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LA28 has unveiled its Paralympic competition schedule by event, detailing when medal events will take place across 14 days of competition during Los Angeles’ first-ever Paralympic Games. The schedule maps out each medal event across more than 1,100 hours of competition and provides additional detail on all confirmed sports and venues, giving athletes, fans and […]
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Scott Coker, the founder and former CEO of Strikeforce, former president of Bellator MMA and founder of Fight Night at the Tech, has announced plans to launch a new MMA “fight league” next year. Coker will serve as CEO, while Griffin Gaming Partners Co-Founder Peter Levin, who previously backed Strikeforce before selling to the UFC […]
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Obstacle racing will officially be a new Modern Pentathlon discipline at the LA28 Olympic Summer Games. It comes after an agreement was reached between Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS for short, the Japanese company that created Ninja Warrior) and the Union Internationale de Pentathlon (UIPM) to collaborate on the SASUKE/Ninja Warrior discipline within the Modern Pentathlon […]
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In advance of this summer’s FIFA World Cup, SportsTravel is delving into each of the 11 U.S. cities that will host matches during the event. This year’s edition will be the largest ever, with 48 teams (up from 32), and it will be the first to be staged in three countries — Canada, Mexico and the United […]
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Visit Cumberland Valley has become the 15th member of PA Sports, the leading agency for sports tourism in the state of Pennsylvania. Cumberland Valley is located in south-central Pennsylvania, where it is home to the halfway point of the Appalachian Trail, as well as six colleges and universities. “We’re thrilled to join PA Sports, as […]
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Iran has moved its World Cup training base out of the United States because of the war in the Middle East, according to the Associated Press. Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, said Saturday that his nation had been given approval from FIFA to move the base, which had been scheduled for Tucson, […]
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World Rowing has announced that the 2026 World Rowing Indoor Championships will be held alongside the 2026 British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC) on December 5—6, 2026, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Great Britain. Presented by Concept2, the event will feature the traditional 2000m, 500m, and relay race distances, with competitors of all ages […]
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Eric Engelbarts has been named president and CEO of the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau in Pennsylvania. Engelbarts has served as executive director of the Happy Valley Sports & Entertainment Alliance and was appointed HVAB Deputy Director in January 2026. He succeeds Fritz Smith, who resigned as president and CEO on May 14. “Eric has been […]
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World Team Tennis, the mixed-gender team tennis league originally co-founded by Billie Jean King in 1974, will relaunch in December 2026 with what has been described as “a modern vision built for today’s sports and entertainment landscape.” The 16,000-capacity Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, home to the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, will host the opening night […]
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The Esports Foundation has awarded the hosting rights for the 2026 Esports World Cup to Paris, France. The 2026 edition will be the first EWC to be held outside of Saudi Arabia, and the third edition in the event’s history. The event has been moved from its traditional home in Riyadh due to the current […]
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