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After about 10 days on the ground in Milan and Cortina for the Olympic Winter Games, SportsTravel Publisher Jason Gewirtz saw a number of interesting things around both locations and experienced some odd moments as well. Here are some of the most notable behind-the-scenes sights and experiences that filled his notebook — and camera lens […]
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Algeria has become the fourth Men’s National Soccer Team to set up 2026 FIFA World Cup team base camp in the greater Kansas City region, choosing the University of Kansas’ Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas, as its training facility. It comes after Argentina (Kansas City, Kansas), England (Kansas City, Missouri) and the Netherlands (Kansas […]
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Ecuador’s Men’s National Soccer Team will use the OhioHealth Performance Center in Columbus, Ohio, as its training base camp site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, no details have yet been provided about the team’s accommodation facilities during the tournament. The OhioHealth Performance Center is the training facility of Major League Soccer franchise Columbus […]
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For all the talk about the return of NHL players to the Olympic Winter Games for the first time since 2014, women’s hockey is having a similar milestone Games of its own. This year marks the first time players from the three-year-old Professional Women’s Hockey League have taken part in the Winter Olympics. In all, […]
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Fastbreak AI, an AI-driven sports operations software company, has announced the appointment of Serge Babenko as its vice president of partnerships for sports tourism. Babenko will lead partnership expansion across Fastbreak Pulse and Fastbreak Travel, working with sports commissions, destination marketing organizations, event operators and hospitality partners to support destination-focused growth. As a co-founder and executive […]
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At the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan, new concepts in hospitality could be seen throughout the region. In a first, several U.S. national governing bodies teamed up to launch the Starbucks Winter House at a boutique hotel near the city center. But at its base hotel near the figure skating arena, the sport’s international […]
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The Ontario Sports Empire has appointed Christopher Hirz as its new general manager, marking a major milestone for the sports and entertainment destination that will open in Ontario, California, later this year. The 190-acre campus will be the largest multiuse sports complex west of the Rocky Mountains, with 20 multi-purpose fields, 14 youth diamond fields, eight […]
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The Swiss Men’s National Soccer Team has secured a training base camp site and hotel in San Diego, California, ahead of this summer’s 2026 FIFA World Cup. After a delegation including National Team Head Coach Murat Yakin toured five potential hotel and training locations in California following December’s group stage draw, the Swiss Football Association, […]
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Olympic legacy can take many forms. In a traditional sense for host cities, that might be the venues left behind. It might be community initiatives meant to get youth and members of the community inspired to move or be healthy. And in at least one case, there was a direct path from the 2002 Olympic […]
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[Editor’s Note: For the U.S. Medalist Tracker, click here.] The 2026 Olympic Winter Games are taking place in Italy, hundreds of miles away from the hometowns of the Team GB athletes who have journeyed there in search of fulfilling a dream. Of course, some members of the British contingent have had a longer road than […]
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