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Position Sports Tabs Jeff Motley as Chief Media Officer

Event production and brand marketing firm Position Sports has announced Jeff Motley has joined the company as chief media officer. Motley brings more than 26 years of communications experience from his tenure at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where he most recently served as vice president of communications. He will remain in Las Vegas and […]

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AJGA Partners with Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau

The American Junior Golf Association has announced a new sponsorship with the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau, which will serve as the title sponsor of the Alton Illinois Junior Championship through 2027. The 2025 Alton Illinois Junior Championship will be hosted at Spencer T. Olin Golf Course in Alton, Illinois, from June 2–5. The […]

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Vancouver to Host 2025 World Deaf Hockey Championships

Vancouver will host the fourth annual World Deaf Hockey Championship with men’s teams from the United States, Canada, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Hungary and Finland competing from May 7–17 in a round-robin format. The United States Deaf Hockey team is supported through the American Hearing-Impaired Hockey Association. The team’s last international competition saw it take a […]

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TEAMS Europe

TEAMS Europe Entertains, Educates at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

TEAMS Europe attendees heard from experts on a wide range of topics throughout the sports-event industry from this year’s biggest sporting event to what is to come on various continents around the world in the future. The fourth annual TEAMS Europe was held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London in conjunction with the International Sports […]

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Matthew Pivarnik Named President and CEO of Myrtle Beach Area Chamber and CVB

Matt Pivarnik will serve as the new president and chief executive officer of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau. Pivarnik most recently was chief executive officer of the Greater Topeka Partnership in Kansas, where he oversaw operations of the Greater Topeka Chamber, Visit Topeka, GO Topeka and Downtown Topeka […]

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Raleigh Prepares to Host Three Major Esports Events This Year

The city of Raleigh is preparing to host three major esports tournaments this year with the help of the Greater Raleigh Esports Local Organizing Committee. The ESL One Raleigh 2025 esports tournament and the Rocket League Championship Series Raleigh Major are expected to attract tens of thousands of fans. North Carolina State University will also […]

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TEAMS Europe Highlights Industry Trends

TEAMS Europe has announced its speaker roster, which includes leading experts from global organizations including the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, Volleyball World, World Athletics, World Rugby and the legal firm of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. TEAMS Europe — the world’s leading conference and expo for the sports-event industry — unites sport event organizers with […]

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Olympic and World Champion Kate Douglass will be one of many top American swimmers competing on home soil during the two World Cup stops in the U.S. this October. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

World Aquatics Unveils Three North American Stops for 2025 Swimming World Cup

World Aquatics will hold three events for the 2025 Swimming World Cup in North America with stops in Indiana, Illinois and Toronto throughout October. Carmel, Indiana, will host the first leg of the tour October 10–12, before Westmont, Illinois, has the second leg from October 17–19. The finale will take place in Toronto from October […]

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, presents President Donald Trump with the new FIFA Club World Cup official ball in the Oval Office of the White House on March 7. (Pool via AP)

U.S. Travel Association: FIFA 2026 World Cup Task Force a Welcome Development

President Donald Trump has signed many executive orders since moving back into the White House, but for the U.S. Travel Association and its President and CEO Geoff Freeman, the order signed on March 7 was the most important. That particular order created a task force to focus on the staging of the 2026 FIFA World […]

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