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Blast Cineworld

Cineworld, BLAST Team Up For CS: GO Paris Major

Cineworld has teamed up with BLAST to bring next month’s BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 to 39 cinemas in eight different countries when the event starts May 21. The final of the Paris Major will be shown in Cineworld Cinemas venues in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Israel, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria as the […]

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Soccer Champions Tour

2023 Soccer Champions Tour Features Six European Giants

Six of the world’s most iconic soccer clubs will play the 2023 Soccer Champions Tour this summer in major markets across the United States. Spain’s Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Italy’s Juventus Football Club and AC Milan, and England’s Arsenal and Manchester United will compete in eight matches between July 22 and August 2. The […]

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Elite Promotions Nations Cup

Chicago Nations Cup to Feature Crystal Palace, Millonarios

Elite Promotions Group will hold The Chicago Nations Cup, a preseason match between English Premier League club Crystal Palace and Categoria Primera A’s Millonarios FC out of Colombia, at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, on July 26, as part of Palace’s U.S. tour that also includes a match against La Liga’s Sevilla at Comerica Park […]

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John Mark Freeze Spartanburg

OneSpartanburg Hires John Mark Freeze as VP of Sports Development

John Mark Freeze has been named the new vice president of sports development by OneSpartanburg, Inc., in South Carolina. Freeze has been with Visit Charlotte for nearly nine years, first as a sports sales manager and since September 2018 as the director of sports development. Visit Charlotte was honored on Wednesday by Sports ETA as […]

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Sam Godwin, Theo Akwuba
Oklahoma's Sam Godwin (10) puts up a shot over Mississippi's Theo Akwuba (10) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Mississippi and Oklahoma in the ESPN Events Invitational Tournament Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Fran Ruchalski)

Fields for Six Men’s College Basketball Tournaments Unveiled

ESPN Events has announced the tournament fields for six of its owned and operated events during the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season with all but one of the events being held around the Thanksgiving holiday. The Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic and Myrtle Beach Invitational will be held from November 16-19 while the NIT Tip-Off, Vegas […]

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Indy 5K

Indianapolis to Host 2023 USATF Masters 1 Mile Championships

Indiana Sports Corp and Beyond Monumental will host the 2023 USATF Masters 1 Mile Championships on June 24 in conjunction with Beyond Monumental’s inaugural Indianapolis 5K and 10th running of the Indianapolis Monumental Mile. The one-mile course will start in downtown Indianapolis, travel past some of the city’s monuments and landmarks, then finish at the […]

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Western & Southern Open
Rendering courtesy of City of Charlotte/Mecklenburg County

Charlotte Tagged as Potential New Host for Western & Southern Open

Beemok Sports is asking the city of Charlotte to contribute roughly $130 million toward a four-stadium tennis campus at the River District. The Charleston, South Carolina, firm is looking for a new home for the Western & Southern Open. The rights to the tournament, which is currently organized in the Cincinnati area, were acquired by […]

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2026 Winter Olympic Milan Cortina

Milano Cortina 2026 Organizers Mark Milestone

The preparations for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games have stepped up a gear as the Milano Cortina 2026 Organizing Committee has given the International Olympic Committee an update with 1,000 days to go on Games planning, venue masterplan, governance and commercial developments, projecting an optimistic outlook for Games preparations. Stakeholder engagement was a common theme […]

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Myrtle Beach Classic

Visit Myrtle Beach Welcomes New PGA Tour Stop

A new PGA Tour tournament, the Myrtle Beach Classic sponsored by Visit Myrtle Beach, will debut in 2024 as part of a four-year agreement establishing the event was announced May 10 during a ceremony at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club. The Myrtle Beach Classic will be part of the PGA Tour’s 2024 FedExCup regular […]

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