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U.S. Women’s National Team to Play in Cincinnati, Chicago

With the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup starting in a few days, the United States women’s national team has announced its first two matches that will be part of the post-World Cup schedule with games September 21 at Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium and September 24 at Chicago’s Soldier Field, both against South Africa. The USA is […]

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USA Slow Pitch National Championships Heading to York, Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania, will host the 2023 USA Slow Pitch National Championships from September 8-10, the first time the event organized by the International Slow Pitch Softball Association has been held outside the state of Florida. The championship will bring together adult slow pitch softball teams from all over the United States and Puerto Rico for […]

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Loren Gold, center, Executive Vice President, Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau, speaks during the 2023 EsportsTravel Summit in Toronto. Raleigh will host the 2024 EsportsTravel Summit. At left is Robert Duggan, North American League Championship Series (LCS) Event Lead, Riot Games. At right is Ed Tomasi, Co-Founder, Managing Director, Subnation. Photo by Jared Wickerham

EsportsTravel Summit Announces Future Hosts

Northstar Meetings Group has announced the upcoming hosts for the EsportsTravel Summit—the only event of its kind for esports tournament and event organizers. In 2024, the event will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina. The 2025 event will be staged in Bloomington, Minnesota. The announcement was made on the final day of the 2023 EsportsTravel […]

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NCAA Women’s Basketball Committee Holds Off on Tournament Expansion

Expansion of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament will not be done imminently, the women’s basketball committee announced on Friday after its summer meetings this week in Savannah, Georgia, while the tournament’s overall growth was the focus of meetings instead. The expansion discussion followed recommendations made in January by the Division I Transformation Committee, […]

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Ironman, Visit Sacramento Extend California Triathlon for Five Years

Ironman and Visit Sacramento have agreed to a five-year host venue agreement to keep the Ironman California triathlon in the state capitol through 2028. The 2023 Kaiser Permanente Ironman California triathlon, part of the VinFast Ironman North America Series, is scheduled for October 22 and is the only full-distance Ironman triathlon in the state of […]

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IOC President Thomas Bach opens a recent meeting of the organization's executive board. Photograph: IOC/Greg Martin

IOC Tries to Continue Balancing Act Between Russia, Ukraine

The International Olympic Committee made like a gymnast trying to stay on a balance beam on Thursday, simultaneously saying that Russia and Belarus will not get formal invitations to the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris while at the same time criticizing not only Ukraine but other countries pushing for the total exclusion of Russian […]

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Big 12, AT&T Stadium Extend Football Championship Game Agreement

The Big 12 has extended its agreement to host its football championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, through the 2030 season. AT&T Stadium has hosted the past eight Big 12 Conference title games. AT&T Stadium opened in 2009 and hosted both the 2009 and 2010 Big 12 Championship games. After a six-year hiatus […]

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San Diego Padres' Rougned Odor, right, scores on a double by Ha-Seong Kim as Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith, left, makes a late tag during the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, May 12, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Dodgers, Padres to Open 2024 MLB Season in Seoul

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will play Major League Baseball’s first regular-season games in South Korea, opening next season in Seoul on March 20-21, 2024 as part of MLB’s World Tour with games in four countries outside of the United States and Canada next season as its international ambitions broaden. MLB will […]

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World Baseball Softball Confederation Brings Event to Mexico

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has announced Guadalajara, Mexico, as host for the inaugural WBSC Coed Slow Pitch Softball World Cup from December 5–10, 2023. The WBSC also unveiled the logo for the new competition, which features curves in the logo to symbolize the initials of the slow pitch discipline. “The WBSC Coed Slow Pitch […]

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The All-Star Game logo is seen on the field at T-Mobile Park during the national anthem before the game in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Chicago, Atlanta Favorites to Host 2025 MLB All-Star Game

Hours before the 2023 All-Star Game started in Seattle, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred touched on several subjects including future hosts for the midseason game plus the drawn-out process of the Oakland Athletics relocating to Las Vegas. Next year’s All-Star Game is scheduled for the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field in Arlington. The 2026 […]

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