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Lacrosse Native Americans
Lois Garlow of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team heads toward the sideline during a match against Canada at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2022. Members of the Haudenosaunee are hopeful they will have a chance to play the sport their people invented when lacrosse returns to the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Paul Newberry)

White House Supports Indigenous Lacrosse Team for 2028 Olympics

A push to allow the Haudenosaunee Nationals to compete as its own team in lacrosse at the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles received a major endorsement when President Joe Biden announced Wednesday at the White House Tribal Nations Summit a push to allow the Indigenous nation that invented lacrosse to play under its own […]

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Fayette County

U.S. Soccer Chooses Fayette County, Georgia, for National Training Center

The new national training center for U.S. Soccer will be in Fayette County, Georgia, with more than a dozen fields and over 100,000 square feet of indoor courts for all 27 of U.S. Soccer National Teams, including Senior Women’s and Men’s, Youth and Extended National Teams. The facility will serve as headquarters for the U.S. […]

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World Triathlon Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, Edmonton to Host Future World Triathlon Multisport Championships

The World Triathlon Executive Board has awarded the 2026 World Triathlon Multisport Championships to Abu Dhabi, while the 2027 edition will travel to Edmonton, Alberta, while also adding several new events that start in 2024. “We are delighted to see the continued commitment of Abu Dhabi with our sport,” said World Triathlon President Marisol Casado. […]

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Belmont at Saratoga
Keen Ice (7), with Javier Castellano up moves past Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (2), with Victor Espinoza up to win the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 2015.The 2024 Belmont Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course, with the third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown shifting from Long Island to upstate to New York because of the massive renovation of Belmont Park, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Belmont Stakes Relocates to Saratoga Race Course in 2024

The 2024 Belmont Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course for the first time, with the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown shifting upstate from Long Island because of the massive renovation of Belmont Park. New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday the move to the heart of the Capital Region. Pending the […]

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Sphere
The Sphere in Las Vegas will host the 2024 NHL Draft. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

NHL Plans 2024 at Las Vegas Sphere, Floats 2025 International Tournament

Commissioner Gary Bettman said the National Hockey League will hold its 2024 draft at the Sphere in Las Vegas and could organize a four-nation, in-season tournament in 2025. Bettman revealed details of his future plans Tuesday during Day 2 of the NHL Board of Governors meeting in Seattle. The draft would be held in late […]

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Cedar Point Collegiate League

Cedar Point Collegiate Softball League to Launch in 2024

Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center announced the formation of the Cedar Point Collegiate League, a new softball league that will launch in the summer of 2024 in Sandusky, Ohio, under the umbrella of the American Collegiate League, the national body of governance for regional NCAA summer league softball that was established in […]

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TST

The Soccer Tournament Announces $1 Million Women’s Prize in New Competition

The Soccer Tournament, the 7v7 event with a $1 million winner-take-all prize, has announced its plans for an expanded 2024 event featuring the addition of an eight-team women’s tournament for a separate $1 million prize with the event staying at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, from June 5-10, 2024. The expansion adds to […]

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Peter O’Reilly Added to IFAF Board

Peter O’Reilly will be the National Football League’s representative on the board at the International Federation of American Football, the IFAF Congress announced during its meetings in Paris. O’Reilly is the executive vice president for club business, international and league events. He has extensive Olympic Games experience along with his NFL work, having been a […]

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