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EPCR Rugby Challenge Champions Cup

European Rugby Finals Weekends Head to Cardiff in 2025, Bilbao in 2026

Cardiff, Wales, will host the 2025 Finals Weekends for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, two of the biggest events for European Professional Club Rugby, while Bilbao, Spain, will host the 2026 Finals Weekends. ECPR made the announcement after a bid process that says it received interest from 23 stadiums in 12 different countries around […]

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Big Ten basketball

Big Ten Conference to Alter Basketball Tournaments Starting in 2025

The Big Ten Conference will expand its men’s and women’s basketball tournament fields to 15 teams, an increase of one from previous years, which means that three teams will miss the conference tournament starting with the 2024-2025 season. The conference will welcome Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington starting this fall, increasing its membership to 18 […]

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Italy Cortina Bobsled Track
A view of the bobsled track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, is seen in a 2021 file photo. Bobsledding tradition in Cortina goes back nearly a century and locals are hoping that the Eugenio Monti track can be reopened for the 2026 Olympics in the Italian resort. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

2026 Winter Olympic Organizers Approve Proposal to Rebuild Bobsled Track

Organizers of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games insisted on Tuesday at a board meeting that they will host sliding events by spending $89 million on rebuilding an old track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, continuing their long dispute with the International Olympic Committee as the IOC insists on having events held elsewhere. The local organizing committee for […]

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The United States team pursuit team set a world record during Saturday's action at the ISU World Cup event at the Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah. Photo courtesy Utah Olympic Foundation

For US Speedskating, There’s No Place Like Home

When the Salt Lake City region was invited into targeted dialogue for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the assembled crowd at Salt Lake City Hall included US Speedskating Executive Director Ted Morris, who like everybody that day was already thinking about the planning process. “We have a 10-year runway to get people excited […]

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Scott DeRue

Scott DeRue Named Chief Executive Officer of Ironman Group

Scott DeRue has been named the new chief executive officer of The Ironman Group, joining the organization from Equinox, where he served as president. At Equinox, DeRue oversaw a business that included 107 fitness clubs, a connected fitness platform, a large personal training and coaching practice and digital commerce and media properties. Before his appointment […]

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PGA Tour Barbados

PGA Tour Signs Multi-Year Partnership With Barbados Tourism

Barbados Tourism will be the Official Tourism Sponsor of the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour through 2027 as part of a new official marketing partnership between the Caribbean country’s tourism arm and the PGA Tour. Barbados Tourism will have digital activations and creative content at PGA Tour tournaments. The island previously hosted the World […]

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Kansas City Current to Partner With Visit Missouri

Visit Missouri has signed a one-year partnership agreement to become an official partner of the Kansas City Current, the National Women’s Soccer League team who this spring will open the first purpose-built stadium for a women’s professional sports team. “We are excited to partner with the Kansas City Current in 2024 as the CPKC Stadium […]

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USA Pickleball Arizona

Mesa to Host 2024 USA Pickleball National Championships

Mesa, Arizona, will host the 2024 Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships from November 10–17 at the Arizona Athletic Grounds, a venue that includes 41 courts and a 2,000-seat dedicated stadium. “We look forward to welcoming our community to the Valley of the Sun to enjoy this year’s Nationals along with the beautiful weather, outdoor activities, […]

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St. Louis MVC

Missouri Valley Conference Extends Men’s Basketball Tournament Agreement with St. Louis

The Missouri Valley Conference has announced a three-year extension of its agreement to host its men’s basketball tournament at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, which keeps the event in the destination through at least 2028, with an option to continue the contract through 2030, which would mark 40 consecutive years of “Arch Madness” in the […]

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US Eventing

United States Eventing Association Tabs Two Venues for Future Championships

The United States Eventing Association will hold the 2025 USEA American Eventing Championships at Galway Downs in Temecula, California, with the event then moving to Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington for 2026 through 2028 before having the option to return to Temecula in 2029. The dates for the 2025 AEC at Galway Downs is scheduled […]

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