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The 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic games have released their mascots for the upcoming events, which are less than two years away. The mascots are Phrygian caps, which represent freedom in France. The soft red cap, also known as a liberty cap, is an updated version of a hat worn in antiquity in places such […]
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USA Fencing has adopted a new Transgender and Nonbinary Athlete Policy that will allow athletes to participate in USA Fencing-sanctioned events in a manner consistent with their gender identity/expression, regardless of the gender associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. Participation requirements will vary by classification (youth, cadet, junior/senior/veteran). The policy was developed […]
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USA Fencing will give preference when selecting host cities for national tournaments to states without laws that harm members of LGBTQ communities as well as states that do not have laws undermining the reproductive health of women beginning with the 2023–2024 national tournament season. USA Fencing arrived at the decision after a review by its […]
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Salt Lake City stands ready and willing to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games should it be asked by the International Olympic Committee as the field has slimmed to two contenders, Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games Chief Executive Officer Fraser Bullock said Tuesday. The SLC-Utah Committee for the Games held an […]
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After announcing a grand plan for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics on the Seine River, Paris organizers have now unveiled the plans for the opening ceremony of the Paralympics. For the first time, the Paralympic Opening Ceremony will not take place in a traditional stadium setting and instead be held in the open […]
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach laid out his case for the international sports movement to continue its stance against Russian and Belarussian influence in sports in the wake of Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, saying at the Association of National Olympic Committees General Assembly to “keep following the sanctions and protective measures,” that have […]
Continue ReadingRussian athletes who do not endorse their country’s war in Ukraine could be accepted back into international sports, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said in Italy on Friday, a potential opening to the IOC’s current ban of Russian athletes and teams from international competition within days of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. “It’s about […]
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Delta Air Lines and the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games have introduced a cocreated emblem featuring Delta’s “A” at an event to celebrate the Delta Sky Way at LAX project. The LA28 integrated emblem represents the next phase of Delta and LA28’s partnership that began in 2020 when Delta launched its eight-year commitment to […]
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The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation has announced that its 2023 season will begin with an IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Washington, D.C., the first time the United States has hosted an IWAS event since 2003 in Atlanta. Next year’s World Cup in Washington, like other 2023 events, will offer points that go […]
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There are three Olympic Games between Summer and Winter editions over the next six years but after two days of the International Olympic Committee’s executive board meetings, one takeaway more than any other is center stage — and it’s for a Games that does not yet have a host. Here are five takeaways from what […]
Continue ReadingThe 2025 @MLS All-Star Game will be played at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas, the league announced on Wednesday at the home of @AustinFC , which will host the game for the first time. @sportsaustin
The full @NFL schedule gets released tonight, but international games are headed to London, Munich and Sao Paolo.
FIFA will launch a Women’s Club World Cup starting in January 2026 that will involve 16 club teams from around the world although it did not specify how they would qualify or where they could play the inaugural event.
.@USABoxing has announced that Golden Gloves VR, a virtual reality boxing game created by Tulsa-based tech company Engine Room VR, is now the NGB’s official esports boxing game.
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