Soccer fever is taking hold in Tysons early with the return of the now-annual COPA Tysons celebration.
The festivities will kick off with a launch party this Saturday, May 30 before the 2026 FIFA World Cup takes center field at a series of free watch parties planned throughout the summer, starting at Starr Hill Biergarten (1805 Capital One Drive).
County leaders and Fairfax’s athletics community are mourning the death of Rob Hahne Jr., who played a pivotal role in local youth sports for decades.
The Clifton resident, who died May 14 at age 57, “really was an incredible model” for serving the community, Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn said at the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ May 19 meeting.
Youth baseball players in Annandale marked the ceremonial start of their spring season on Saturday (May 2) with practices, visits from Little League alumni — and a first pitch thrown by Washington Nationals starting pitcher Cade Cavalli.
The visit was courtesy of the Nationals’ Team UP program, which supports local youth leagues throughout the D.C. metro area, including the Mason District Little League.
James Madison High School alum Bryce Eldridge is getting another shot at the majors after he was called up yesterday (Monday) by the San Francisco Giants.
A slugging and pitching star for the Warhawks, which won two state championships during his career, Eldridge was drafted by the Giants in 2023 with the 16th overall pick.
A former Lake Braddock Bruin could soon don purple and gold on an NFL gridiron.
Burke native Matthew Hibner was drafted on Saturday (April 25) by the Baltimore Ravens, which selected him in the fourth round with the 133rd overall pick after trading a fifth-round slot and 2027 sixth-round pick to the San Francisco 49ers.
A Virginia-based chain of fastpitch softball training facilities for girls will expand to Fairfax County this spring.
An exact opening date hasn’t been set, but SixFour3 Fairfax will open at 8600 Morrissette Drive in West Springfield soon — likely within a month, local franchise owner Bob Reuss told FFXnow.
A major sporting goods store is making a play for Tysons Corner Center.
Dick’s House of Sport is on track to open at the mall in fall 2027, Doug Healey, property owner and developer Macerich’s senior executive vice president for leasing, told investors during an earnings call on Feb. 18.
Figure skaters and their families from across the D.C. region gathered today (Friday) at Reston’s SkateQuest to watch their homegrown phenom pursue gold and, possibly, history an ocean and continent away at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
In minutes, however, that vision fell apart as Vienna resident Ilia Malinin missed the Olympic podium entirely after a disastrous free skate where he fell twice, finishing in eighth place with 264.49 points.
In between classes, George Mason University students gathered at the Johnson Center in Fairfax to cheer one of their own going for the gold in the winter Olympics.
Ilia Malinin, a 21-year-old figure skater competing in the Milan Cortina Olympics, is also studying for a not-yet-declared major at GMU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The university held a watch party yesterday (Tuesday) as Malinin competed in the qualifying round of the individual men’s short program.
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
MILAN (AP) — It seemed only fitting that Ilia Malinin was the first one to get his Olympic gold medal after the U.S. successfully defended its team title by holding off the Japanese on Sunday night in the three-day competition at the Milan Cortina Games.
