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IOC President Kirsty Coventry (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

IOC Policy Bans Transgender Athletes From Women’s Events

Only biological females will be eligible for any female category event at the Olympic Games, according to an announcement Thursday from the International Olympic Committee after the IOC’s executive board approved the policy. The decision will apply to the LA28 Olympic Games and is not retroactive, nor does it apply to grassroots or recreational sports. […]

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Cal Raleigh led the majors in longballs last year, with 60, and now his team will lead in long flights. (AP Photo/John Froschauer, File)

Fly Away! Seattle Mariners Will Travel Most Miles of Any MLB Team in 2026

The Seattle Mariners are back on top. For the first time in four years, the Mariners will go farther than any team in Major League Baseball this season — at least in the air. According to an analysis by statistical website Baseball Savant, the M’s will log 50,308 miles flying around North America this season, […]

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Lamar Burler and George Mason shocked the nation by reaching the 2006 Final Four.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

March Madness: Magical Moments From This Year’s Regional Host Cities

Unlike 52 of the teams that have already been sent home, the men’s NCAA tournament remains undefeated. The opening week of March Madness featured yet another delectable feast of upsets (so long, Florida), buzzer-beaters (take a bow, Dylan Darling) and Cinderellas (High Point lived up to its name). The second week figures to provide more […]

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Manchester City Football Club's Etihad Stadium (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Manchester to Host TEAMS Europe in 2027

TEAMS Europe ’27 will be hosted in Manchester, England, and will be staged at the Etihad Stadium, home of Manchester City Football Club – a brand new home for the show. The sixth edition of TEAMS Europe will be held from March 23–25, 2027.  Etihad Stadium is the home of three-time Premier League, one-time Champions League […]

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TEAMS Europe '26 will be hosted at The Belfry Hotel & Resort

TEAMS Europe ’26 Preview: Everything You Need To Know

TEAMS Europe ’26, produced by Northstar Meetings Group and its flagship SportsTravel media brand, is here. The event, hosted at The Belfry Hotel & Resort in Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham, UK, will take place from 17-19 March and bring together the leaders who are shaping the future of sports-related travel. The conference welcomes event organisers […]

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Geno Auriemma has Connecticut favored to win the school's 13th NCAA championship next month in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Geno Auriemma Doesn’t Let Travel Problems Interfere With Winning

Geno Auriemma is sitting at a table at a hotel in Rhode Island, food laid out before him, surrounded by his Connecticut Huskies women’s basketball team that he has every reason to suspect might, in just a few weeks, win the 13th national championship in the school’s gilded history. The legendary coach is looking at […]

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Oksana Masters
Oksana Masters' incredible story of overcoming adversity is even more remarkable than the 21 medals she has won at both the summer and winter Paralympic Games. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Paralympic Winter Games: U.S. Medalist Tracker

The official slogan of the Paralympic Games has long been “Spirit in Motion.” In recent years, para athletes have embraced an unofficial motto: stare power. They know they’re being looked at, and they want to be seen as never before. Not just as athletes, but as people, as individuals who can be as ordinary outside […]

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The redesigned Oak Room at Villa Park (Credit: Aston Villa FC)

Villa Park Awaits for Opening Celebration of TEAMS Europe ’26

Few clubs in world football carry the heritage and stature of Aston Villa Football Club. Founded in 1874 and crowned European champions in 1982, Villa is woven into the fabric of English football history. Its home stadium, Villa Park, has stood as one of the game’s great stages for over a century and is a […]

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Cadillac driver Valtteri Bottas during a practice session for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix (AP Photo/Scott Barbour)

Formula One Preview: Cadillac and Arvid Lindblad Arrive In Season Of Change

The Formula One World Championship returns for its 77th edition this weekend. Starting in Australia on March 7, the 2026 season is set to usher in a new era for F1 and elite motorsport, with a record number of races, altered regulations for cards and a glitzy new team. In recent years, Netflix’s “Drive to […]

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Laurie Stephens of the United States is one of the top athletes to watch in Italy, 20 years after she won a skiing gold at a different Paralympic Games in that country. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

2026 Paralympic Winter Games Take Place in Changed World

The torch may have only recently gone out on the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, but the world has nonetheless changed a great deal already. Among its many impacts, the escalating conflict in the Middle East is disrupting travel across the region, and the first major international sports event to take place since those hostilities began […]

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