Sport

Smart Stadiums, Streets & Airports: How Tokyo Is Preparing For 2020 Olympics

In three years' time, the Olympics will arrive in Tokyo. But how will smart city technology improve Tokyo 2020, the…

8 years ago

BT Sport To Broadcast Champions League Final On YouTube In VR

BT Sport gives away free Google Cardboard devices for UEFA Champions League VR final broadcast

8 years ago

UEFA CIO: How To Build Pan-Continental Infrastructure For Euro 2020

INTERVIEW: UEFA head of ICT Daniel Marion talks about providing the infrastructure to support European football and plans for Euro…

8 years ago

Cardiff Police Will Use Facial Recognition At UEFA Champions League Final

Fans are against the use of such technology and there are doubts as to the effectiveness of such systems

8 years ago

How Land Rover BAR Hopes Wearables, Mobile Apps & 4G Will Deliver America’s Cup Glory

Silicon pays a visit to the south coast to find out how Ben Ainslie Racing is using mobile technology to…

8 years ago

Mercedes F1 Adopts Tibco Insight Platform To Drive Big Data Analytics

Tibco has become an official team partner to the leading F1 race team

8 years ago

Which Bookmaker Had The Fastest Website On Grand National Day?

The UK's biggest online betting sites fell short of the mark when it came to website speed

8 years ago

US Masters Uses IBM Watson To Automatically Detect ‘Exciting’ Golf Highlights

IBM Watson will analyse thousands of hours of golf highlights to find the most exciting video and package them for…

8 years ago

Team Sky Doctor Thought Dropbox Was Hard To Use And ‘Insecure’

Sir Bradley Wiggins' medical records were not uploaded to Dropbox because former doctor had usability and security concerns, a parliamentary…

8 years ago

Formula E CEO: Motorsport Essential For Electric And Autonomous Vehicles

Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag says motorsport will help make driverless cars safe as Roborace shows off world's first AI-powered…

8 years ago

Cloud Expo Europe: How McLaren’s CIO Makes Its Cars Go Faster

We heard from Craig Charlton, CIO at the McLaren Technology Group, about the organisation's use of tech

8 years ago

ITV Hopes Cheltenham Festival VR Highlights Will Help Take Horse Racing Mainstream

ITV will distribute daily VR highlights of Cheltenham Festival online in the hope that behind the scenes view will capture…

8 years ago

Ducati Uses Machine Learning And IoT To Get More From MotoGP Tests

Ducati MotoGP is using sensors, analytics and machine learning to get more from testing and build a better bike

8 years ago

Ben Ainslie Racing’s Quest For America’s Cup Boosted By Private 4G Network In Bermuda

BT builds fixed and wireless networks for Land Rover BAR, connecting the boat to bases in Portsmouth and Bermuda, saving…

8 years ago

MWC 2017: FC Barcelona Looks To Digital & Collaboration To Build The Future Of The Sports Industry

FC Barcelona wants to expand its digital reach into more than just football

8 years ago

MWC 2017: Mercedes F1 Says 802.11ad Wi-Fi Will Give It More Detailed, Rapid Car Data

Mercedes F1 will trial 802.11ad Wi-Fi at British Grand Prix so it can make better decisions quicker

8 years ago

One Year To Go: PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Will Be First ‘All Cloud’ Games

All Olympic IT systems will be hosted on the cloud and environments for 12 venues virtualised

8 years ago

How Vodafone Is Improving 4G At Sports Stadiums

Vodafone has been testing all manner of techniques to make it easier to cope with a fivefold increase in traffic…

8 years ago

TiVo’s Analytics Pinpoint Highlights Of Super Bowl LI

ANALYSIS: TiVo uses second-by-second data and measurement tools to rank the top commercials from this year’s championship game.

8 years ago

Tech Quiz: Technology And Sports Sponsorship

Can you guess the sports teams that technology firms have sponsored over the years?

8 years ago

Accenture: Six Nations Rugby Is Ideal Showcase For Our Big Data Tech

How Accenture is helping the Six Nations rugby tournament and why it's a great testing ground for business

8 years ago

IOC Signs Up Alibaba As Olympics Cloud, E-Commerce And Digital Partner

International Olympic Committee (IOC) selects Alibaba for cloud services and infrastructure and to build an e-commerce platform for Olympic Games…

8 years ago

How Analytics And VR Are Making NBA Basketball A More Beautiful Game

IN DEPTH: Sports organisations see technology as a way of engaging and spreading the word. The NBA says its changing…

8 years ago

Williams F1 CIO: By 2020, AI Will Call Drivers In For Pitstops

INTERVIEW: Graeme Hackland has helped Williams F1 get the most from its data, now the team is looking towards automation…

8 years ago

How Biometric Analysis Is Pushing Williams F1 Pit Stops Below 2 Seconds

IN DEPTH: Williams F1 is using IoT and video to work out how it can record pit stops consistently below…

8 years ago

Scottish Football Association Suffers Third-Party Data Breach

"I'd rather be associated with being hacked by some porn site," says one unhappy football fan

8 years ago

Ben Ainslie Racing Hopes IoT Can Help Win Britain’s First America’s Cup

Land Rover BAR takes the IoT out to sea with the help of Dell EMC to gain a competitive edge…

8 years ago

How Analytics And Digital Are Powering Man City’s Quest For Success

Manchester City is using technology on and off the pitch as it looks to build its fanbase and win trophies

8 years ago

Chess Champion Seeks Microsoft Protection From Russian Hackers

Current world chess champion appoints Microsoft to bolster cyber defences ahead of showdown with Putin's lacky

8 years ago

Sky Sports Seeks To Grow Pub Business With Free Wi-Fi Goal Clips

Viewing figures are down and the cost of showing football in pubs is rising. Sky wants to make the pub…

8 years ago