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UCI to Stage Cycling Esports World Championships in Futuristic New York

UCI, the international cycling federation, will partner with the indoor fitness platform Zwift to host the 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships on a course set in futuristic New York. The February 26, 2022, event will be held on a virtual course that will center around Central Park, with Zwift’s New York map transporting riders […]

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ASM Global Extends Agreement to Manage BMO Harris Bank Center

ASM Global has been selected to continue management of the BMO Harris Bank Center and the Coronado Theater in Rockford, Illinois, and will work on the BMO Center’s renovation project along with the city of Rockford, Rockford Area Venues & Entertainment Authority, Chicago Blackhawks and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Under the […]

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2021 Winter Dew Tour to Serve as Olympic Qualifier

Organizers of the annual Winter Dew Tour have announced that the 2021 event will be staged as a U.S. Ski & Snowboard Olympic qualifying event for men’s and women’s halfpipe and slopestyle snowboarding and freeskiing. The December 16–19 event will be held at Copper Mountain in Colorado after the resort held the event in 2020. […]

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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović announced as Chair of IOC Future Host Commission

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, the former president of the Republic of Croatia, has been appointed by the International Olympic Committee as chair of the Future Host Commission for the Games of the Olympiad. An IOC member since 2020, Grabar-Kitarović will lead the commission starting immediately. The commission is charged with working with candidate hosts to determine future […]

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USA Triathlon Launches Remote National Championships

USA Triathlon, in partnership with RemoteRacing, will launch a Remote National Championship, the first virtual national championship that the national governing body will stage. The event will be an opportunity for athletes from across the United States to compete for an Olympic and sprint-distance national championship regardless of where they live and train. Using RaceX‘s […]

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CIAA, NJCAA Esports Launch Partnership

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and National Junior College Athletic Association have announced a partnership that will focus on their collective growth while developing esports and gaming across both of their organizations. This partnership is the first of its kind within the collegiate esports and gaming sector for the CIAA, the nation’s oldest historically Black […]

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Multisport Venue Opens in Loudoun County

The Virginia Revolution Sportsplex has opened as a new multisport venue in Loudoun County. Founded by former German soccer player Niko Eckart in 2018, the Virginia Revolution Soccer Club has acquired the 37-acre former Evergreen Sportsplex to create a new sports venue designed to develop technical skills and critical thinking, while building the personal connections […]

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Big Ten Conference Hires Chief Medical Officer

The Big Ten Conference has named Dr. James Borchers as its first chief medical officer, a new position that will provide guidance to the conference’s 14 member schools on a variety of medical issues, including mental health of athletes. Borchers most recently served as the head team physician for The Ohio State University athletics department. […]

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Kirsty Coventry to Chair IOC Coordination Commission for Brisbane 2032

Five-time Olympian and two-time Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry will chair the International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission for the 2032 Olympic Summer Games in Brisbane, Australia. The most decorated Olympian from Africa, Coventry was the chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission and a member of the IOC Executive Board from 2018 until earlier this year, […]

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