Announcements about AI in sport arrive every week; few of them change much. This section picks the developments that matter and explains what they do, who uses them and what the evidence says.
Every piece links to its sources.
AI in Sport: News That Matters
What is new in sports technology and artificial intelligence — and what it actually changes for clubs, analysts and fans.
Articles on this topic
Data Leakage in Sports AI: How a Model Learns the Future by Accident
Learn how future results, late team news and rolling statistics can leak into football AI forecasts, with a practical timestamp checklist.
Large Language Models and Sports Journalism
How automated sports writing began, what went wrong when a newspaper chain let software write match reports, and where language models really help.
AI Referees: Where VAR Technology Is Heading
What football has already automated, from goal-line technology to semi-automated offside and referee cameras, and why a fully robotic referee is not close.
AI in Tennis, Basketball and Cricket Compared
How tennis, basketball and cricket use tracking cameras and AI for officiating and analysis, what each sport adopted first, and what football can learn.