Technology

American Football
Business

New term between Live Nation-owned company, Big 10 Conference school to incorporate Olympic sports, implement SafeTix technology
Baseball
Business

Major League Baseball's developing esports strategy, much more inclusive and based on a game title much simpler to play, veers heavily from other major US sports properties
Football
Technology

Sports technology company Hawk-Eye will retain a contract to supply video assistant referees (VAR) services for the top two divisions of Spanish club football after a judge rejected an appeal lodged by…
Technology

Global sports marketing group Infront has acquired a stake in Minute
Running
Technology

Asian engagement in mass participation running has increased by 169 per cent in the last five years. Kelvin Tan looks at how some of these events are now seeking differentiation through technology-led innovations, such as virtual and augmented-reality urban runs.
Events

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has unveiled four new robots which will be deployed to assist spectators, athletes and officials at competition venues, stating…
Business

US ecommerce giant eBay moving toward likely sale of dominant ticket resale player
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and local organising committee of the Beijing 2022 winter Olympic Games have appointed Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba as the event’s ticketing systems and s…
Rugby Union
Stadia

The Rugby Football Union has agreed a multi-year digital ticketing partnership with Irish company Tixserve, stating that the agreement will help to combat touting for events at Twickenham Stadium while…
Technology

Global media group beIN Media has partnered up with sports industry start-up incubator Qatar SportsTech (QST) to aid the development of new technology which could enhance its broadcasts
Business

New Stats Perform entity will have a significant focus in emerging realm of artificial intelligence
Basketball
Business

Training product HomeCourt will incorporate NBA assets, will be used to aid league youth development efforts
Tennis
Technology

The International Tennis Federation has joined forces with national associations in France, the UK and the US to launch a strategic project which it claims could be “game changing” for the development of …
Technology

Vodafone has become the second UK mobile operator to switch on its 5G network, predicting that the faster speeds and lower latency will open up an array of new applications for the sports business
Basketball
Stadia

Contract extension between defending NBA champions, ticketing company calls for deployment of new ticketing technology at forthcoming arena.
Football
Technology

Portuguese Primeira Liga club Benfica has claimed a first for European football teams by agreeing a partnership with international payment gateway UTRUST to accept online payments with cryptocurrency
Football
Technology

The Mediapro agency has said it will contest a decision by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to choose Hawk-Eye as the supplier of video assistant referees (VAR) technology in the top two tiers of…
Motorsport
Technology

Formula One is likely to implement virtual advertising more widely in its global broadcast feed following its sponsorship and data rights partnership with ISG. But the sport needs to be careful not to fall foul of broadcast regulations concerning product placement. Ben Cronin reports