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Sumo Championship League has announced the first three stops of its inaugural season. The new professional sumo league will debut in the Austin area, with an October 10 event at the nearby H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. Competition continues November 7 at Chicago’s Credit Union 1 Arena, and the league will close out the year […]
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Professional American football is set to arrive in East London as London Guard was unveiled as the latest franchise to join the European Football Alliance for the 2027 season. The Guard will become the seventh EFA franchise, joining the Prague Lions, Paris Musketeers, Frankfurt Galaxy, Munich Ravens, Swarco Raiders Tirol and Nordic Storm, which all […]
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The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) and Women’s Lacrosse League (WLL) have announced the Lexus Global Lacrosse Games in co-promotion with the National Lacrosse League (NLL) — a new competition featuring the best men’s and women’s lacrosse players in the world representing four nations. The event, which has been sanctioned by World Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse, […]
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USA Fencing, the national governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of fencing in the United States, has announced a seven-year partnership agreement with AI-powered sports operations company Fastbreak AI. It means that Fastbreak Travel will serve as the Official Housing Provider for all USA Fencing national competitions, and it will also support housing […]
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The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) has closed a $100 million Series E financing round led by Ares and Alibaba Group Chairperson Joe Tsai, which it says represents the largest capital raise in the history of professional lacrosse. The round also includes a subsequent minority equity investment from ESPN, along with investments from actor and writer […]
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Sumo Championship League, a new professional sumo league built for all audiences, has announced that it will formally launch in fall 2026. Aiming to establish professional sumo as a recurring arena sport and media sports property in the United States, the new league is setting out to combine one of the world’s oldest sports traditions […]
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What is the best sports movie of all time? There are the usual candidates, such as Rocky and Chariots of Fire, both of which won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Then there are films whose popularity spans generations, such as Field of Dreams, Miracle, Rudy and Space Jam. Those movies are timeless, but they […]
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The 2027 World Wrestling Championships will be held at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas from September 11—19. It will be the first time that the event has been held in the United States for 12 years, and it will serve as the first Olympic qualifier for the 2028 LA Olympic Games. The Championships […]
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The Premier Jumping League has launched with an unprecedented $300 million guaranteed prize pot as it seeks to define a new era for showjumping. Backed by McCourt Global and its Executive Chairman, Frank McCourt, the PJL is a global competition that is designed to bring together the world’s top riders and horses to compete across […]
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The European Football Alliance has unveiled the finalized schedule for its inaugural season this year, with the Opening Weekend taking place over the weekend of May 15–17. The inaugural season will take place across the continent and feature six franchises — the Prague Lions, Paris Musketeers, Frankfurt Galaxy, Munich Ravens, Swarco Raiders Tirol and Nordic […]
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