FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2019 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, USA — A highly accomplished event management professional with more than 15 years of experience in Olympic and international sport is joining World Lacrosse as the organization’s first, full-time Director of Events. Lindsay Impett, who most recently served as Event Director for the 2019 Vitality [...]
December 9, 2019 Team registration is now available for participating in the Hong Kong Lacrosse Open, April 10-13, 2020 at Stanley Ho Sports Centre in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Lacrosse Open has become one of the largest and most competitive lacrosse tournaments in Asia. The Hong Kong Lacrosse Association invites you and your team [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2019 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, USA -- The General Assembly of World Lacrosse has overwhelmingly approved a recommendation from the organization's Board of Directors to welcome Barbados Lacrosse and Lithuania Lacrosse as the newest members of the international federation for men's and women's lacrosse. With the addition of Barbados and [...]
December 4, 2019 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, USA — World Lacrosse and The World Games 2021 Birmingham Organizing Committee are announcing today the participating nations for the women’s and men’s lacrosse competitions at The World Games 2021. Sixteen National Teams — eight women’s and eight men’s — will compete in The World Games 2021, utilizing [...]
To support our National Governing Bodies and Continental Federations in the continued development of the sport globally, World Lacrosse has created a “Membership Toolkit” to provide members the latest in resources and reference materials to support continued efforts to grow the game globally. The Membership Toolkit is being made available to World Lacrosse member-National Governing [...]
Jim Scherr is the former CEO of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and he is the inaugural CEO of World Lacrosse. In this interview, he talks about the history of the sport of lacrosse, current and long-term goals for World Lacrosse, lacrosse anti-doping and athlete education programs, anti-doping challenges associated with being a growing [...]
The Pan-American Lacrosse Association (PALA) Women’s Lacrosse World Qualifier, November 14-17, finished its second day of lacrosse action at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Florida, USA. Teams are qualifying for the 2021 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship in Towson, Maryland, USA. Results | November 15 Puerto Rico def. Mexico, 12-6 Haudenosaunee def. Jamaica, 21-3 [...]
