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Thailand’s Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul was confirmed as the new Badminton World Federation president at the 86th BWF Annual General Meeting in Xiamen, China, on April 26. Leeswadtrakul, who is the second woman president of the BWF, won unopposed. “For me, badminton has always been more than a sport and tonight marks a deeply meaningful milestone,” […]
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has floated the idea of the city bidding for the 2040 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games as part of a major sports event hosting strategy announced as the city revealed six international events generated an estimated $307.5 million USD to the local economy. London will host this year’s Women’s Rugby World […]
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum unveiled a refreshed Summer Games gallery this week with a new lineup of artifacts that highlight Olympic and Paralympic stories made possible thanks Judi and Jack Johnson and the David and Eula Wintermann Foundation. The refresh introduces a new Games Spotlight Case, which will rotate annually to focus […]
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Dodger Stadium, as expected, will host the Olympic baseball competition as the latest set of venues for the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles were announced on Tuesday. Dodger Stadium hosted the 1984 Games when baseball was a demonstration sport and has been the host site of 11 World Series and the final rounds […]
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Organizers for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina on Monday unveiled a metallic design for the torches that will be used in the traditional relay ahead of next year’s Games. The torches, which were designed by Italian architect Carlo Ratti, were displayed at joint presentations at the Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, […]
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The 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles will be the third largest in history with 11,198 athletes — even though the International Olympic Committee’s mandate is for no more than 10,500 athletes. That’s because the 698 athletes that will be participating in baseball, softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse sixes and squash will not count […]
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Female athletes will be in the majority at an Olympics for the first time at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles after the soccer competition was flipped to have 16 women’s teams and 12 men’s teams. For the first time in history, all team sports will have at least the same number of women’s […]
Continue ReadingThe city of Santa Monica announced Tuesday that it will not host beach volleyball during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Los Angeles and that LA28 had ended formal talks to host the event at Santa Monica State Beach following nearly two years of negotiations. “Despite good-faith efforts to reach a deal that […]
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For some international federations and their related member nations, the planning process for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Italy has been years in the making. For the sliding community, the planning process looks to finally be able to begin. After years of uncertainty, a recent test of the renovated track in Cortina, Italy, has […]
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has announced three-time Olympian and two-time Olympic medalist Adam Nelson has joined its board of directors. Nelson will serve a term ending in 2026 and will be eligible for a four-year extension. The final candidates for the at-large athlete seat on the board were chosen through a joint […]
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