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Game1, a predictive AI platform for developing and scouting youth soccer players, is expanding its product from Europe to the US.

NEW YORK -- SailGP will stage an event in N.Y. for the fourth time in its history this weekend, with two days of racing set to take place off Governors Island May 30-31. The league is expecting about 6,000 spectators across ticketed areas on viewing boats and premium or invite-only hospitality on sh...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said that it will “bar drones over FIFA World Cup 2026 matches and related fan events across the U.S., to fortify security.” During match ‌days, all aircraft operations, including drones, are “prohibited within a radius of three nautical miles and...

Every major professional sports league in America is now running a grassroots program. The NFL has NFL Flag with 765,000 kids. The NBA has Jr. NBA. MLS launched MLS GO. All of them are operated through RCX Sports, the official youth sports operator for every major U.S. league.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he expects the league to be able to implement an automated officiating system “fairly quickly” that will “take all those so-called objective calls out of the hands of the referees,” such as possession out of bounds. Silver, appearing on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Wedn...

Soccer fans during the World Cup will have artificial intelligence as a “new option for finding things to do, places to stay, and ways to get around in various host cities,” according to Steven Melendez of FAST COMPANY. Multiple host cities are “deploying specially developed AI assistants and virtua...

Iwao Fusillo started as the N.Y. Jets’ Chief Data & Analytics Officer in January, overseeing both business and football analytics. Since, his primary focuses have been two-fold, he told SBJ -- developing internal analytics applications (e.g., for coaching/scouting or business intelligence) and c...

For evidence of how robust the state of the sports technology industry is in 2026, look no further than last week’s Sports Business Awards: Tech.

Rugby Union has only been a professional sport since 1995. As a result, the professional landscape is disparate compared to North America’s highly structured leagues.

Sports organizations are beginning to view AI as a necessary foundational tool capable of reimagining everything from personalizing the fan journey and reshaping venue operations to workplace productivity and decision-making, leaders across the space discussed on Wednesday at SBJ Tech Week.