Technology

Athletics
Events

Chinese company LD Sports is to walk away from its £7.5m ($9.8m/€8.3m
Industry Moves

Stadion, the UK-based digital technology company that works with various football clubs and the British Olympic Association, has recruited digital media executive James Smith from the Sportfive agency
Baseball
Events

Nike is to lay off at least 500 staff at its headquarters in Oregon, US, after a loss-making second quarter - Fox Business
American Football
Technology

With its both unprecedented size and unique design, the videoboard at the forthcoming SoFi Stadium in Southern California seeks to break new ground in the industry technologically and redefine fan engagement
Cricket
Stadia

A selection of spectators will be provided with Bluetooth tracking ‘fobs’ to manage social distancing and control crowd capacity as Surrey County Cricket hosts their opening match in the Bob Willis Tro…
Baseball
Technology

Faced with the loss of nearly two-thirds of the regular season due to the Covid-19 pandemic, MLB and its clubs are significantly expanding the frequency and locations for virtual advertising this season.
Baseball
Technology

Overhaul of player tracking creates much greater accuracy
Events

Sports marketing firm ResultX Asia (RXA) has agreed a deal to help Malaysian digital marketing company Experience 6 launch its 'experience 360° Virtual Event Platform' in the Asia-Pacific region.
Cricket
Technology

A network of Bluetooth sensors installed at the venues for the three-match cricket series between England and the West Indies is allowing the ECB to detect the exact location of everyone involved in the matches and to track and trace any suspected outbreaks of Covid-19. Ben Cronin reports.
Football
Fan Engagement

Inter Milan has entered into a partnership with social media network Twitter that will allow the Italian football club to monetise its premium content on the platform
Host Broadcast & Production

US broadcaster Fox Sports is teaming up with Google Cloud in a partnership designed to speed up the network’s existing production capabilities.
Finance & Law

Garth Shephard, a partner at recently-launched sports tech investor and adviser Sightline Ventures, discusses how technology is driving sport in response to generational shifts and how swifter adoption of new technologies will keep significant new revenue within sport and not in the pockets of third parties
Football
Technology

Spain-based broadcast production and rights agency Mediapro has announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence video platform, AIProclips, developed in collaboration with computing giant IBM
Football
Fan Engagement

Juventus has unveiled a new “digital ecosystem”, including a new official website and mobile app, launched together with Turin-based technology company Deltatre. 
Esports
Esports

Mixer, the esports live streaming platform owned by technology giant Microsoft, is to be closed from July 22, following a deal struck between its owner and Facebook
Tennis
Sports Betting

Sports data and content company Sportradar has announced the signing of a partnership with the Tipsarevic Tennis Academy for the duration of the Eastern European Championship 2020, which is taking place…
Cricket
Events

The Indian cricket team's upcoming tours of Sri Lanka, in June, and Zimbabwe, in August, have been called off due to the Covid-19 threat - ESPNCricinfo
Technology

Digitally focused companies to integrate content, back-end functions