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Visit Idaho will title sponsor events every year through 2030. (Courtesy Visit Idaho)

Visit Idaho Strikes Five-Year Partnership With AJGA

Visit Idaho will be the official destination partner of the American Junior Golf Association as part of a five-year partnership announced this week. This is the first time a state destination marketing organization has teamed up with the AJGA as a Proud Partner. “Idaho’s dramatic landscapes and distinct seasons make it easy to pair world-class […]

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The United States' women's team won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the nation's first rugby medal at the Games since 1924. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)
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Rugby’s Pacific Four Series Featuring USA Women Announces Schedule

The USA Women’s Eagles rugby team will host Australia, Canada and New Zealand in April as part of the Pacific Four Series that will be held in the United States. Matches will be streamed on Paramount+ and tickets will be made available through pre-sale on February 17 and general sale two days later. Those four […]

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Swope Soccer Village (Credit: Sporting Kansas City)

England Secures Preferred FIFA World Cup Base Camp in Kansas City, Missouri

The English Men’s National Soccer Team will be based in Kansas City, Missouri for the duration of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Swope Soccer Village, one of the training facilities of MLS side Sporting Kansas City, will be the team base camp training site for the Three Lions during the tournament. It was identified as […]

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IFA7 President and Founder Daniel Balcorta (center).

How IFA7 and Daniel Balcorta Helped A Different Kind of Soccer Go Global

International Football Association 7, also known as IFA7, is the world’s governing body for seven-on-seven soccer, a dynamic and fast-paced variation of traditional soccer. Founded in 2015 by Daniel Balcorta, a former head coach of Canada’s Seven-a-Side National Team and now the organization’s president, IFA7 has 24 federations and affiliates worldwide and a presence in […]

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The Refinery Fieldhouse in Garden City, Kansas, features a multi-sport indoor turf field for football, soccer, softball, and baseball. (Courtesy SFC)

Sports Facilities Companies Acquires RCI Sports Management

The Sports Facilities Companies has acquired RCI Sports Management, bringing three more facilities into the SF Network. SFC, based in Clearwater, Florida, has a national platform for managing and developing sports and recreation facilities. RCI is based in Texas and runs facilities in the central United States.  “RCI has built a reputation for rolling up […]

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Nottawasaga Inn Resort and Conference Center

Ontario Base Camp Confirmed for Panama’s Men’s National Soccer Team at FIFA World Cup

Panama’s Men’s National Soccer Team has secured the Nottawasaga Training Center in New Tecumseth, Ontario in Canada as its base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Nottawasaga Inn Resort and Conference Center will be the team’s hotel during the tournament, while the Nottawasaga Training Site next door will be its training facility. The base […]

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The Starbucks Winter House in Milan is a hospitality experience provided by U.S. Figure Skating, USA Hockey and US Speedskating. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

Three U.S. NGBs Build Hospitality Experience in Milan

Spread out. That’s been a key term at the Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games, where events are being held in four regions of Northern Italy, each hours apart from each other. While there are plenty of sports on the overall program, the city of Milan is only hosting three of them: figure skating, hockey and […]

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Dean Gemmell is CEO of USA Curling. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With USA Curling CEO Dean Gemmell

Jason Gewirtz has been on the ground in Italy throughout the Winter Olympics, talking with CEOs of various U.S. national governing bodies. Check out each interview here: Matt Farrell, U.S. Figure Skating Sophie Goldschmidt, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Pat Kelleher, USA Hockey Ted Morris, US Speedskating   CORTINA — Every four years, curling becomes the […]

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Dylan Does, the tourism director for Meet in Marshalltown, displays the jersey. (Courtesy of Marshalltown Community College)
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Meet in Marshalltown Forms ‘No-Brainer’ Esports Jersey Partnership

A tourism organization and a collegiate esports team have struck a rare partnership for a multi-year jersey sponsorship. Terms of the deal between Meet in Marshalltown and the Marshalltown (Iowa) Community College Esports program were not disclosed. The “Meet in Marshalltown” logo will appear in MCC’s gold color, on the left chest of team jerseys. […]

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Benita Fitzgerald is the new CEO at the U.S. Center for SafeSport. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With U.S. Center for SafeSport CEO Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

MILAN — Benita Fitzgerald Mosley has stepped into a job that many in the sports-events industry think is one of the hardest: CEO of the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Established by U.S. Congressional order following several high-profile athlete abuse scandals in the Olympic and Paralympic movement, the center is the only independent organization aimed at […]

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