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The biggest auto racing series in the world will be partnering with a new all-women racing series for two events during the 2020 season. The W Series, in its second year of competition, will stage new races in Austin, Texas, and Mexico City to pair with Formula 1 events on the calendar at Circuit of […]
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U.S. Soccer‘s fifth annual SheBelieves Cup will be highlighted by an expanded tournament format that includes four of the top 13 women’s teams in the world and returns to two previous sites, plus the debut of a new city that will host the tournament’s culmination. The 2020 tournament will take place March 5–11 as England, […]
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Amanda Duffy, who led the National Women’s Soccer League for the past two years including last year’s explosive growth after the FIFA Women’s World Cup, has left the league office to join one of its member clubs as executive vice president of the Orlando Pride. Duffy will start with Orlando in February after finishing her […]
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The National Women’s Soccer League will be back in the double figures for teams with the addition of Louisville, Kentucky, as the league’s fourth expansion franchise, with play scheduled to begin in 2021 at Lynn Family Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium with a capacity of nearly 14,000 scheduled to open in 2020. Louisville will be the […]
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The Atlanta Dream has rebranded its organization ahead of its 13th year in the WNBA next season and will also move home games to the Gateway Center Arena at College Park in metro Atlanta’s Southside area. Gateway Center Arena, a new 100,000-square-foot arena minutes from downtown Atlanta, has its first events scheduled for November. The […]
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The WNBA’s New York Liberty, under new ownership, will have a new home for the 2020 season. The franchise will play home games at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, currently the home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets. The move will allow the Liberty to move back into the New York City market after two years […]
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The NAIA has moved its 2020 softball championship tournament to Columbus, Georgia, after the original host in Springfield, Missouri, had a scheduling conflict. This will be the second time that Columbus has hosted the NAIA softball tournament, having done so in 2013–2014. The city also hosted the NAIA swimming and diving championships from 2016–2019. The […]
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The second annual Rivalry Series between the women’s national teams of the United States and Canada will start in December in Hartford, Connecticut, and also make a stop in February in Anaheim, California. The two sites were announced by USA Hockey, with at least one more site to be announced at a later date. Last […]
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The National Women’s Hockey League franchise that was recently taken private by a local investor has hired the league’s deputy commissioner away to be team president. Hayley Moore will leave the league offices to run the Boston Pride, team owner Miles Arnone announced. Moore, 33, was a former college and pro player who was the […]
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The Boston Pride, one of the founding four franchises in the National Women’s Hockey League, has been bought by a team of private investors in what the league is calling a significant milestone. The Pride’s new ownership group is led by Cannon Capital managing partner Miles Arnone, who has worked for more than two decades […]
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Michele Kang, owner of the @WashSpirit, has pledged to give @ussoccer women’s programs $30 million over the next five years — the largest philanthropic investment in U.S. Soccer’s women’s and girls’ programs ever received.
Chattanooga Sports, which has built its sports-tourism offerings through a mix of sports, on a variety of levels, showcased its downtown walkability and outdoor activities to the industry last week at the Sports Events & Tourism Association 4S Summit.
The @thepwhlofficial has launched the PWHL Takeover Tour, a schedule of nine neutral-site regular-season games that will be played outside the league’s current host cities in 2025.
Brendan Quirk, president and chief executive officer of @usacycling, was elected chair of the National Governing Body Council on November 14. Aron McGuire, chief executive officer of @USABS, was elected vice chair.
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