OHIO, March 26, 2025 - Not too long ago, if you mentioned “Pickleball,“ most people would assume it was some mundane pastime activity from the past that has lost its juice. Fast forward to today, and it’s the hottest sport in America, played by millions and growing faster than any other sport. From retirees in Florida to celebrities in Los Angeles, Pickleball fever has gripped America. But this is not just a feel-good sports story, the sport is making serious economic waves too. It’s changing how cities...

DOHA, March 25, 2025 - The 1993-born Federico Correzzola’s journey with Special Olympics began in 2009, sparked by a simple invitation to watch a friend’s soccer match in his hometown of Vigevano, an Italian town with historic medieval ruins, has around 60 thousand residents and located in the region of Pavia, 30-km away from Milano, Italy. That day, as he stood by the field, he felt an undeniable connection to the sport and the Special Olympic athletes. A shiver ran down his spine, and before the day...

DAKAR, March 23, 2025 - When Thomas Bach declared seven months ago that new times are calling for new leaders, many sport observers from Africa were far from imagining that the desired change at the head of the Olympic movement would be a woman, and even less so that she would come from Africa. Today it is a reality: Kirsty Coventry was elected President of the IOC during the 144th IOC session held in Greece on Thursday March 20, 2025. A SURPRISE An unimaginable scenario that came as a surprise on the...

NYON, March 24, 2025 - Accreditation applications for UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 can now be placed via the UEFA Media Portal.As part of this process, a selected set of personal data will be mandatory for background screening by the Swiss authorities; ahead of entering your personal data and completing your profile in the portal, kindly read, download, print, and manually sign the declaration of consent to background screening.All info about the process, the deadlines to know and information available on...