Boston,Massachusetts, is home to several major professional sports franchises. They include theRed Sox (baseball), theCeltics (basketball, in the state where the sport was invented), and theBruins (ice hockey). TheNew England Patriots (American football) and theNew England Revolution (soccer) play atGillette Stadium in the nearby suburb ofFoxborough, Massachusetts. Boston is one ofeleven U.S. cities to have teams from thefive major American professional team sports.

Several Boston-area colleges and universities are also active incollege athletics including:Boston College,Boston University,Northeastern, andHarvard. The city is also home to prestigious sports events such as theBoston Marathon and theHead of the Charles Regatta.

Sports are a major part of the city's culture (as well as the culture of theGreater Boston area). Boston sports fans are known for their fanatical devotion to the Red Sox and knowledge of the team's history. However, in recent memory Boston is now known as an American football town, as the Patriots have long seized the title as the most popular team in New England, according to surveys.^[1][2]Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox, is the oldest ballpark inMajor League Baseball (MLB) and holds a legendary status among baseball fans.^[3][4][5] Within the same era, what is now the world's oldest existing indoor multi-sports facility^[6] – today'sMatthews Arena, primarily used byNortheastern University'scollege sports teams – first opened in 1910, only1⁄4-mile (400m) away fromthe original home field of the Red Sox – and is where on December 1, 1924, the Boston Bruins played their firstNHL regular season game.^[7]

The Greater Boston region is the only city/surrounding area in American professional sports in which all facilities for men's teams are privately owned and operated. The Patriots and Revolution both ownGillette Stadium, the Red Sox own Fenway Park, andTD Garden is owned byDelaware North, owner of the Bruins. The Celtics rent TD Garden from Delaware North. This is not the case for teams in the mostprominent women's leagues—Boston Fleet, the region's representative in theProfessional Women's Hockey League, plays at theTsongas Center, owned by theUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell, and theNational Women's Soccer League's futureBoston Legacy FC is set to start play in 2026 inWhite Stadium, owned byBoston's public school district.

Since theturn of the century, Boston's professional sports teams have won 13 championships: six by the Patriots (Super BowlsXXXVI (2001),XXXVIII (2003),XXXIX (2004),XLIX (2014),LI (2016), andLIII (2018)), four by the Red Sox (2004,2007,2013, and2018), two by the Celtics (2008 and2024), and one by the Bruins (2011). Their sports teams have also appeared an additional 12 times as league finalists: five by the Revolution (2002,2005,2006,2007, and2014), four by the Patriots (Super BowlsXLII (2007),XLVI (2011),LII (2017), andLX (2026)), two by the Bruins (2013, and2019) and two by the Celtics (2010 and2022). The recent sporting success of their teams has given rise to thecity's moniker as the "City of Champions",^{[8][9][10][11]} and "Titletown".^[12][13][14]

In the 2000s, Boston's professional teams had what was argued to be the most successful decade in sports history, winning six championships (three by the Patriots: 2001, 2003, 2004; two by the Red Sox: 2004, 2007; and one by the Celtics: 2007–08),^[15] while also appearing an additional five times as league finalists (4x by the Revolution, 1x by the Patriots). Additionally, their teams have completed their regular seasons with the best record five times in their respective leagues (3x by the Patriots: 14–2 in 2003, 14–2 in 2004, 16–0 in 2007; 2x by the Celtics: 66–16 in 2007–08, 62–20 in 2008–09).

In the 2010s, their professional teams rivaled their 2000s achievements, winning six additional championships (three by the Patriots: 2014, 2016, 2018; two by the Red Sox: 2013, 2018; and one by the Bruins: 2010–11), while also appearing an additional six times as league finalists (2x by the Patriots, 2x by the Bruins, 1x by the Celtics, and 1x by the Revolution). Additionally, their teams have completed their regular seasons with the best record four times in their respective leagues (2x by the Patriots: 14–2 in 2010, 14–2 in 2016; onePresidents' Trophy by the Bruins: 117 PTS in 2013–14; 1x by the Red Sox: 108–54 in 2018).

In the 2020s, the Celtics won a championship in 2024, while also appearing an additional time as a league finalist in 2022. Additionally, Boston's professional teams have completed their regular seasons with the best record four times in their respective leagues (two presidents' Trophies by the Bruins: 100 PTS in 2019–20, 135 PTS in 2022–23; oneSupporters' Shield by the Revolution: 22–5–7 in 2021; 1x by the Celtics: 64–18 in 2023–24).

When the Bruins won the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, the city of Boston became the first city in the 21st century to have at leastfour of its major professional league teams win a league championship, and became the first city to have championships in four major professional leagues within a ten-year span, accomplishing this feat in a span of six years, four months, and nine days (from the Patriots' championship win on February 6, 2005, to the Bruins' championship winon June 15, 2011).^[16] Los Angeles would accomplish this same feat in 2022.^[17] This sporting achievement was whatDan Shaughnessy ofSports Illustrated dubbed as Boston completing the "Grand Slam of North American sports."^[18]As of April 2025, at least one of Boston's five major pro sports teams has played in the final four of their respective sports playoffs, MLB'sALCS, NFL'sAFC Championship Game, or the Eastern Conference Finals in the NBA, NHL, and MLS in every year since 2010.Since 2002,duck boats provided byBoston Duck Tours have been used as Boston's championship parade vehicles, starting with theNew England Patriots after the Patriots wonSuper Bowl XXXVI over theSt. Louis Rams. As a result of this recent practice, the catch phrase "cue the duck boats" has been used whenever a Boston sports team has won a championship in advance of its celebratory parade.^{[19][20][21][22][23]} While much of the parade routes over the years consisted of the duck boats staying on land, some featured them traversing both the land and across theCharles River.

According to American folklore,Pilgrim fathers observed a form of soccer calledpasuckuakohowog that was played by Native Americans along the Massachusetts coast as early as 1620, the earliest observance of soccer of any form in what is currently the United States.^[24]

In 1862, TheOneida Football Club in Boston was the first organized team to play any kind of "football/soccer" in the United States. It was founded byGerrit Smith "Gat" Miller, a graduate of the Latin School ofEpes Sargent Dixwell, a privatecollege preparatory school in Boston, who grew tired of the chaotic, disorganized, and very violent games that arose from different schools, as well as the rule variations of soccer that existed as a by-product of no formal rules for the game during that era. Miller organized other recent preparatory school graduates from relatively elite public (state) schools in the area, such asBoston Latin School and theEnglish High School of Boston to join this team that played their games atBoston Common. Between 1862 and 1865, playing against other pickup teams within Boston's collegiate community, the Oneidas never lost a match.^[25] Like American football historians, soccer historians trace the origins of their sport in the region to the Oneida Football Club and their brand of football that they played called the "Boston Game", which was a hybrid of both sports today that featured a rounded ball that could be kicked, carried, and thrown. The Boston game would go on to be introduced toYale University,Columbia University,Cornell University, and Boston'sHarvard University. This hybrid form of football, that would evolve into what is now American football, would eventually adopt codified rules based primarily on those established for English rugby, gained prominence and acceptance within the college circles, and upper-class status, relegating the uncodified "soccer" variety of the game to working-class status, that was adopted by the immigrant communities that brought along their soccer customs and traditions with them to the region.

In 1923, the world's firstindoor soccer league with 11-a-side teams on a full-sized field opened the winter season at the Commonwealth Cavalry Armory in Boston.

In 1924, theBoston Soccer Club was formed and played in the professionalAmerican Soccer League, which comprised teams based in the northeastern U.S. region. The team was later renamed theBoston Bears in 1929 and played for an additional few seasons before the league folded in 1933 due to theGreat Depression in the United States.

At the inauguralFIFA World Cup in 1930,Bert Patenaude (fromFall River, Massachusetts) scored the firsthat-trick in World Cup play.^[26] TheUSMNT finished in third place.^[27]

1967 brought about the birth of nationwide professional soccer featuring two competing leagues. Of the two, Boston only played in theUnited Soccer Association and was represented by theBoston Rovers, whose roster was composed of players fromShamrock Rovers F.C. from theLeague of Ireland as well as guest players. They played their home matches at theManning Bowl inLynn, Massachusetts. In 1968, the United Soccer Association and theNational Professional Soccer League merged to become theFIFA-backed, major professionalNorth American Soccer League (NASL). Boston was represented that year by theBoston Beacons who played their lone season atFenway Park. In 1974–76, Boston was represented in the league by theBoston Minutemen who played their home games in various stadiums within Greater Boston, includingNickerson Field andFoxboro Stadium. From 1978 to 1980, Greater Boston was represented in the league by theNew England Tea Men who played out of Foxboro Stadium. The team would relocate toJacksonville, Florida after three seasons.

After the NASL folded on March 28, 1985, a new nationwide professional soccer league would re-emerge in 1996 in the form ofMajor League Soccer (MLS) following the success of the1994 FIFA World Cup (withFoxboro Stadium as one of nine venues).^[28] Greater Boston would be represented by theNew England Revolution, who play all their home games inFoxborough, Massachusetts.Gillette Stadium has served as the Revolution's current home stadium since 2002. The club's nickname "Revolution" refers to the New England region's significant involvement in theAmerican Revolutionary War that took place from 1775 to 1783. The Revolution have participated in fiveMLS Cup finals in2002,2005,2006,2007, and2014, but have not yet won. They won the 2021MLS Supporters' Shield for the best regular season record.^[29]

Notable footballers who played in Boston include Portuguese legendEusébio, and U.S. national team members:Taylor Twellman,Clint Dempsey,Alexi Lalas, andBilly Gonsalves (a native of Fall River, Massachusetts and was nicknamed the "Babe Ruth of American Soccer" during his career).^[30][31]

TheBoston Celtics basketball team, who play at theTD Garden, were a founding member of theBasketball Association of America, one of the two leagues that merged to form theNational Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics have the distinction of having more championships than any other NBA team, with eighteen championships from 1957 to 2024.^[32] They had a remarkable run of titles from the 1956–57 until the 1968–69 seasons, winning 11 of 13 championships in that span, including an NBA record 8 titles in a row from 1958 to 1959 until 1965–66, under legendary centerBill Russell.

The list of Celtics who are members of theBasketball Hall of Fame include, among others,Bill Russell,Bob Cousy,John Havlicek,Dave Cowens,Larry Bird,Sam Jones,Nate Archibald, original owner Walter Brown, and longtime coach and team presidentRed Auerbach, who worked for the team until his death in 2006 at age 89. Longtime announcerJohnny Most was also honored by the Basketball Hall of Fame as a recipient of theCurt Gowdy Media Award. After finishing with a record of 24–58 in2006–07, the team acquiredRay Allen andKevin Garnett from theSeattle SuperSonics andMinnesota Timberwolves, respectively, to aid longtime Celtics starPaul Pierce make up one of the best defensive and offensive lineups in NBA history. With help of up-and-comingRajon Rondo,Kendrick Perkins, and head coachDoc Rivers the team once again made history by winning the2008 NBA Finals and their 17th championship againstlong-time rivals the Lakers.

One of the most notable athletes from Greater Boston was Hall of FamerPatrick Ewing who grew up inCambridge, Massachusetts and attended theCambridge Rindge and Latin School.^[33] Ewing won Olympic gold medals as a member of the1984 and1992 U.S. men's basketball teams^[34] and was selected as one of the50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996 and as one of the75 Greatest Players in NBA History in 2021.^[35]

TheTD Garden, aboveNorth Station, is the home to theBoston Bruinsice hockey team of theNational Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins, founded in 1924, were the first American member of the NHL and anOriginal Six franchise, and have won sixStanley Cups, most recently in2011, when they defeated theVancouver Canucks in seven games. The Bruins' first venue—the team is the only one of the Original Six teams to have its original venue still in existence—was the former Boston Arena on Huntington Avenue, having been built in 1910 under that name, which now exists asNortheastern University'sMatthews Arena. It is the oldest purpose-built indoor ice hockey arena still in use in the world for the sport, used forNortheastern Huskiescollegiate ice hockey and basketball in the 21st century.

Hall of Fame players such as forwardMilt Schmidt, and defensemenEddie Shore,Raymond Bourque and the legendaryBobby Orr have played for the Bruins, as well as the NHL's tallest-ever player, Slovakian-born defensemanZdeno Chára, a former captain of the Bruins. The team has been managed and coached by Hall of Famers such as team founderCharles Adams (namesake of hockey's oldAdams Division),Art Ross (donor and namesake of the NHL'strophy for annual scoring champion),Walter A. Brown, Schmidt, andHarry Sinden. Orr was voted the greatest athlete in Boston history in theBoston Globe newspaper's poll of New Englanders in 1975, beating out baseball and basketball stars such asTed Williams,Bill Russell,Carl Yastrzemski, andBob Cousy.^[36]

Since their initial meeting on December 8, 1924, the longest-standing rivalry in the NHL is the one between the Bruins and their Canadian archrival, theMontreal Canadiens.^[37] These two teams have met 34 times in the NHL'sStanley Cup playoffs, with Montreal taking 18-straight playoff series from the Bruins between 1946 and 1987.

Boston's local colleges are also very strong in hockey.Boston College andBoston University are always competitive and at the top of the college rankings, both competing in theHockey East conference. Since 2001, Boston College has won four national championships (2001, 2008, 2010, and 2012) and Boston University has won one (2009). BC and BU, along with theNortheastern Huskies, also of Hockey East, and theHarvard Crimson ofECAC Hockey, compete in theBeanpot, considered^{[by whom?]} the most prestigious in-season collegiate hockey tournament. It is played on the first two Mondays of February atTD Garden, with the semi-final matchups rotating on a year-to-year basis. Although neither theBC orBU women's teams have secured national championships, they have together eight Hockey East titles since 2010.

Boston also has a rich recent history in professional women's hockey. TheBoston Pride were a charter franchise of theNational Women's Hockey League (NWHL) and its most successful team, winning threeIsobel Cup titles. The NWHL, which rebranded as the Premier Hockey Federation in 2021, was purchased and ultimately dissolved in 2023 as part of an effort to create a new, unified North American women's professional league.^[38] Boston was awarded one of the newProfessional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) six charter franchises.^[39]Boston Fleet hosts games inLowell, and debuted on January 3, 2024.^[40] In the inaugural season, Boston Fleet made it to the finals competing for theWalter Cup, but lost to Minnesota Frost in Game 5.^[41]

TheBoston Red Sox are a founding member of theAmerican League ofMajor League Baseball (MLB), and one of the four American League teams (theWhite Sox,Guardians, andTigers are the others) to still play in their original city. The "BoSox", or "Sox" as they are colloquially called, play their home games atFenway Park, located nearKenmore Square, in theFenway section of Boston. Built in 1912, it is the oldest sports arena or stadium in active use in the United States among the four major professional sports.Boston was also thesite of the first game of the first baseballWorld Series, in 1903. The Boston-New York baseball rivalry has existed since May 7, 1903: theRed Sox-Yankees rivalry, with the New York team then being known as the "Highlanders", from theirUpper Manhattanhome field location. The 1903 World Series was played between the Red Sox (then known as the "Americans") and thePittsburgh Pirates,^[42] while the team still played at theHuntington Avenue Grounds (the site is now a part ofNortheastern University). The Sox won that series and eight more since then (1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013, and 2018). The2004 team is said to have broken the 86-year-long "Curse of the Bambino." There have been many legendary players on the team includingCy Young,Babe Ruth,Ted Williams,Carl Yastrzemski,Carlton Fisk,Wade Boggs,Jim Rice,Pedro Martínez,Roger Clemens, andDavid Ortiz.

For the first half of the 20th century, Boston had two Major League Baseball franchises. TheBoston Braves, operated in theNational League from 1871 to 1952 before relocating toMilwaukee, and finally moving to their current home,Atlanta. They played their home games atSouth End Grounds (1871–1914) andBraves Field (1915–1952). In 1914, the Braves performed one of the most memorable comebacks in major league history, going from last place to first place in two months, becoming the first team to win apennant after being in last place on the Fourth of July. The Braves went on to sweep Connie Mack's heavily favored Athletics in four games in the1914 World Series. The franchise is the oldest continuous professional sports franchise.

The Boston Game is thought to be the origin ofAmerican football, played byNew Englandprep schools. In 1855, manufactured inflatable balls were introduced. These were much more regular in shape than the handmade balls of earlier times, making kicking and carrying more skillful. Two competing versions had evolved during this time; the "kicking game" which resembled soccer and the "running" or "carrying game" which resembledrugby union. hybrid of the two, known as the "Boston game", was played by a group known as theOneida Football Club. The club, considered by some historians as the first formalfootball club in the United States, was formed in 1861 by schoolboys who played the "Boston game" onBoston Common. They played mostly among themselves early on; though they organized a team of non-members to play a game in November 1863, which the Oneidas won easily. The game caught the attention of the press, and the "Boston game" continued to grow throughout the 1860s.^[43]

The first professionalNational Football League (NFL) franchise in the city was theBoston Bulldogs, who only played a single season (in 1929) since relocating fromPottsville, Pennsylvania.

TheBoston Braves were established in 1932, under the ownership ofGeorge Preston Marshall. At the time the team played inBraves Field, home of theBoston Braves baseball team in the National League. The following year, the club moved toFenway Park, home of the American League'sBoston Red Sox, whereupon owners changed the team's name to "Boston Redskins." To round out the change, Marshall hiredWilliam "Lone Star" Dietz, who was thought to be partSioux, as the team's head coach. However, Boston wasn't much of a football town at the time and the team had difficulty drawing fans. In fact, the1936 NFL Championship Game was moved to thePolo Grounds in New York City due to apathy and low support in Boston. In 1937, Marshall moved the franchise to Washington, D.C.

In 1944, theBoston Yanks were established (the 3rd NFL franchise in Boston's history), playing their home games at Fenway Park and competing until 1948. The Yanks are the only officially defunct NFL team ever to have thefirst overall NFL draft pick. They had it twice, in 1944 and 1946. Both times they selected a quarterback from theUniversity of Notre Dame:Angelo Bertelli (1944) andFrank Dancewicz (1946), bothMassachusetts natives. OwnerTed Collins moved his "defunct" Yanks franchise to New York City in 1949, where it continued for one year as the Bulldogs and two years known as theNew York Yanks.

In 1959, Boston businessmanBilly Sullivan was awarded a franchise in theAmerican Football League (AFL), theBoston Patriots, bringing professional football back to Boston. Throughout the 1960s, the team lacked a permanent home field, playing atBoston University Field (at the time still known and configured asBraves Field),Fenway Park,Harvard Stadium, andBoston College'sAlumni Stadium. In 1970, theAFL merged with theNFL and the Patriots joined the league (the AFL- NFL merger was announced in 1966, the first season ofSuper Bowl competition). The following year, the franchise was re-named the New England Patriots. From 1971 to 2002, the team played atFoxboro Stadium in the town ofFoxborough, Massachusetts which is located 22 miles (45 km)^[44][45] southwest of downtown Boston. Unlike most major American cities, Boston was slow to get a professional-caliber stadium, which stymied past attempts at top-tier football in the city prior to the Patriots' arrival. Largely due to the stadium issue, the Patriots are the only football team in the Boston area's sporting history to survive more than five years. The 2002 season brought the opening ofGillette Stadium, located next door to Foxboro Stadium.

BusinessmanRobert Kraft, who at the time owned Foxboro Stadium and the team's lease for it, purchased the team in 1994 for $175 million, ensuring the Patriots would remain in New England amid a shuffle of owners and rumors of a relocation toSt. Louis. The team experienced arecent surge of success, mostly with the turn of the century. The team has made 12Super Bowl appearances and won six of them –XXXVI (2001),XXXVIII (2003),XXXIX (2004),XLIX (2014),LI (2016),LIII (2018),LX (2026) – and became the only team to go16–0 in the regular season (in 2007) since the NFL expanded to a 16-game schedule in 1978. Notable people among the team include head coachBill Belichick and star quarterbackTom Brady, who among others would help make the Patriots consistently successful. The Patriots won 21 games in a row from 2003 to 2004, including winningSuper Bowl XXXVIII.

The only substantive challenge to the Patriots came from theUnited States Football League'sBoston Breakers, who played at Nickerson Field in the upstart spring league's inaugural season. However, by the end of that season, it was clear that Nickerson Field was too small and too outdated even for temporary use. Unable to find a more suitable venue, the Breakers moved toNew Orleans the following season.

Rugby in Boston has a strong following; the city is home to numerous amateur, college and semi-professional sides. The city has three teams in the former premier division of USArugby union, theRugby Super League –Mystic River Rugby Club, theBoston Irish Wolfhounds, andBoston RFC. The current top flight of the sport,Major League Rugby, has the Boston-basedNew England Free Jacks who joined the league in 2020. The team has won three consecutive MLR shields and becoming the first team earned the most titles in franchise history.

TheBoston 13s founded in 2009, play in the North Conference of theUSA Rugby League, they won the USARL National Championship in 2015.

Boston is home to three professionallacrosse teams, including theBoston Cannons ofMajor League Lacrosse, who played atHarvard University'sHarvard Stadium. TheNational Lacrosse League team in Boston is theBoston Blazers, who began in the2009 season and played at theTD Garden. TheBoston Storm, who began in the2016 season, were one of the original four teams of theUnited Women's Lacrosse League.

Two different women's soccer teams known as theBoston Breakers have been charter members of three separate professional leagues. The original version, founded in 2001, played in the short-livedWomen's United Soccer Association. The Breakers were resurrected in 2009 to play in WUSA's equally short-lived successor,Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). After WPS folded following its 2011 season, the Breakers remained in operation, playing the 2012 season in the newly established semi-proWPSL Elite. In December 2012, the Breakers were announced as one of the eight charter teams of the newNational Women's Soccer League, which began play in 2013. While the WUSA and WPS Breakers played at Harvard Stadium, the NWSL team played its first season at the smaller Dilboy Stadium inSomerville. The NWSL Breakers moved to Harvard Stadium for the 2014 season, and then moved to the nearby venue now known as Jordan Field, where they remained until their demise after the 2017 season.

In September 2023, the NWSL announced that a Boston team would start play in 2026.^[48] The team announced its branding asBOS Nation FC in October 2024.^[49] Due to fan backlash, the team announced it would change its name toBoston Legacy FC on March 26, 2025.

There have been other professional sports teams to play in the city, such as theBoston Beacons andBoston Minutemen of theNASL. Boston's first all-female flat-trackroller derby league, Boston Derby Dames, formed in May 2005. The league is among the original members of theWomen's Flat Track Derby Association.

Boston's many colleges and universities are active in college athletics. There are fourNCAA Division I members in the city:Boston College (member of theAtlantic Coast Conference),Boston University (Patriot League),Northeastern University (Coastal Athletic Association), andHarvard University (Ivy League).

All except Harvard, which belongs toECAC Hockey, belong to theHockey East conference in hockey. The hockey teams of these four universities meet every year in a four-team tournament known as the "Beanpot Tournament", played at the TD Garden (and the Boston Garden before that) over two Monday nights in February.^[50]

The oldest continuously used indoor and outdoor sports stadiums in the world are used by Boston schools:Harvard Stadium (built in 1903) and the aforementionedBoston Arena (now known as Matthews Arena, built in 1910), which is used by Northeastern University.

Boston has amateur and participatory sports and recreation.The 18-mile loop through thePaul Dudley White Bicycle Path runs on both sides of the river within theCharles River Reservation for bicyclists and runners. Boston is also home is the oldest continuously operating community sailing program in the United States.^{[citation needed]} It is located in Boston along the Charles River Esplanade between theLongfellow Bridge and theHatch Shell.Community Boating, Inc offers members instruction for sailing and windsurfing, and allows members to use CBI-owned sailboats on the Charles River. TheBoston Ski and Sports Club offers team sports leagues in Basketball,Ultimate,Dodgeball,Football, Tennis, Volleyball, Golf, and other indoor and outdoor sports.

The city is home to theBoston Marathon, one of the best known sporting events in the city. It is a 42.195-kilometre (26.219 mi) run fromHopkinton to Copley Square in the Back Bay and the world's oldest annual marathon,^[51] running onPatriots' Day in April.

The city is home to theHead of the Charles Regatta.Longwood Cricket Club (despite its name) is the oldest tennis club in theNew World,^{[citation needed]} located inChestnut Hill. It is the site of the firstDavis Cup competition.Boston is the start and finish for theBoston–Montreal–Boston cycling event.

Boston's TD Garden is expected to host the 2020Laver Cup, an international men's tennis tournament between two teams (Team World vs Team Europe).John McEnroe andBjorn Borg will reprise their roles as captains in this fourth edition of the tournament.^[52]

In January 2015, the city was picked by theUnited States Olympic Committee to represent the nation in the bidding for the2024 Olympic Games. But seven months later, the city withdrew itself from consideration amid concerns of the financial burdens associated with hosting the Olympics.^[53] Los Angeles was then selected as the US candidate and was ultimately awarded the right to host the2028 Summer Olympics.

Boston is one of the eleven U.S. host cities for the2026 FIFA World Cup.^[54]

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