With over 37,000 clubs in the country, soccer is undoubtedly the U.K.’s most played sport, especially at youth level, with 53 percent of 11-15 year olds playing the sport at least once a month. As the level of participation is so large, this brings a host of logistical and also safety issues with which grassroots […]
On opening day of Mobile World Congress on Monday, FC Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu told audience members he wants his club to “build the future of the sports industry.” With that statement and main objective in mind, the football organization announced early plans for the Barça Innovation Hub project “to transform the world through sporting excellence, using knowledge […]
FC Barcelona players Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez appeared last month on a Japanese TV show where people participate in different sports challenges. The duo attempted to hit a drone by kicking a soccer ball at it in a kicking challenge. The video, which is in Japanese, shows Messi and Suarez at the top of […]
Middlesbrough goalkeeper Victor Valdes is looking to be the man of the matchmaking. Tramontana Ventures, an incubator founded by the tech entrepreneur Valdes, has launched the Hola Dating app that helps users who come across an attractive stranger to say hello, flirt and strike up a conversation. “We think that in the dating world, you […]
Fans of the Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona have a new social media network to use to share their experiences while watching games. FC Barcelona announced a new upgrade to their mobile app so that they can share content with other fans watching the game real-time. The team has partnered with TOK.tv Inc. to make […]
