An independent review panel commissioned by tennis’ international governing bodies to investigate match-fixing and gambling-linked corruption revealed its preliminary findings on Wednesday with 12 recommendations, one of which was the partial cessation of a live data rights deal with Sportradar — to which the company offered an immediate rebuttal. The interim report quoted one official deeming […]
Coming off her Australian Open victory in January and poised to compete for the title at Wimbledon, Caroline Wozniacki is taking time in between the Grand Slam stops to pursue a different endeavor: blockchain. According to Forbes, Wozniacki is an ambassador for Lympo, a blockchain-based app that gives users rewards for tracking and accomplishing fitness […]
The billion-dollar partnership between STATSports Group and the U.S. Soccer Federation, which the parties announced earlier this year, will encourage all members — whether part of the national teams or youth academies — to wear tracking devices but will not collect player-specific data from academy players. U.S. Soccer is collecting player-specific data only from its […]
The Australian Football League (AFL) will deliver in-game real-time player data to its fans, including highlighting speed and distance covered during the game. Two Australian companies, Telstra, a media and communications company, and Champion Data, a provider of sports statistics and broadcast technology, will work together using the Telstra Tracker to provide the data that […]
The NFL’s New England Patriots will launch a secondary ticket exchange in partnership with Ticketmaster for the 2018 season that will allow fans to securely buy and sell tickets through Patriots.com. With the service, which bears a liking to ticket site Stubhub, Ticketmaster has been named the official ticketing marketplace for Patriots tickets at Gillette […]
