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Perfect Game

Perfect Game Extends Partnership with Hoover

Perfect Game has agreed to a three-year extension of its multiyear agreement with Hoover, Alabama, to use the Hoover Met Complex — managed and operated by Sports Facilities Companies — as a hub for tournaments and other baseball and softball activities in the Birmingham area. Perfect Game, the world’s largest amateur baseball and softball platform […]

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Man U Dortmund

Manchester United to Face Borussia Dortmund in Las Vegas

Manchester United has announced it will play Borussia Dortmund in Las Vegas in July as part of its summer tour of the United States. The match will be at Allegiant Stadium on July 30, the second fixture of the club’s tour to be announced. Manchester United last week announced a game against Wrexham at Snapdragon […]

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Bill Noble Park Parade
The grand opening of Bill Noble Park in Gardendale, Alabama, featured a community parade on March 11.

Bill Noble Park Opens in Grand Fashion

Bill Noble Park in Gardendale, Alabama, officially opened this month with a parade and special opening ceremony at the complex. The venue features nine softball/baseball fields, eight tennis courts, 11 pickleball courts, one football/soccer field and a state-of-the-art inclusive playground. As part of the opening festivities, the inaugural baseball and softball games were played along […]

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Swimming World Cup

World Aquatics Announces 2023 World Cup Schedule

The World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2023 will include stops in Berlin, Athens and Budapest this October. The three-event series kicks off in Berlin from October 6–8, before heading to Athens from October 13–15 and finishing in Budapest October 20–22. With this year’s Swimming World Cup leading into both the Doha 2024 Worlds as well […]

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The Podium Badminton

Spokane to Host 2023 Badminton World Federation Junior Championships

Spokane, Washington, will host the 2023 Badminton World Federation Junior Championships from September 24 through October 8. “I’m delighted that Spokane will host the BWF World Junior Championships 2023,” said BWF President Poul-Erik Hoyer. “As an important economic, cultural and tourist center, Spokane has several attractions and I’m sure visiting teams will be thrilled with […]

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Manchester United Wrexham San Diego

San Diego to Host Manchester United, Wrexham on July 25

One of the biggest names in world soccer, Manchester United, will play at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego on July 25 in an exhibition match against one of the trendiest names in world soccer, Wrexham AFC, the club co-owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. “We could not be more excited to welcome Manchester United […]

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ASM Global Honeycomb

ASM Global Partners with Honeycomb Strategies on Sustainability Initiative

ASM Global, through its corporate social responsibility platform ASM Global Acts and in partnership with Honeycomb Strategies, has announced plans to convert its portfolio into the most sustainable venues on Earth, using a comprehensive tracking system to allocate resources to achieving measurable results. ASM Global has committed to reduce energy consumption by 25% by 2030, […]

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FIBA

Innovative LED Court Approved for First FIBA Competition

The 2023 FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup will make history as the first FIBA event to be played on an ASB GlassFloor in Madrid from July 15-23. The LumiFlex court provided by ASB GlassFloor is a full video floor allowing for interactive applications as well as an enhanced show staging with additional options for […]

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Minneapolis

Meet Minneapolis Reveals New Tourism Campaign

Meet Minneapolis, in partnership with the Minneapolis-based Periscope, has released a new tourism campaign called “See What All the Fuss Is About.” The campaign is designed address perceptions about Minneapolis and tell the city’s story to people who used to travel to Minneapolis often — as well as those who are new to the destination […]

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World Cup Luge
Fans take a photograph while watching Ekaterina Baturina of Russia compete in the luge sprint World Cup event on in December 2018, in Lake Placid, New York (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Lake Placid to Host Luge World Cup 2023-2024 Season Opener

Lake Placid, New York, will host the opening race weekend for the 2023-2024 International Luge Federation World Cup schedule, which was released over the weekend. In the three months from the beginning of December 2023 to the beginning of March 2024, nine world cups are schedule. Lake Placid will host from December 7-9, 2023, before […]

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