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Denmark ready for the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships The forests around Haderslev dressed up in the many colors of the rainbow this weekend, as the City of Haderslev together with the Danish Cycling Federation, DCU, staged the Haderslev MTB Challenge including the Danish MTB marathon Championships. Along with the event, the organizers...

While the top teams in the world are competing for the Paralympic crown at Tokyo 2020, Covid-19 has left the stands completely devoid. In October 2022, however, fans will be able to experience wheelchair rugby’s best in Vejle, Denmark. Wheelchair rugby is more popular than ever in Denmark, with the national team competing at it’s...

PRESS RELEASE With a focus on how to create more active and liveable cities, The World Union of Olympic Cities has chosen Copenhagen for its summit this November. Swim in the clean harbour, ski down an urban mountain build on top of a clean waste to energy plant and the join the many cyclists in...

PRESS RELEASE The Handball Federations of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are proud to announce that for the first time ever they are jointly bidding for the rights to host the EHF EURO (both Men’s and Women’s) in either 2026 or 2028. Under the name ‘Scandinavia Connect’, the three countries aim to host an EHF Euro...

PRESS RELEASE The City of Aarhus has the honour of being the first Danish city ever to host The Ocean Race. Now, the beautiful port city has found a strong Presenting Partner in the form of internationally renowned software innovation company Trifork. Over 14 days in May / June 2023, the City of Aarhus will...

Press release on behalf of Floorball Denmark, the city of Frederikshavn, and Sport Event Denmark The next generation of world class floorball players is coming to Denmark in 2023 to duke it out over the highest international honor: The world championships. After an intense competition between many highly qualified bids, the International Floorball Federation (IFF)...

Press release from Badminton Denmark The TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup is coming to Denmark in 2021, and the BWF has just announced the new dates for the major event. October 9-17, 2021, the world team championships for men’s teams and women’s teams will for the first time ever be held simultaneously in Europe....

PRESS RELEASE The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) just awarded the UCI BMX World Championships 2025 to the Danish Cycling Federation, that will host the event in close cooperation with the city of Copenhagen, Wonderful Copenhagen and Sport Event Denmark. Three times in the coming years, the Danish Capital will play a host of major international...

PRESS RELEASE The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has awarded Denmark UCI Gran Fondo World Championships 2024. The championships will be staged in September in Aalborg, which also hosted the same event in 2015. The  International Federation has decided to award Denmark the hosting UCI Gran Fondo World Championships 2024 “For Denmark as a cycling nation,...