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Virgin Media launches virtual football academy with Southampton FC
Virgin Media is launching the Virgin Media Football Academy, a series of lesson plans, training videos and a special live lesson with experts from Southampton FC Academy to help teachers and pupils bounce back into physical education after months of school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Research by BBC Newsround on Coronavirus and UK Kids concluded…
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…
Best Old School Liverpool FC Legends Of All Time
The Reds have had several legendary and important players throughout the club's history. Some of them even have royal attribution and we're going to check them out and more on the very popular 22bet bookmaker! Billy Liddell Scotsman Billy Liddell is Liverpool's fourth-highest scorer in history, scoring 228 goals in 534 games, the result of…
4 Ways Technology Is Boosting The Sports Fan Experience
Technology has touched virtually all aspects of modern life, including, now more than ever, the world of professional sports and fandom. There have been some instances where technology has been infused into the actual gameplay itself, which hasn’t necessarily gone down well (yes, the ongoing debate around VAR in the Premier League), but there’s been…
NBA Players Who Love Video Games Almost More Than Basketball
When it comes to being social media and internet savvy, NBA players are perhaps some of the most well-versed in the world of sports, often encouraged by the NBA itself to push their respective personal brands to the max online. This has led to certain players leading a parallel life to the one they play…
Unmask Twitter trolls so they can be banned from football matches, says Labour
Twitter trolls who abuse sportsmen and women should be unmasked and identities handed over to governing bodies so they can be banned from attending matches, Labour has said. Shadow sports minister Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, leading an Opposition Day Debate on discrimination in sport, hit out at social media companies for not doing more to tackle…
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…
888 Sport Betting App
In Association with 888Sport Smartphones are everywhere and in continuous use during the day so it is only natural that online betting will change according to the latest technology. There are in fact many online bookmakers that anyone of us can turn to. However thanks to our smart devices we do not need to wait…
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…
How to watch American sports (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL) in the UK
Have you ever wanted to watch baseball, basketball, ice hockey or American football on your TV? For UK viewers it can be difficult to figure out just how to do it – though there's a growing popularity of American sport…