Guest Posts by Gabriel Cano Recently Data Scientist Gabriel Cano applied a systematic web scrapping approach to collecting data on individual athletes in Basketball. His two-part series is a…
Web Scraping of Sports Information
Death of IOC Honorary Member Flor Isava Fonseca
It is with great sadness that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has learnt of the death of IOC Honorary Member Flor Isava Fonseca, at the age of 99. A member…
IOC has already provided USD 100 million of financial support to Olympic Movement
July 15, 2020 IOC has already provided USD 100 million of financial support to Olympic MovementThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already supported the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and International…
What is disinformation?
Wikipedia defines disinformation as “false or misleading information that is spread deliberately to deceive.” This information which may be misleading but can also be unintentional. Disinformation has been around before…
Another athlete sanctioned for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
The IOC has delegated the selection of samples to be reanalysed and the results management to the International Testing Agency (ITA), and the ITA thus brings forward these cases. The notification sent by the…
World Athletics statement on Russian Federation
World Athletics can confirm that it has not received the payments due from the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) on 1 July, nor any information on when the monies may be…
Geopolitics and face masks
by Anonymous As the Covid-19 pandemic continues in earnest, governments resort to playground tactics, blaming others while trumping-up their own success and minimizing internal setbacks. According to April 20, 2020…
For almost one in five consumers, social ratings come at a cost, Kaspersky report finds
Woburn, MA – June 24, 2020 – Kaspersky’s latest report, Social credits and security: embracing the world of ratings, has uncovered…
IOC and WHO strengthen ties to advocate healthy lifestyles
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to affect people’s lives around the world,…
Women more cyber secure than Men
In a study published on April 29th by online password manager NordPass, they study found that…
COVID-19 Data Breach
The British company Hammersmith Medicines Research (HMR) was attacked by the group behind the Maze ransomware…
Major League Soccer COVID-19 Testing Update – July 8, 2020
In response to COVID-19, FIFA gives financial support to associations
FIFA COVID-19 Working Group
WWC: Next Three Weeks
Major League Soccer COVID-19 Testing Update – July 8, 2020
Largest video scoreboard in professional sports is unveiled
Thunder Fellows program
2020 60-game MLB schedule
New strategic plan published by World Athletics
International Athletics Season Announced
Olympic Javelin Champion Dies
Olympic qualification period suspended until 1 December 2020
Major League Soccer COVID-19 Testing Update – July 8, 2020
NEW YORK (July 8, 2020) – Major League Soccer today provided an update on the results of COVID-19 testing. During the period from July 7-8, 1,888…
In response to COVID-19, FIFA gives financial support to associations
FIFA will release all operational funding due to member associations for the years 2019 and 2020 in the coming days as the first step…
FIFA COVID-19 Working Group
The FIFA-Confederations working group which was recently established by the Bureau of the FIFA Council to address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and…
New strategic plan published by World Athletics
by Anonymous World Athletics has today published its four-year Strategic Plan, designed to harness the power and accessibility of athletics to drive growth in the sport and create…
Russian Paranoia
by Anonymous As the Covid-19 pandemic continues in earnest, governments resort to playground tactics,…
National Cybersecurity Center partners with Cyber Resilience Institute on c-Watch Training
Colorado Springs, CO June 18, 2020 – The National Cybersecurity Center (NCC) is pleased to announce its support…
Major League Soccer COVID-19 Testing Update – July 8, 2020
NEW YORK (July 8, 2020) – Major League Soccer today provided an update on the results…
Largest video scoreboard in professional sports is unveiled
SoFi Stadium announced on Wednesday that the largest videoboard in sports is now complete. The…
Thunder Fellows program
The Oklahoma City Thunder and CAA Sports, a division of leading entertainment and sports agency…