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The International Olympic Committee continues to stay in a waiting pattern over what was believed to be growing momentum to allow Russian and Belarusian individual athletes to compete in the Olympics, refusing to guarantee their participation — for now — and increasing existing sanctions to include teams of athletes from either country in the wake […]
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Jack Gierhart has been named as chief executive officer of the United States Biathlon Association. Gierhart, who has been serving as the interim chief executive officer since September 2022, succeeds longtime chief executive officer Max Cobb, who is now the secretary general of the International Biathlon Union. “Jack’s hiring represents a new era for US […]
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One of the biggest names in world soccer, Manchester United, will play at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego on July 25 in an exhibition match against one of the trendiest names in world soccer, Wrexham AFC, the club co-owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. “We could not be more excited to welcome Manchester United […]
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Lake Placid, New York, will host the opening race weekend for the 2023-2024 International Luge Federation World Cup schedule, which was released over the weekend. In the three months from the beginning of December 2023 to the beginning of March 2024, nine world cups are schedule. Lake Placid will host from December 7-9, 2023, before […]
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The Mexican Olympic Committee has submitted a formal bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, the governing body announced on Friday after visiting with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. Mexico Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and Mexican Olympic Committee President Maria Jose Alcala met with IOC President Thomas Bach. The bid […]
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The International Surf Association has announced that Puerto Rico will be the location of the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games, the final stage of qualification for surfing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The competition is set to take place in the municipality of Arecibo on the reefbreaks of Margara, a heavy water wave, and […]
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FIFA will have a compressed timeline to pick a host for the 2027 Women’s World Cup, saying a decision will be made in May 2024 and telling prospective hosts that have not expressed interest that bidders have until April 21 to do so. Brazil, South Africa and a co-hosting project by Belgium, the Netherlands and […]
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The Atlanta Hawks will team with Visit South Africa for a theme night for the team’s home game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday to celebrate the destination and give away a trip to South Africa to one winner, according to the Gwinnett Daily Post. The Hawks will be the first professional sports team in […]
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The International Modern Pentathlon Union has dealt with controversy, a PR nightmare and a fracturing of the membership since the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo and now is trying to move into a new era after one of the most significant transformations an Olympic event has ever undergone. UIPM delegates voted in November 2022 to […]
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The World Athletics Council has awarded the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships to Antalya, Turkey, and the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships to Torun, Poland. “Both Turkey and Poland have established good records as hosts of international athletics events,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe. “Turkey most recently hosted the European Athletics Indoor […]
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