Sports Tourism

Qatar Airways named as the official airline sponsor of one of the world's most prestigious racing events on the international calendar, the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2019.

Miura Golf introduced the MB-101, the newest addition to its catalog of revered forged muscleback irons. This is the first new blade launched by the family-operated club maker since 2013.

Topgolf Entertainment Group will open the doors to its latest Greater Richmond area location at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. The new, three-level, 55,000-square-foot venue is the company's 57th location worldwide. The complex will feature high-tech entertainment and gaming, climate-controlled hitting bays, a renowned menu, hand-crafted cocktails, local Hardywood craft beer, corporate and social event spaces, music and more.

There is no denying that sport is a huge industry that attracts thousands of people from all over the world. Cricket is not an exception. There are hundreds of thousands who watch important matches and support their favorite teams.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) carried the Olympic Flame for Lausanne 2020 on its flight from Athens to Geneva, following the Flame’s lighting ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. The Olympic Flame has thus returned to Switzerland for the first time since the Winter Olympics were held in St. Moritz in 1948.

Qatar Airways has signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Belgian football club K.A.S. Eupen further growing its global sporting partnerships portfolio.

European Tour Destinations’ network of world-class golf venues has once again dominated Golf World magazine’s Top 100 Golf Courses in Continental Europe, with a total of 14 courses from across 11 of its venues making the renowned listing.

PGA Catalunya Resort’s critically acclaimed Stadium Course has advanced its standing in Golf World’s Top 100 Golf Courses of Continental Europe 2019, as the magazine updates its judging methodology in an effort to create its fairest rankings ever.

Taking place outside Europe for the first time, The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi will host the 6th Annual World Golf Awards on 29th October 2019.

The OCP Group (OCP), a world-leader in the phosphate industry, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced a new, multiyear partnership to expand Jr. NBA programs, teach life skills and build new basketball courts in Khouribga and Benguerir, Morocco and in the Rwandan capital of Kigali.

The Portuguese national football team visits Lithuania as the two national squads are to face off in a group stage match as part of the qualification for the final stage of UEFA Euro 2020. Cristiano Ronaldo will make his first appearance in Lithuania.

A record 54 current NBA players will be featured on national team rosters at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, up from 45 in 2014. 

SAS is starting its campaign Future Olympians today in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The campaign is part of SAS’s collaboration with the three Scandinavian Olympic committees DIF, NIF, and SOK.*

Evason Hua Hin announced the opening of four international standard pickleball courts as part of their vast leisure offerings.