Tag: football
That Peter Crouch Podcast is UK’s favourite sports podcast
The That Peter Crouch Podcast is officially the UK’s favourite sports podcast, brand new research reveals. The show, which has recently returned for a fifth series, is the most popular sporting podcast across Apple, Spotify and online interest at the start of 2021 in a study that also revealed how Spotify is the UK's top…
Top 80 things Football Fans love – Live Matches tops list
Perhaps not surprisingly as we enter a second lockdown - and a return to stadiums still a distant hope - the thing we miss most about football is the atmosphere at live matches.Heated derby wins, atmospheric terrace chants and referees falling over are also among the Top 80 things football fans love most about…
Sport Social football news service launches for smart speakers
A new smart speaker tool is to enable football fans to hear the latest news from all 20 Premier League clubs when they ask their virtual assistant for updates. The service, named Sport Social, is to launch on August 10 for both Amazon’s Alexa and the Google Assistant, during the opening weekend of the Premier…
Mario Balotelli celebrates Marseille goal by going live on Instagram
Mario Balotelli has added another chapter to his book of goal celebrations by going live on Instagram after scoring for Marseille. The former Manchester City striker, 28, swept home a remarkable volley for the home side against St-Etienne just 11 minutes into the Ligue 1 game. The Italian then had the presence of mind to…
How video games have changed the way you watch football
Throughout the early months of the year, millions upon millions will settle in to watch the most important games of the football season. College bowl games and championships wrap up at the onset of the New Year, while professional football’s postseason rolls through January before culminating in the Super Bowl in February. If you settle…
The technology that’s changing the game of tennis in a big way
Whether you believe in it or not, technology in sport is a hot topic these days with regular and countless calls for more and more computerised systems to be used across the major sports, and no doubt, in the less known sports as well. The word technology can lend itself to many different subjects and…
Celebrities paid to promote new HTC One M8 “Champions League” model both prefer iPhones instead
On Sunday HTC is expected to finally reveal the HTC One M9 to the world - so it is curious that today the company has announced a special "Champions League" edition of last year's phone: The HTC One M8. The early announcement is some canny PR - if the company kept it secret until Sunday,…
Promotional: Why is big tournament football technology so patchy?
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil was, without question, the most technologically advanced ever. In short, it was the first seriously competitive international tournament to employ technology in a number of new ways – the most obvious being goal-line technology of course. And with so much at stake in major football competitions these days, it…
Tottenham Turfies launches: A Moshi Monsters rival for young Spurs fans
This is a guest post by Chris Waddams, Spurs fanatic and writer for www.thfc1882.com. Tottenham Hotspur football club have launched their new website Tottenham Turfies, a Moshi Monsters rival aimed at young Spurs fans. They claim that it is the…
Zidane reveals Adidas 99g adizero football boot, Smart Ball
Adidas are keen to promote their tech nous these days, recently showing Tech Digest cycling warm-up hot pants and super-bouncy running shoes. Today, at a special press preview at their pop-up Adidas Lab in London, they've turned their attention to…