After a successful return to the Octagon this past weekend at UFC 232 against Alexander Gustafsson, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is planning to fight three times in 2019. In a lengthy social media post he uploaded on Tuesday, Jones outlined his plans to “leave zero doubt of his dominance as a champion” this […]
Ethiopian athlete Belay Tilahun won Saint Silvester men’s road race in São Paulo, with 45 minutes and five seconds. In the women’s competition, the winner was Kenyan, Sandrafelis Tuei, with 50 minutes and two seconds. Brazilian runners came eighth in both races. Giovani dos Santos did 46 minutes and 38 seconds, and Jenifer Nascimento Silva […]
The Ohio State Buckeyes, and the Washington Huskies, have won berths in the 2019 Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual in Pasadena, Calif., and their first stop along the way was a traditional visit to the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 26. The teams will play in the 105th Rose Bowl Game […]
The high school football season has come to an inspirational close as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® receives a big win in the fight against childhood cancer in the form of $128,000 raised by hundreds of high school football teams and their generous communities. The 3rd Annual Touchdowns Against Cancer program, a partnership with MaxPreps […]
The 2018 World Champion Philadelphia Eagles and Axalta, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, have partnered to recognize exceptional middle school and secondary school teachers specializing in STEM education (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). The 4th Annual Axalta All-Pro Teachers program received hundreds of nominations from local Philadelphia-area schools, and 10 teachers were […]
The University of Texas at Austin (UT) and a group led by the Oak View Group (OVG) will build a world-class arena on campus that will be home to Texas Men’s and Women’s basketball games, graduations, concerts and other events. It is expected to be opened in 2021. The innovative 35-year agreement between UT and […]
Planning for the 2019 Special Olympics Georgia State Fall Games has started, and the organization is excited to announce a location change for the event. After spending five years in Hall County, located in northeastern Georgia, Special Olympics Georgia will be bringing the annual competition south to Valdosta. The statewide competition will take place on […]
Texas-based Thakkar Developers, in collaboration with The CricRealty Company, unveiled plans for a new 15,000-seat cricket stadium and 80-acre mixed-used development to be built in Allen, Texas. The 15,000-seat stadium is part of a larger development called Allen Sports Village, which will feature more than 500,000 square feet of Class A office space, 1,000 residential […]
Sweden has been granted the opportunity to host Special Olympics’ flagship sporting event, the World Winter Games in 2021. “We are proud that Sweden will host the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2021. For us the Games is an investment in sport and health for people with intellectual disabilities — and an important platform to […]
Following recent news and the positive key findings of the market study and public consultations, BCF is proud to affirm its strong support and active role within the group of business people and corporations working diligently to bring back a Major League Baseball team to Montreal. The tireless efforts of the group of Montreal-based business […]