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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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USA Swimming Announces Kevin Ring As New President and CEO

Kevin Ring, who has been the president of golf at Legends and previously worked at the PGA of America, was named as the new chief executive officer and president of USA Swimming on Thursday, ending a more than one-year-long search. Ring will officially begin at USA Swimming on September 17. Before joining Legends in 2022, […]

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USA Swimming Interim CEO Shana Ferguson Leaving to Join LA28

USA Swimming interim chief executive officer Shana Ferguson is leaving the organization to become the chief of sport and games delivery at the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games and will be succeeded by Bob Vincent, former chair of the USA Swimming Board of Directors, on April 1. The chief executive officer’s role has been […]

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Tim Hinchey III, president and CEO of USA Swimming, speaks during a 2022 news conference in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

USA Swimming, CEO Tim Hinchey Parting Ways

Tim Hinchey will leave USA Swimming after seven years as chief executive officer in which the national governing body made strides on the business side and established new programs to counter sex abuse in the sport. USA Swimming Chief Operating Officer Shana Ferguson will take over as chief executive officer on an interim basis. Hinchey’s […]

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USOPC top leadership at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games includes Board Chair Gene Sykes, CEO Sarah Hirshland, Chief of Sport Rocky Harris, Chief Security Officer Nicole Deal and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jonathan Finnoff. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

USOPC Leadership Not Concerned over Salt Lake Host Contract Clause

PARIS — The elation of having the Olympic Winter Games return in 2034 to Salt Lake City and the United States on Wednesday was tempered by a dispute involving doping that led to an unusual clause put into the Host City Contract, one that the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee tried to downplay on […]

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