in the 2028 Olympic Summer Games […]

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Formula E Releases 2024 Schedule of 16 Races

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship has announced a return of the electric motor racing series to the United States, China and India for its 10th season in 2024. Shanghai and Hyderabad were confirmed as host cities in Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship following approval at the FIA World […]

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The 2023 USA Pickleball National Championships attracted an estimated 10,000 attendees on its final day of competition. (Photo courtesy of USA Pickleball)

USA Pickleball to Explore Championships Location

At the close of its national championships, USA Pickleball has announced it will reassess plans for the future location of the event. The national governing body hosted the 2023 Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships powered by Invited and the PPA Tour at the Brookhaven Country Club near Dallas and said it expects to decide on […]

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World Aquatics Unveils Open Water Swimming World Cup 2024 Schedule

The World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup 2024 calendar will visit five locations on three continents starting in March. “Every stop of the World Aquatics Open Water World Cup 2024 provides something extraordinary, from the crystal-clear waters of Soma Bay to the Hong Kong skyline,” said World Aquatics President Captain Husain Al-Musallam. “Next year […]

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