The UEFA Champions League final – the biggest match in club football – is being contested between two of the stellar names in the world game: Real Madrid have lifted the trophy in each of the last two seasons and are looking to claim it for a record 13th time overall. Liverpool are eyeing a sixth final victory.

Following approval by the IFAB for the use of small handheld technologies on the bench, FIFA is set to offer all the teams at the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ a technical setup for match analysts and coaching team to interact.

Australia moved to the top of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship leaderboard on Sunday as Matt Hall defeated Japan’s home hero Yoshihide Muroya in the very first round in Chiba on the way to his second consecutive race victory. Michael Goulian of the USA claimed his third podium of the year in second, while the Czech Republic’s Martin Šonka got his season back on track with third.

They laughed at Sylvan Adams, a when he came up with the idea of starting one of the world's biggest cycling races in Israel and inviting the Giro race – but it has happened and how!

The third cross-country round of the 2018 Mercedes-Benz UCI MTB XCO World Cup took place on the demanding course at Nove Mesto na Morave in the Czech Republic, with Robe as the main local sponsor, complete with their own specially created section of the track – the Robe Double Challenge – which tested the technical skills, agility and mettle of the riders.

Blackmagic Design today announced that the 2. Basketball-Bundesliga, Germany’s second tier national basketball league, has developed a live production workflow using broadcast infrastructure from Blackmagic Design to live stream matches from venues across the country.

Football and Soccer ‘through‐net‐technology” (TNT) cameras have become a standard for the higher profile games for Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League and many more across the globe.

Every four years the FIFA World Cup showcases the skill and talent of the world’s best players, but it is more than just a football tournament: It is the aspiration of FIFA TV to deliver a world class TV production. This year all 64 matches will be produced on the basis of a 34-camera plan with increased coverage, content and features in HD 1080p, in UHD and 4K HDR. In addition to a wide range of multi-media services that will complement and enhance the broadcast of the FIFA World Cup we will see the premier of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system at this year’s World Cup.

Gearhouse Broadcast, a supplier of technical facilities, crew and services used to capture the world’s most watched content, has been commissioned by ITV to supply a range of facilities in Russia for its international football coverage this summer. The rights holder will broadcast live to the UK from its Gearhouse-built studio in Moscow’s Red Square and rely on the production infrastructure that Gearhouse has installed for it inside the International Broadcast Centre (IBC). This year’s is a similar set up to that which Gearhouse successfully delivered for ITV in Brazil in 2014.

Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP) owners of the Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced today that they have signed up Ideal Systems for three years live production of the Malaysian Football League (MFL) for leading OTT operator iflix.

Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, has partnered with Team Sky to provide them with an in-vehicle mobile connectivity system using Dejero Gateway that allows the British professional cycling team to receive and deliver race related information wherever they may be.

Gearhouse Broadcast, a supplier of technical facilities, crew and services used to capture the world’s most watched content, has completed the delivery of two studios for the Globo Group in central Moscow for its international football coverage this summer. It has also delivered additional audio/video signal routing, standards conversion, distribution and QC monitoring facilities for TV Globo within the International Broadcast Centre (IBC).

Massive crowds of Czech fans among 135,000 spectators in Budapest for the fourth round of the Red Bull Air Race 2018 this weekend were ecstatic as Martin Sonka took his first win of the season. France had much to celebrate on Sunday as well, when young Frenchman Mika Brageot earned his career-first race podium in second, and in third place, Matt Hall of Australia tightened his grip on the top of the World Championship standings.

One of the sailing world’s premier events, the Congressional Cup is an annual match race for Catalina 37 yachts.  Founded by California’s Long Beach Yacht Club in 1965, the Congressional Cup set the standard for match racing at the highest level. Known in sailing circles as the ‘gateway to the America’s Cup, the five-day regatta draws the top-ranked sailors as well as sailing fans from around the globe.

The University of Miami (UM) – the home of Hurricanes Athletics – is set to become the first university in the US to deploy the software-defined DYVI switcher to produce live sports. The switcher from EVS, a leading provider of live production technology, is used by multiple professional sports teams and will be implemented into the athletics department’s campus production control room as it prepares to undertake its new production role for ESPN’s upcoming ACC Network.