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Chief Executive Officer Alan Ostfield will step down from his role at US Sailing on August 30 and transition to an advisory position. Over the past four years, Ostfield and his team have implemented improvements with a new leadership team and hiring Marcus Lynch as the new high performance director to rebuild the Olympic operations. […]
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The World Match Racing Tour will hold a new championship stage on the global tour starting in 2025 in Macao, China. The 2025 MGM Macao International Regatta — Macao Match Cup will take place January 8–12, launching the 2025 season. The new event is jointly organized by the Sports Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, […]
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For all of the attention on Paris’ use of temporary venues and existing landmarks throughout the city for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, plenty of the focus has also been on a venue nearly 10,000 miles away where surfing will be organized in the Teahupo’o village in the overseas territory of French Polynesia. “The women […]
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SailGP has unveiled its 2024–2025 season calendar featuring three events in the United States, as well as new events in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland and Auckland, New Zealand. The United States will have three SailGP events early in the season schedule. The Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix will take place March 15–16, 2025, followed the next […]
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SailGP has expanded its partnership with Sonesta International Hotels, which will become the official hotel partner of the United States SailGP Team, including for upcoming Season 4 U.S. SailGP events this year in New York and San Francisco. Sonesta International Hotels will provide premium stays and unique experiences for the U.S. SailGP Team, SailGP fans […]
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ATPI Sports Events will be sponsoring the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race for the second year in a row, setting up crews and their supporters with a travel desk with offline support from booking flights to arranging on-shore accommodation. ATPI will provide crews with the opportunity to book marine air fares, allowing for extra […]
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SailGP has unveiled its final Season 4 calendar with four stops in the United States including a new race in the port of Los Angeles joining existing events in Chicago, New York and San Francisco. Chicago will be the opening race for the season from June 16-17, 2023, followed by the race in Los Angeles […]
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US Sailing’s board of directors has announced an operational restructuring of the team leading up to the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. Changes include splitting the duties of executive director into two roles. A head of Olympic operations will focus full-time on this part of the role, while a second position will focus on […]
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US Sailing and Miami Yacht Club have agreed to co-host the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials with racing held primarily on the Atlantic Ocean with course options on Biscayne Bay. The 49er, Mixed 470, Men and Women’s IQ Foil,and Men’s and Women’s Formula Kite racing will be held January 6-13, 2024, while the ILCA 6 […]
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SailGP and Rolex have announced a 10-season partnership which will see the brand extend the relationship as the global presenting partner and as the exclusive official timepiece of the championship through to the end of Season 13. Rolex joined as a presenting partner from the launch of SailGP in 2018, which this May will reach […]
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Kentucky Sports Alliance has announced it has completed a major rebrand. The consortium of 15 Kentucky tourism-based organizations has joined under one umbrella to bring sporting events to the Bluegrass State.
Jamie Corr has been named the managing director at Burson Sports, a specialist sports practice based in Lausanne, succeeding Lars Haue-Pedersen, who is stepping down after more than 20 years of leading the agency.
The Sports Facilities Companies has acquired Firland Management as part of launching a new ice division, which includes a partnership with Central Park Conservancy which assumes the management of the Harlem Meer Center in New York City.
As the @NCAA enters the final month of its deliberation on which cities will be future hosts for hundreds of events across all three divisions, destinations around the country anxiously await news of the status of their bids.
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