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Rockford, Waukegan Picked for 2026 USA Ultimate Collegiate Championships

Rockford and Waukegan, Illinois, have been selected to host the 2026 USA Ultimate College Championships with Rockford hosting Division I and Waukegan hosting Division III. The D-I Championships will be held May 22–25 at the Mercyhealth Sportscore Two athletic complex. The D-III tournament will be staged May 16–18 at Waukegan’s Greg Petry Sports Park. Both […]

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AKC Agility League Championship Heads to South Carolina

The American Kennel Club has announced that the third annual AKC Agility League Championship and 2025 North American Diving Dogs Fall Fling, will be staged September 26–28 at the T. Ed Garrison Arena at Clemson University in Pendleton, South Carolina. The AKC Agility League Championship is sponsored by Purina Pro Plan. The weekend features competition […]

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World Sevens Football

World Sevens Football Moves Stateside to Fort Lauderdale

World Football Sevens, a women’s 7v7 soccer event that debuted this year in Portugal, will move to the United States for its second event in December in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The W7F event will be December 5—7 at Beyond Bancard Field, home of the new Fort Lauderdale United FC. The 7v7 format features 15-minute halves […]

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Visit Overland Park Lands 5-Year APP Pickleball Stop

Visit Overland Park and the Association of Pickleball Players have reached a five-year agreement that will bring an annual APP Tour to the Kansas destination starting in 2026. The APP Overland Park Open will be one of 12 stops on the national APP Tour, with the tournament staged at AdventHealth Sports Park at Bluhawk beginning […]

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Pro Women’s Cycling to Train in Pulaski County

Pulaski County Sports and Entertainment has announced that Cynisca Cycling, one of the world’s top women’s road cycling teams, will train in the Virginia destination for a training camp from August 31 to September 4, 2025. “We are excited to welcome Cynisca Cycling to Pulaski County,” said Tim Miller, executive director of Pulaski County Sports […]

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Australia to host 2027 Women’s Softball World Cup Finals

The WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup will return to Australia in April 2027 in Redcliffe, Queensland, 45 minutes outside of Brisbane, returning to the country where the inaugural World Cup was played in 1965. “We’re thrilled with the announcement of Redcliffe as host of the WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup Finals 2027,” said WBSC President […]

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HBCU Athletic Conference Baseball, Softball Championships Head to Tuscaloosa

Visit Tuscaloosa and the city of Northport, Alabama, have been awarded the HBCU Athletic Conference’s Baseball and Softball Championships through 2028 at the newly constructed River Run Park one mile north of the Stillman College campus, the first time a college softball and baseball conference championship has been hosted north of the river in Tuscaloosa […]

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Tarragona to host 2026 Europe Triathlon Championships

Tarragona, Spain, will host the 2026 European Triathlon Championships with the Port of Tarragona serving as the event’s epicenter. “This sporting event will once again place Tarragona on the international sports map,” said Tarragona Councillor for Sports and Sports Tourism, Mario Soler. “It is a shared challenge that will become reality thanks to joint work […]

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Premier League Mornings Live Kansas City

Kansas City to Host ‘Premier League Mornings Live’ Fan Festival

The Premier League’s 11th Premier League Mornings Live Fan Festival will be held in Kansas City on September 20 and 21 with broadcasts of NBC content at KC Live! in the Kansas City Power & Light District. The two-day fan festival, supported by Visit KC and the Power & Light District, will give fans the […]

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2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships Awarded to Cape Town

Cape Town will host the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships from October 6–10, marking the first time the World Athletics event will be held in Africa. It is estimated that about 1,200 runners from more than 80 nations will compete in 2027. There are four senior championship races with individual and team medals awarded […]

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