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The annual TEAMS Conference & Expo, held October 26—29 in Birmingham, Alabama, included the annual SportsTravel Awards, which honors the events, venues and hosts that define excellence and drive the business of sports forward. Six awards were up for grabs: Best Amateur Sports Event; Best Collegiate Sports Event; Best Professional Sports Event; Best New Sports […]
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As the countdown continues in the United States toward hosting its first Summer Olympics in 32 years in 2028, attention around the world is focusing on which nation will welcome the next Summer Games yet to be awarded. Seven nations from four continents — Germany, Hungary, India, Qatar, Republic of Korea (South Korea), South Africa […]
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At the TEAMS Conference & Expo ’26 in Birmingham, Alabama, last week, leaders from eight Olympic and Paralympic national governing bodies delivered rapid-fire updates on upcoming events, membership initiatives and strategic priorities for the year and years ahead. In a SportsLink/TEAMS session sponsored by Sports Milwaukee and emceed by four-time Team USA snowboard cross Olympian […]
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Perhaps no sport has seen as much change in recent years as college football, and perhaps no person has had as much to do with that change as Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference. Last week, it was announced that the College Football Playoff will expand from 12 teams to 24 starting with the […]
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Loren Gold has been named the president and CEO of the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau / Visit Raleigh. He will assume his new role on January 1, 2027, and succeed Dennis Edwards, who is retiring at the end of this year. Gold has served as Visit Raleigh’s executive vice president since 2007, two […]
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Squash players from around the world marked World Squash Day on October 10 by taking part in a range of initiatives and celebrations, as a sign of the sport’s growing participation globally. That growth is poised for an even bigger boost when the sport makes its Olympic debut in 2028 in Los Angeles. World Squash […]
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The International Olympic Committee has announced that Germany, Hungary, India, Qatar, Republic of Korea (South Korea), South Africa and Türkiye have all officially entered the race to host the 2036 Olympic Summer Games, as it laid out the timeline for selecting its next Olympic host city. Parties have until October 31, 2026, to register their […]
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Jae Youl Kim, president of the International Skating Union, has been elected president of the Winter Olympic Federations, at the organization’s latest meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. The South Korean succeeds Ivo Ferriani, who stepped down as president of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation on June 11 after a 16-year tenure. Ferriani officially became an […]
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World Climbing, the international federation of sport climbing, has unveiled its international competition schedule for 2027 — its most extensive to date. The calendar features a global World Climbing Series, a record-breaking Para Climbing season, the World Climbing and Para Climbing Championships in Brno, Czechia, and continental qualification events on the road to the 2028 […]
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The German Olympic Sports Confederation, or DOSB, has officially selected Munich to represent the country in its international bid to host the 2036, 2040 or 2044 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. At the Extraordinary General Assembly of the DOSB in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, over the weekend, it was confirmed that the Bavarian capital had fended off […]
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