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Sumo Championship League has announced the first three stops of its inaugural season. The new professional sumo league will debut in the Austin area, with an October 10 event at the nearby H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. Competition continues November 7 at Chicago’s Credit Union 1 Arena, and the league will close out the year […]
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XENOM, the Decathlon of Fitness, a 10-event, stadium-scale global fitness competition, will hold its first edition in London this weekend. The competition, which standardizes and scores total human performance on a universal points-based index, is designed to create a first repeatable global benchmark for athletes. Open to everyone, it tests athletes’ endurance, gymnastic ability, weightlifting, […]
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Corinth, Mississippi, has long been a destination for runners, and now it is gearing up for a spotlight moment this fall. The town of just over 14,000 residents nestled against the Tennessee border will host its first half marathon, the Chick-fil-A Corinth Half Marathon, on November 7. This event adds to the city’s calendar of […]
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On a drizzly summer afternoon, what might be the third-largest city in Nebraska is quiet. All that is moving inside Memorial Stadium are the memories, which give visitors ample time to use their imaginations and picture what a 103-year-old shrine to football greatness looks like when it’s engulfed by a sea of red. On seven […]
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Following a successful fifth edition in Birmingham, UK, earlier this year, TEAMS Europe is heading to Manchester from March 23—25, 2027, and prospective attendees can now register their interest to attend and exhibit. With preparations well underway for the event, staffers from Northstar Meetings Group and its flagship SportsTravel media brand, which produces TEAMS Europe, […]
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Los Angeles City Council has approved a deal with organizers of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games that aims to control costs during the global multisport event, despite a long delay in securing the agreement, and opponents arguing that the arrangement does not go far enough. On August 12, the City Council authorized an amendment […]
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British Cycling has announced the appointment of Professor Pete Bonfield OBE as its new chief executive. Bonfield, who will take up the role in mid-November, will join the national governing body from the University of Westminster, where he has served as vice-chancellor and president since 2018. He succeeds Jon Dutton OBE in the position, who […]
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Greater Ontario California and Panam Sports have announced the establishment of a multi-week training camp to be held in the run-up to the Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028. The initiative will host nearly 400 athletes and coaches representing more than 30 nations. The goal is to transform the Inland Empire region of […]
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The National Hockey League is expanding its footprint further into Germany, as it was announced that the cities of Munich and Cologne would host NHL regular-season games for the first time during the 2027-2028 season. During the 2027 NHL Global Series Germany, the Boston Bruins will play two games at SAP Garden in Munich (the […]
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One month after the conclusion of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, FIFA on Thursday unveiled the full match schedule for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil. The announcement was made at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, during the draw show for the preliminary phase of […]
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