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Emirates Qatar FIFA World Cup Trophy
The FIFA World Cup trophy is on display in the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

FIFA Renews With Qatar Airways as Sponsor for 2026 and 2030 Men’s World Cups

Qatar Airways has been renewed as the airline sponsor for the men’s World Cup in 2026 in North America and the 2030 tournament expected to be in Europe, Africa and South America, FIFA said, extending its original two-tournament deal that started with the 2018 event in Russia. The value of the new Qatar Airways deal […]

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OLY Paris 2024 Tickets
The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower. (AP Photo//Michel Euler, File)

2024 Olympic Organizers Make 400,000 Extra Tickets Available for Sale

Olympic organizers will release 400,000 extra tickets for next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Paris starting Thursday morning. Organizers said the sale will start at 10 a.m. Paris time on the official ticketing website, with seats available for all sports except surfing, in all price categories. Tickets will be sold on a first […]

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Winter Olympics Salt Lake City
Georg Hackl of Germany speeds past an Olympic logo during a practice run for the men's singles luge at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Salt Lake City, IOC Future Host Commission Meet Ahead of Executive Board Decision

The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games presented key elements of its bid to the International Olympic Committee’s Future Host Commission on Tuesday in a virtual meeting ahead of the IOC Executive Board meetings later this month, in which discussion and a possible recommendation on hosts for the 2030 and 2034 Olympic and Paralympic […]

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2023 Swimming World Cup
Kaylee Mckeown (Australia) & Qin Haiyang (China) with the overall Swimming World Cup Trophy in 2023. Photo by Istvan Derencsenyi/World Aquatics

World Aquatics Announces Swimming World Cup 2024 Schedule

World Aquatics will have three weeks of competition in Asia for its Swimming World Cup 2024 schedule between October and November. The first event takes place in Shanghai from October 18­–20, while the second is in Incheon, South Korea, from October 24–26. The final swim is in Singapore from October 31 through November 2. The […]

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Lake Placid to Host 2024 IBSF and Luge Meetings

Lake Placid, New York, will host the 2024 Congress for the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation and the International Luge Federation. The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority will play a role in hosting and organizing the two International Federations and national bobsled, skeleton and luge federations that will attend. “Hosting the IBSF and FIL […]

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World Wake 2024

World Wake Association Heads to Snohomish County and Georgia in 2024

Pine Mountain, Georgia, and Monroe, Washington, will host events as part of the 2024 Nautique Wake Series, organized by the World Wake Association and Nautique Boat Company. The series in its 11th year will combine competitive wakeboarding, with an emphasis on rider development. The U.S. events will be in Pine Mountain, Georgia, at Robin Lake […]

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PFL Bellator

Professional Fighters League Acquires Bellator in Major MMA Merger

The Professional Fighters League has completed the acquisition of Bellator from Paramount Global in a merger of two of the biggest mixed-martial arts organizations in the world. PFL will continue the Bellator brand and Bellator will be the “one-off” event product from PFL, which will launch a reimagined Bellator product starting in 2024 of eight […]

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PL Summer Series
Newcastle United takes on Aston Villa late in the second half at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on the opening weekend of the 2023 Premier League Summer Series in late July. The stadium will host another Premier League friendly this summer between Arsenal and Liverpool. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

European Leagues, Teams Make the Most of Leadup to FIFA 2026 World Cup

While Premier League clubs have been staging summer friendlies in the United States for years, the league itself this past summer for the first time decided to officially organize a series of exhibitions featuring six clubs throughout the East Coast. As Akash Jain, managing director of the Premier League’s U.S. office, got off the train […]

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Dolphins Chiefs Football
Fans cheer during an NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins at Deutsche Bank Park Stadium in Frankfurt, Germany. In 2025, Berlin will host its first NFL regular season game. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)

NFL Brings Big Impact to Frankfurt

Germany has always been fanatic about football — and for years, it has been the leader in European fandom when it comes to American football as well. The Frankfurt Galaxy was the only team that played in every season of the long-ago World League of American Football, winning four World Bowl titles. When the league […]

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Athletes Unlimited Softball

Athletes Unlimited’s AUX Softball Heads to Wichita

Athletes Unlimited will bring its AUX Softball competition to Wichita, Kansas, for the first time in the summer of 2024 to start what the league calls a multi-year agreement. “Bringing the premier women’s professional softball league to Wichita is an exciting win,” said Josh Howell, vice president of sports development at Visit Wichita. “We are […]

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