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Inaugural USA Cycling Gravel National Championship Set for Nebraska

The inaugural 2023 USA Cycling Gravel National Championships will take place in Gering, Nebraska, on September 9 and serve as an automatic qualifier for the UCI Gravel World Championships with a $60,000 prize purse, the largest in the history of American gravel racing. USA Cycling Chief Executive Officer Brendan Quirk said the prize purse will […]

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District E to Host EA Sports NHL 23 North American Championship

District E Powered by Ticketmaster in Washington, D.C., has been named as host for the EA Sports NHL 23 North American Championship on May 20. District E is adjacent to Capital One Arena, the home to the Washington Capitals and the NBA’s Washington Wizards. District E is a nearly 14,000-square-foot live-event theater. “We’re excited to […]

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USA Curling Wheelchair
Photo by Bob Weder

USA Curling Awarded Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Grant

USA Curling has been awarded $25,000 as part of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center 2022 2nd Cycle Direct Effect Quality of Life grants. USA Curling will use the grant to cover a portion of annual travel expenses for the USA Curling National Wheelchair team. There are currently eight members on […]

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Beat the Streets

USA Wrestling to Host Final X on June 10 in New York

USA Wrestling and Beat the Streets New York will present the Final X tournament on June 10 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Final X, presented by Tezos, will determine the 2023 U.S. Senior World Teams in men’s and women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman. There will be 30 weight classes contested, 10 in each discipline. […]

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Saudi Italy Soccer Super Cup
Fireworks explode before the Italian Super Cup final soccer match between AC Milan and Inter Milan at the King Saud University Stadium, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Italian Supercoppa Expanding as Part of Saudi Arabian Partnership

The annual Supercoppa, matching winners from Italy’s Serie A and the Coppa Italia, will be expanded into a four-team tournament next year that will be played in Saudi Arabia as part of a six-year deal approved by the league this week. Four out of the next six Supercoppas will be in Saudi Arabia, including the […]

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PGA of America Partners with NJCAA

The National Junior College Athletic Association has announced a partnership agreement with the PGA of America which will see the PGA of America and the NJCAA working together to grow the game by sharing professional and career opportunities with two-year collegiate golfers. The PGA of America will collaborate with NJCAA golf programs to offer athletes […]

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ColoradoSpringsSwitchbacks
Weidner Field, the home of the Colorado Springs Switchbacks, will host the USL Summer Showcase in 2023. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

USL Summer Showcase Awarded to Colorado Springs

The United Soccer League has named Colorado Springs as the host city for the 2023 USL Summer Showcase, a multi-day event that will include meetings for the league’s more than 200 professional and pre-professional clubs culminating in a nationally televised game between the Colorado Springs Switchbacks and FC Tulsa on August 9 on ESPN2. Founded […]

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South Korea Ghosts of 1988
Flags frame the Olympic Stadium as participants form the Olympic rings on the field during opening ceremonies of the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. (AP Photo/Lineno Cironneau, File)

South Korea to Bid for 2036 Olympics Without North Korea

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon told Reuters that the South Korean capital will pursue a bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games without having North Korea as a co-host. “I think the strategy for 2032 was doomed to failure because of unpredictable inter-Korean relations,” Oh told Reuters, referencing a proposal that would have Pyongyang […]

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Utah Royals Returning to NWSL in 2024

The Utah Royals will return to the National Women’s Soccer League in the 2024 season, announced NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman along with a host of dignitaries on Saturday at America First Field in Sandy, Utah, hours ahead of Real Salt Lake’s home opener in Major League Soccer against Austin FC. “We are delighted to welcome […]

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USA Fencing ‘Disappointed’ at Reinstatement of Russia and Belarus by FIE

The International Fencing Federation has voted to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to competition at a FIE Extraordinary Congress meeting held online, a decision that USA Fencing Chief Executive Officer Phil Andrews has expressed disappointment in. The FIE decision will start in the second half of April 2023 ahead of July’s World Championships […]

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