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Kansas head coach Lance Leipold will lead his team into Wembley Stadium on Saturday against Arizona State. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

From Lawrence to London: Inside the Kansas Jayhawks’ journey to its first international game

On July 21, a cargo ship departed the United States, bound for London. After a five-week journey across the Atlantic Ocean, it landed in England. Inside were essential elements to bring major American college football to the capital of the United Kingdom for the first time in 38 years. Bottled water. Athletic tape. Training tables. All […]

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Kenya's Lilian Odira, gold medalist in the women's 800 meters at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, will hope to race on home soil in 2029 (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Nairobi Selected as 2029 World Athletics Championships Hosts; Munich Gets 2031

World Athletics has announced that Nairobi, Kenya, will host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, while Munich, Germany, will do the same in 2031. The decision was announced during the 242nd World Athletics Council Meeting in Budapest, which was held from September 14—15. It means that the World Athletics Championships will be held in Africa for […]

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Wrestlers compete at a Tokyo Nights immersive experience in London, UK (Credit: Paul Stevens)

The Beauty of the Vermilion Bird: What I Learned at My First Sumo Wrestling Match

It might be stating the obvious to say that Borough Hall, Greenwich, in London, is a world away from Japan. But on a sweltering summer’s night in the capital, the site was transformed into a sumo wrestling venue that would not have looked out of place alongside the arenas in Tokyo, Osaka, or Nagoya that […]

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A Diamond League event at the London Stadium (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

London Rivals Rome, Munich, Nairobi to Host 2029 World Athletics Championships

Athletic Ventures, the joint venture between UK Athletics, London Marathon Events and The Great Run Company, has announced that it has formally submitted its bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships in London, England. The venture successfully reached an agreement with English Football League Championship club West Ham United that would allow it to […]

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Wembley Stadium is a frequent site of NFL games and will host a Texans-Jaguars game in Week 6 this coming season. (AP Photo/Anthony Upton)

NFL to Visit Seven Countries as Part of Record Slate of International Games

The National Football League is going international like never before this season. The NFL has unveiled its 2026 International Games schedule, which includes a record-breaking nine games played across four continents, seven countries and eight stadiums next season. Melbourne (Australia), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), London (U.K.), Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), Munich (Germany) and Mexico City […]

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The ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships London 2026 (Photo Credit: ITTF)

‘Marty Supreme’ Momentum Fuels Global Table Tennis Fever in London

What is the best sports movie of all time? There are the usual candidates, such as Rocky and Chariots of Fire, both of which won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Then there are films whose popularity spans generations, such as Field of Dreams, Miracle, Rudy and Space Jam. Those movies are timeless, but they […]

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World’s Best Cities for Sports-Tripping in 2026 Revealed

A new study by luggage storage network Stasher has crowned the world’s best cities for sports-tripping in 2026, with London taking the top spot. Researchers from the company, which connects travellers with hotels and stores to keep their luggage safe while sightseeing in a city, found that nearly 30 percent of people have or would consider […]

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The NBA London Game 2026 at the O2 Arena (Credit: Paul Stevens)

Euro Step: Five Takeaways From My First NBA Game In London

After seven years without an NBA London Game, British basketball fans in the UK could have been forgiven for a lack of interest in a regular-season game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic. However, even long before a reported sellout crowd filled O2 Arena for a 5 p.m. local time tip-off on Jan. 18, […]

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Arsenal and Brentford will host the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup in 2026 (Credit: FIFA)

Arsenal and Brentford to Host Inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup Tournament

Arsenal Stadium and Brentford Stadium have been confirmed to stage the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup in early 2026, in a tournament that will crown the first women’s intercontinental club champions for a calendar year. The two venues will host four matches, including two semi-finals, a third-place play-off and a final, from January 28 to […]

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Team Europe's Roger Federer, front left, and Rafael Nadal react during their Laver Cup doubles match against Team World's Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe at the O2 arena in London in 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Laver Cup Returns to London’s 02 Arena in 2026

The 2026 Laver Cup, an annual competition between 12 of the best men’s tennis players in the world, will return to London’s O2 Arena for the first time since Roger Federer‘s emotional retirement at the event in 2022 in front of a packed crowd alongside longtime rivals Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Named […]

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