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28 March, 2025

By Grand Slam Track

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League’s Debut Season begins with the Inaugural Slam in Kingston, Jamaica, April 4–6, plus Slams in Miami, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles

New York, NY (March 28, 2025) - Grand Slam Track™, the global home of professional track competition launched by four-time Olympic Champion Michael Johnson, has today announced a plethora of global broadcast deals that will bring the league’s inaugural season to fans in 189 countries and territories worldwide. The new deals announced today will provide broadcast coverage in Latin America, South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Oceania, and Africa, plus additional deals in Europe and Asia. This announcement takes the total number of Grand Slam Track™ broadcast partners to 21 for the league’s inaugural year of competition. The season begins in Kingston, Jamaica, April 4–6, with these newly announced broadcast partners set to provide coverage around the world.

“We’ve been busy getting Grand Slam Track™ ready for the world to see, and we’re delighted that these efforts have come to fruition with these new global television deals,” said Michael Johnson, Founder and Commissioner of Grand Slam Track™. “We set out to make Grand Slam Track™ viewable for fans all across the globe, and these deals reinforce that idea. We can’t wait to get racing in Kingston next week and if you can’t join us in person, you now know you can tune in and watch us from all over the world. Don’t miss this festival of speed.”

Grand Slam Track™ had previously announced its US broadcast partners (Peacock, streaming all three days; The CW, linear coverage of Saturday and Sunday), plus Eurosport providing coverage in Europe and Asia, with TNT Sports broadcasting in the UK and Ireland. Fans in 189 countries and territories worldwide will be able to tune in and watch live coverage of the world’s fastest track Racers, such as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Masai Russell, Josh Kerr, Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, Kenny Bednarek, and many others, competing for the biggest pool of prize money ever offered in the sport.

Two Circles, the global sports marketing business, are the lead advisors to Grand Slam Track on its global media rights strategy and distribution. Range Sports also advised on the transactions with Steve Gera, President of Grand Slam Track, and Matt Hong, Senior Advisor.

Tickets for the Slams in Kingston, Miami, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles are on sale now. For more information, please visit https://grandslamtrack.com/events, and follow @GrandSlamTrack on all social media platforms.

Full List of Grand Slam Track™ Broadcasters and their respective territories of coverage

(** denotes coverage is newly announced today):

BeIN Sports**: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon. Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

CazéTV**: Brazil

CBC**: Canada

Charlton**: Israel

The CW: United States (linear, Saturdays & Sundays)

Eurosport (Asia): Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka

Eurosport (Europe): Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

L’Equipe**: France

MTVA**: Hungary

NBC/Peacock: United States (streaming all days, Friday exclusive)

New World TV**: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo

PCCW**: China, Hong Kong

Rush Sports**: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Sky Sport**: New Zealand

Sporty TV**: Czechia

SPOTV**: Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam

SuperSport**: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

TBS**: Japan

TNT Sports: United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland

TVJ**: Jamaica

TyC Sports**: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

VG**: Norway

Full 2025 Grand Slam Track calendar:

Kingston, Jamaica

Friday 4 April, Saturday 5 April, Sunday 6 April

Miami, USA:

Friday 2 May, Saturday 3 May, Sunday 4 May

Philadelphia, USA:

Friday 30 May, Saturday 31 May, Sunday 1 June

Los Angeles, USA:

Friday 27 June, Saturday 28 June, Sunday 29 June

About Grand Slam Track

Grand Slam Track™ is the global home of elite track competition founded by four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson. The league is redefining the landscape of track with a focus on head-to-head competition between the fastest humans on the planet: fostering rivalries, celebrating racing, and putting fans first. The league features a roster of 48 Racers signed to compete in four annual Slams and includes superstars like Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Quincy Hall, Josh Kerr, Marileidy Paulino, and many more. These Racers compete against 48 Challengers, who vary per Slam; each Slam features the largest and deepest prize purse in the history of the sport. The inaugural Grand Slam Track™ season in 2025 sees Slams take place in Kingston, Jamaica; Miami; Philadelphia; and Los Angeles. For more information, visit grandslamtrack.com.

About Michael Johnson

Born in Dallas, Texas, Michael Johnson is a Hall of Fame track and field star, universally recognized as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships across his career, and held world and Olympic records in both the 200m and 400m races. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Johnson became the first and only male athlete to win the Gold medal in both the 200m and 400m at the same Olympics. Since retiring from active competition, Johnson has become a serial entrepreneur and investor, as well as highly sought after performance mindset speaker and an award winning television commentator. Johnson has been a pundit for the BBC’s coverage of every Olympics Games since Athens 2004, and remains a key voice on, and advocate for the sport. Johnson was inducted into the United States Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Callum Squires

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Ben Sosenko

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On behalf of Grand Slam Track