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Sapporo Bid
The Olympic rings glow during the Closing Ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Sapporo 2030 Winter Olympic Bid ‘On Hold’

Weeks after the International Olympic Committee announced that it would delay an announcement on who will host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games until 2024, the Japanese Olympic Committee and city of Sapporo have announced its efforts to host the event will be paused. Sapporo’s bid has been seen as the favorite as an […]

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USA Gymnastics San Jose

2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships Heading to San Jose

The 2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships along with the national governing body’s national congress and trade show will be heading to San Jose, California. The championship event will be held August 24-27 at the SAP Center and will determine the men’s and women’s junior and senior all-around and individual apparatus national champions. The National Congress and […]

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SportsTravel Podcast Year in Review

A Review and Preview of the Year in Sports-Related Travel

  This past year has been an eventful and historic one at SportsTravel as we celebrated the magazine’s 25th anniversary since its first issue. During the past year, we promoted longtime senior editor Matt Traub to the position of managing editor and hired Justin Shaw, another sports journalism veteran as our new associate editor. In this […]

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USA Hockey
Team USA's Hilary Knight battles with Team Canada's Micah Zandee-Hart in front of the Canadian net during the Rivalry Series on December 15. Photo by USA Hockey

USA Hockey Showcases Women’s National Team in Rivalry Series

As with other women’s sports, USA Hockey has seen an explosion with its women’s national team in recent years. It used to be fans could only see the U.S. women’s team play in exhibitions around the time of the Olympics. Now, that’s all changed with the Rivalry Series. Team USA and Team Canada have had […]

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USACycling

USA Cycling Tabs Bentonville as Home of U.S. National Mountain Bike Team

USA Cycling has announced Bentonville, Arkansas, will become the official “Home of the U.S. National Mountain Bike Team,” as athletes set their sights on success leading into 2028. The U.S. National Mountain Bike Team will utilize Bentonville and Northwest Arkansas’ network of trails and gravel for endurance fitness camps, as well as skills-development camps, leading […]

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IIHF Women’s World Championship

Brampton, Ontario, to Host 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship

Hockey Canada and the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association have announced that Brampton, Ontario, will host the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship from April 5–16, bringing the international competition to the greater Toronto Area for the first time since 2000. Ten teams will compete for gold at the event at CAA Centre: Canada, Czechia, Finland, France, […]

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USA Gymnastics Louisville

Three USA Gymnastics Events Headed to Louisville in 2023

The USA Gymnastics annual Winter Cup, along with the Elite Team Cup and Nastia Liukin Cup, will be held February 24–26, 2023, at Freedom Hall in the Kentucky Exposition Center at Louisville, Kentucky. The field will again feature men’s and women’s junior and senior gymnasts, including past Olympians, world medalists and Olympic hopefuls. The Winter […]

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Australia Olympics 2032 Host Brisbane
In this Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, file photo, a couple sit on a dock to look at the sails of the Sydney Opera House that are illuminated with the green and gold colors of the Australian Olympic team. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Cindy Hook Named CEO of 2032 Brisbane Olympic Organizing Committee

American Cindy Hook, the chief executive officer for Deloitte Asia Pacific until June, has been appointed as the inaugural chief executive officer of the organizing committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane. The organizing committee announced the appointment Tuesday after engaging with 50 candidates over six months. Hook will start the new […]

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USATaekwondo

2023 U.S. National Taekwondo Team Trials Head to Tulsa

The 2023 U.S. National Taekwondo Team Trials will take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 10–12 at the Cox Business Convention Center. The event qualifies athletes for the U.S. national team for many international events, including the World Taekwondo Championships and the Pan Am Games in the senior sparring, along with major international events for younger […]

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World Aquatics

FINA Rebrands as World Aquatics in New Chapter for Governing Body

FINA, the Fédération Internationale de Natation, has rebranded itself World Aquatics following a vote at the Extraordinary General Congress. The launch of the World Aquatics brand arrives after a series of major reforms that hope to increase engagement with participants and audiences. The new World Aquatics brand will be rolled out at the first events […]

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