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Texas to Host 2025 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship

The 2025 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championships will be held in the United States for only the fourth time with the cities of Frisco and Allen, Texas, welcoming the event from April 23 through May 3, 2025. The tournament, which consists of 29 total games, will be staged at the Comerica Center in Frisco and […]

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Debbie Hesse Named Executive Director of USA Gymnastics Foundation

Debbie Hesse, the former executive director of the USA Swimming Foundation and president and chief executive officer of USA Diving, has been named the new executive director of the USA Gymnastics Foundation. “I couldn’t be more excited to join the USA Gymnastics Foundation during a time when gymnastics is once again in the Olympic spotlight,” […]

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USA Fencing Announces Fencing Across America Initiative

USA Fencing has announced Fencing Across America throughout the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, an initiative designed to bring the sport directly to communities across the United States. The first event will take place July 25–29 at the Mall of America in Minneapolis. Other venues include Cambridge Fields in Boston; American Dream Mall in […]

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Ariens Nordic Center to Host Two U.S. Biathlon Events

Ariens Nordic Center in Brillion, Wisconsin, has been awarded the inaugural U.S. Biathlon Midwest Regional Summer Biathlon Championships from July 20–21 and the U.S. Biathlon Masters Nationals and North American Masters Championships from February 14­–16, 2025. The U.S. Biathlon Midwest Regional Summer Biathlon Championships is typically held in eastern or western regions in the country, […]

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Hilton Becomes Official Hotel Partner of USA Fencing

USA Fencing has signed a multiyear partnership with Hilton as the official hotel partner of the national governing body. Starting later in 2024, USA Fencing’s more than 40,000 members and their families will have access to discounted room rates for stays at Hilton properties while traveling for the more than 130 USA Fencing-sanctioned events across the […]

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Engine Room VR operates out of the Engine Room boxing gym in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

USA Boxing Turns to Esports for Training, Engagement

USA Boxing is looking to esports for its next potential engagement with fans and as a training tool for amateur and elite athletes alike. The national governing body has announced that Golden Gloves VR, a virtual reality boxing game created by Tulsa-based tech company Engine Room VR, is now the NGB’s official esports boxing game. Under […]

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Crosscut Mountain Sports Center To Host U.S. Biathlon Senior Nationals

The 2025 U.S. Biathlon Senior Nationals and Spring Festival will be hosted by the new venue at Crosscut Mountain Sports Center in Bozeman, Montana, from March 26–30, 2025. In years past, the largest gathering of U.S. Biathlon athletes, coaches and families has been at the annual U.S. Biathlon Nationals. This upcoming season, Crosscut Mountain Sports […]

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Lafayette Lands Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials

USA Curling has awarded Lafayette, Colorado, the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Mixed Doubles Curling. The event will be staged February 17–23, 2025, at Rock Creek Curling. The location in the Denver metropolitan area will mark the first time the event will be held outside of Minnesota. The results of the event will determine the […]

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USA Swimming Chooses Four Cities to Host International Water Safety Day Events

Boston, Chicago, Indianapolis and Los Angeles will host events on May 15 with USA Swimming as part of International Water Safety Day, including in-water lessons and out-of-water education. USA Swimming will offer free resources to organizations nationwide as part of the Goggles On campaign. The free Goggles On campaign resources will be available starting May […]

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USA Table Tennis Designates 888 Table Tennis Center as a National Training Center

888 Table Tennis Center in Burlingame, California, has been named a National Training Center for USA Table Tennis and will the primary hub for athlete development programs, national team training camps and national team competitions. 888 Table Tennis, founded by Huifen Chan, has attracted players from across the U.S. and the world. The venue’s International […]

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