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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will host the next three editions of the WTA Finals from 2024–2026, following the announcement Thursday of a new agreement between the WTA and the Saudi Tennis Federation. The 2024 season-ending finals will take place between November 2–9, featuring the top eight singles players and doubles teams. The agreement with the Saudi […]
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The ATP Tour tournaments in Canada and Cincinnati will increase to 12 days each next season and events in Dallas, Doha and Munich will be upgraded to the 500 level as part of changes for the 2025 men’s tennis schedule. The National Bank Open in Canada and the Cincinnati Open follow the Masters 1000 tournaments […]
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Katrina Adams, the former United States Tennis Association chief executive officer and first African American to hold that position, is the global winner of the 2023 IOC Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions Award The award was announced on International Women’s Day to celebrate Adams. Known as the IOC Women and Sport Awards from 2000 […]
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San Francisco will host the 2025 Laver Cup at Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors, from September 19–21. “Bay Area fans will love the way the Laver Cup brings together the world’s top players as teammates,” said Roger Federer, 20-time Grand Slam champion and co-creator of the Laver Cup. “Many tennis players are […]
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Emirates Airlines has announces a multi-year partnership with Wimbledon, adding the final gem of the four Grand Slams to its tennis portfolio. Through the partnership, Emirates will have on-court branding in Centre Court and No.1 Court; on-site activations to engage with fans; marketing, digital, and social media rights; hospitality tickets and an opportunity for the […]
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Orlando, Florida, and the USTA National Campus will host the Billie Jean King Cup qualifying competition between the host country and Belgium from April 12–13, 2024, the United States Tennis Association has announced. The competition will be a best-of-five match series with the top women’s players from the U.S. and Belgium competing to advance to […]
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Steve Simon will remain as executive chairman of the WTA Tour but give up the title and duties of chief executive officer for the worldwide women’s tennis tour under what the Tour says is an organizational restructuring. The upcoming changes in leadership will include the hiring of a new chief executive officer who will report […]
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The Dallas Open tennis tournament will be given an upgraded status on the ATP Tour 2025 calendar of events while a grass-court event in Newport, Rhode Island, will be modified and an event in Atlanta will be taken off the calendar. The Dallas Open’s upgrade bid by GF Sports & Entertainment was headlined by a […]
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David Haggerty was re-elected as president of the International Tennis Federation on Sunday as the longtime tennis executive will serve a third four-year term that runs through 2027. Haggerty was elected ITF President in September 2015 and was re-elected for a second term in September 2019. He received 72.94% of the votes at the 2023 […]
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Labor Day weekend in New York City often means taking a trip to Flushing Meadows to check out the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam of the tennis season and an event that has had some of its most memorable moments happen over the holiday stretch from Jimmy Connors‘ 1991 victory in the fourth round […]
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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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