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bloomberg.com - Bloomberg Business of Sports: Super Prediction Markets
Bloomberg Business of Sports: Super Prediction Markets
Bloomberg

Michael Barr, Scarlet Fu and Damian Sassower follow the money in the world of sports, taking listeners inside decisions that power the multibillion dollar industry. Michael Barr, Scarlet Fu and Damian Sassower follow the money in the world of…

nytimes.com - David Ornstein - Sunderland sporting director Kristjaan Speakman leaves club
Sunderland sporting director Kristjaan Speakman leaves club
The New York Times

Michael Driver/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images Sunderland sporting director Kristjaan Speakman has left the club with immediate effect. The departure is a board of directors' decision to move forward without him. Director of football Florent…

bbc.co.uk - Mark Simpson - Boucher Road Playing Fields: Council agrees to sports pitches
Boucher Road Playing Fields: Council agrees to sports pitches
BBC

Mark SimpsonCommunity correspondent, BBC News NI The future of Belfast's largest outdoor music venue remains uncertain after Belfast City Council agreed to install new sports pitches at Boucher Road Playing Fields. The site is set to be redeveloped…

winnipegfreepress.com - Jay Cohen, The Associated Press - Prediction markets love sports, but the feeling isn't exactly mutual
Prediction markets love sports, but the feeling isn't exactly mutual
Winnipeg Free Press

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mediabistro.com - Miles Jennings - Game Recognize Game: Who Really Wins in Sports Media
Game Recognize Game: Who Really Wins in Sports Media
Mediabistro

This week, the Super Bowl ended with the Seahawks dominating the Patriots, but the real story, as always, had nothing to do with the action on the field. That's because the Super Bowl is more than a sporting event – it's a cultural…

reviewjournal.com - Associated Press - Prediction markets love sports, but the feeling isn't exactly mutual
Prediction markets love sports, but the feeling isn't exactly mutual
Las Vegas Review-Journal

CHICAGO — Sports have become a big part of prediction markets. So big that even sportsbooks have moved into the business. The rapid growth of sports offerings on prediction markets — called event contracts — has captured the…

bbc.co.uk - Gareth Bailey - 2026 Winter Olympics: Two-sport Adele Nicoll eyes massive 2026 double
2026 Winter Olympics: Two-sport Adele Nicoll eyes massive 2026 double
BBC

You may be familiar with the concept of sprinters on the athletics track who convert to competing in bobsleigh, but what about shot putters? Welsh competitor Adele Nicoll is proving that field athletes can do the winter sport justice too. However…

thestar.com.my - Olympics-Ukrainian athlete Heraskevych's appeal for reinstatement dismissed by sports court
Olympics-Ukrainian athlete Heraskevych's appeal for reinstatement dismissed by sports court
The Star Online

MILAN, Feb ⁠13 (Reuters) - The ⁠Court of Arbitration for ‌Sport on Friday dismissed an appeal by Ukrainian ​skeleton racer ⁠Vladyslav Heraskevych ⁠to be reinstated in the ⁠Milano ‌Cortina…

tmz.com - TMZ Staff - TMZ Sports Streaming Live From Newsroom, Join The Conversation!
TMZ Sports Streaming Live From Newsroom, Join The Conversation!
TMZ

TMZ Sports is going live from the newsroom to discuss the day's biggest stories... but we don't just want folks to watch and enjoy the conversation, we want y'all to get involved!! Hit the comment section as Babcock and the whole crew break down…

cornwalllive.com - Britta Zeltmann - Future of popular sports centre hangs in balance
Future of popular sports centre hangs in balance
Cornwall Live

YMCA will no longer manage a popular community sports centre in Cornwall - throwing the future of those who use it into doubt. The charitable organisation currently manages the Torpoint and Rame Community Centre building at Torpoint Community…

yahoo.com - Dan Wolken - Growing figure skating controversy sparks big question: Can AI fix officiating in sports?
Growing figure skating controversy sparks big question: Can AI fix officiating in sports?
Yahoo!

LIVIGNO, Italy — If you could snap your fingers and remove officiating mistakes in every sport, would we have the same Super Bowl winners, NCAA champions and Olympic gold medalists that show up in the history books? It's an impossible…

skysports.com - Today on Sky Sports Racing: Chepstow, Wolverhampton and Meydan
Today on Sky Sports Racing: Chepstow, Wolverhampton and Meydan
Sky Sports

In today's feature, promising chasers Juby Ball and The Four Sixes go head-to-head in a small but competitive contest at Chepstow. We also have competitive flat action from Wolverhampton and Meydan, live on Sky Sports Racing from 1.40pm. Friday 13…

koreatimes.co.kr - Hankookilbo - Pin trading becomes unofficial sport at Milan Cortina Olympics
Pin trading becomes unofficial sport at Milan Cortina Olympics
The Korea Times

MILAN — Outside of gold, silver and bronze medals, the hottest commodity at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games may be lapel pins. Across the athlete village and stadiums, competitors are sporting lanyards weighed down by colorful metal…

afr.com - Zoe Samios - Why Arthur Laundy is pumping 'a substantial figure' into this sport
Why Arthur Laundy is pumping 'a substantial figure' into this sport
Australian Financial Review

Billionaire publican Arthur Laundy has become the latest high-profile figure to throw his money into a fund dedicated to changing the fortunes of rugby union. The Rugby Future Fund is an investment vehicle designed to provide the sport with capital…

theweek.com - Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK - Nordic combined: the Winter Olympics sport that bars women
Nordic combined: the Winter Olympics sport that bars women
The Week

The International Olympic Committee has boasted that Milano-Cortina 2026 is “the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history”. But there's actually one sport women don't even get to try. For all the claims about “the…

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