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The World Cup of Hockey 2028 will be staged in Canada and Czechia (World Cup of Hockey 2028)

World Cup of Hockey 2028 Heads to Europe and North America

The World Cup of Hockey 2028 will be hosted in Canada and Europe in February 2028, it has been announced. Two NHL arenas — Scotia Place, the new home of the Calgary Flames that is scheduled to open for the 2027-28 season, and Rogers Place, home of the Edmonton Oilers — will host the next […]

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World Aquatics has launched a 4x4 water polo format (Credit: Torin Koos/World Aquatics)

World Aquatics Announces Water Polo 4×4 Format Launch in Croatia

World Aquatics has announced that it will debut the inaugural World Aquatics Water Polo 4×4 Open Championships in September in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Taking place from August 31—September 6, 2026, the event will introduce a new four-on-four format, designed to complement traditional water polo and expand the sport’s reach. WP4 features four players per team, a […]

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Cadillac driver Valtteri Bottas during a practice session for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix (AP Photo/Scott Barbour)

Formula One Preview: Cadillac and Arvid Lindblad Arrive In Season Of Change

The Formula One World Championship returns for its 77th edition this weekend. Starting in Australia on March 7, the 2026 season is set to usher in a new era for F1 and elite motorsport, with a record number of races, altered regulations for cards and a glitzy new team. In recent years, Netflix’s “Drive to […]

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FC Dallas Stadium renovations are currently underway (Credit: FC Dallas)

North Texas to Host World Cup Base Camps for Two UEFA Play-Off Winners

Two UEFA Play-Off path winners from Europe will use team base camp training sites in North Texas during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The two men’s national soccer teams, which will be confirmed after winning their intercontinental play-offs at the end of this month, will train at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco and Mansfield Stadium […]

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A Look Ahead to the 2030 French Alps Olympic Winter Games

The Olympic Flame at the Winter Games in Milan Cortina may have just been extinguished, but attention is already turning to the next edition: The 2030 Olympic Winter Games in the French Alps. The 2026 event broke new ground in multiple ways. From a social perspective, Olympic digital platforms surpassed 100 million users for the […]

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El Salvador will host the FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup in 2026 and 2027 (Credit: FIBA)

El Salvador to Welcome FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup in 2026 and 2027

FIBA has announced that El Salvador will host the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup in 2026 and 2027, continuing the growth of 3×3 basketball in the region. Organized by the Federación Salvadoreña de Baloncesto, or FESABAL, the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup will take place from November 5—8, 2026, featuring the top men’s and women’s national teams from across […]

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Tom Stoltman won the World's Strongest Man competition the last time it was held in Myrtle Beach, in 2024. (Rich Storry / World’s Strongest Man)

World’s Strongest Man Going Back to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The World’s Strongest Man competition is going back to the beach. The event is returning to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which had previously hosted it in both 2023 and 2024 before it moved to Sacramento, California, last year. It will take place this this spring from April 23-26 at the Oceanfront at Burroughs & Chapin […]

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The signing ceremony of the host city contract for the 2029 Asian Winter Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Credit: OCA)

Almaty, Kazakhstan, Replaces NEOM as 2029 Asian Winter Games Host City

The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 10th Asian Winter Games in 2029 will be staged in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, which replaces the planned city of NEOM in Saudi Arabia as the host of the event. It comes just weeks after the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the OCA had confirmed that […]

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The LA28 Olympic football (soccer) venues (Credit: LA28)

LA28 Reveals Venues for 2028 Olympic Soccer Matches

The LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games has unveiled seven venues across the United States that will stage matches for the 2028 Olympic soccer tournaments. The group stage and knockout matches will lead up to the final matches at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, which previously hosted the men’s FIFA World Cup final in […]

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Guiyang Selected to Host UIPM 2026 Pentathlon World Championships

The southern city of Guiyang will host pentathlon’s flagship competition in August 2026, kickstarting a two-week festival of UIPM (Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne) sports in China styled “Race Across China.” The UIPM 2026 Pentathlon World Championships (August 24–30) in the capital of Guizhou Province will be followed closely by the second edition of the […]

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