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Esports entertainment company BLAST has announced a strategic partnership with premium sports experiences firm MATCH, which specializes in hospitality and fan travel programs for major sporting events. The one-year agreement will see MATCH work alongside BLAST to deliver premium fan travel experiences and commercial opportunities across BLAST’s global esports events portfolio, ahead of the upcoming BLAST […]
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US Speedskating has named Keith Bryant as its new CEO, effective August 1, 2026, succeeding Ted Morris, who led the national governing body for 13 years and ushered in an era of financial and competitive success for the organization. Bryant is a veteran of the Olympic and Paralympic movement, having attended eight Olympic Games and […]
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Fourteen years ago when London hosted the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, its official motto was “Inspire a Generation.” One month ago, Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe and Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa did just that when they crossed the finish line at the TCS London Marathon in respective record time — Sawe became the first person to […]
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LA28 has unveiled its Paralympic competition schedule by event, detailing when medal events will take place across 14 days of competition during Los Angeles’ first-ever Paralympic Games. The schedule maps out each medal event across more than 1,100 hours of competition and provides additional detail on all confirmed sports and venues, giving athletes, fans and […]
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Scott Coker, the founder and former CEO of Strikeforce, former president of Bellator MMA and founder of Fight Night at the Tech, has announced plans to launch a new MMA “fight league” next year. Coker will serve as CEO, while Griffin Gaming Partners Co-Founder Peter Levin, who previously backed Strikeforce before selling to the UFC […]
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Obstacle racing will officially be a new Modern Pentathlon discipline at the LA28 Olympic Summer Games. It comes after an agreement was reached between Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS for short, the Japanese company that created Ninja Warrior) and the Union Internationale de Pentathlon (UIPM) to collaborate on the SASUKE/Ninja Warrior discipline within the Modern Pentathlon […]
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In advance of this summer’s FIFA World Cup, SportsTravel is delving into each of the 11 U.S. cities that will host matches during the event. This year’s edition will be the largest ever, with 48 teams (up from 32), and it will be the first to be staged in three countries — Canada, Mexico and the United […]
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World Rowing has announced that the 2026 World Rowing Indoor Championships will be held alongside the 2026 British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC) on December 5—6, 2026, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Great Britain. Presented by Concept2, the event will feature the traditional 2000m, 500m, and relay race distances, with competitors of all ages […]
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World Team Tennis, the mixed-gender team tennis league originally co-founded by Billie Jean King in 1974, will relaunch in December 2026 with what has been described as “a modern vision built for today’s sports and entertainment landscape.” The 16,000-capacity Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, home to the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, will host the opening night […]
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The Esports Foundation has awarded the hosting rights for the 2026 Esports World Cup to Paris, France. The 2026 edition will be the first EWC to be held outside of Saudi Arabia, and the third edition in the event’s history. The event has been moved from its traditional home in Riyadh due to the current […]
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