Tag Archives: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)

ICC allows limited return of betting sponsors but England holds out

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has voted to allow national teams to sign sponsorship arrangements with betting companies for select matches, according to The Times. Citing sources ‘close to the ICC’, The Times has reported that the global cricket governing body has relaxed its rules to enable betting sponsors during test matches and one-day international (ODI) games. Also included are …

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Sportradar secures distribution of Turkish basketball betting content

SBC News Sportradar secures distribution of Turkish basketball betting content

Sportradar has signed a multi-year agreement with the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF), covering the delivery of data and betting video content. Marking the sportstech firm’s ‘first significant partnership’ in Turkish basketball, the deal will see Sportradar’s data collection tools, Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS) integrity service and Synergy Automated Camera System integrated across the federation. This will include the installation …

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Sportradar’s Synergy signs multi-year agreement with Haarlem Baseball

SBC News Sportradar’s Synergy signs multi-year agreement with Haarlem Baseball

Sportradar has signed its second partnership of this week, entering into an agreement with Netherlands-based bi-annual baseball tournament Haarlem Baseball Week (HRH). The multi-year deal was signed between HRH and Sportradar’s Synergy Sports, which will exclusively offer its technology, products and services to teams and players competing in the week-long tournament. Synergy will record video content and gather and produce …

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Stats Perform named FA WSL official data provider

SBC News Stats Perform named FA WSL official data provider

Stats Perform has bolstered its stable of major sports organisation partners, striking a deal with the FA to become the data provider of the FA Women’s Super League (FA WSL). Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Stats Perform will generate Opta Analytics insights, covering metrics such as expected goals and assist as well as defensive coverage, from every FA …

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Stats Perform to ‘boost exposure and appeal’ of BWF fixtures

SBC News Stats Perform to ‘boost exposure and appeal’ of BWF fixtures

Stats Perform has secured a partnership with the Badminton World Federation (BWF), becoming the exclusive distributor of the sport’s live streams and real-time stats to licenced betting operators. The agreement will cover the elite men’s, women’s and mixed tournaments of the global badminton, including distribution of data concerning 100% of all players on the courts.  Tournaments covered under the terms …

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Stats Perform partners with CWI to enhance cricket offering

SBC News Stats Perform partners with CWI to enhance cricket offering

Stats Perform has added Cricket West Indies (CWI) into its portfolio of partners, incorporating exclusive and official international and domestic data and live streams from the sports authority to its official cricket service. Covering live streams, live data and news videos for all CWI home international fixtures featuring the men’s, women’s and ‘A’ teams, the sports tech provider will supply …

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Racing attendance raised in parliament as industry calls for greater reopening

SBC News Racing attendance raised in parliament as industry calls for greater reopening

The issue of spectator attendance at British racetracks has been raised in parliament, as calls for an increase in venue capacity from leading industry figures and organisations continue to mount. Raised during a debate regarding the Events Research Programme, MPs discussed the success of pilot events in helping inform decisions about the safe relaxation of social distancing measures. Questioning sports …

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Racing to ‘continue to press hard’ for 10,000 racecourse capacity

SBC News Racing to ‘continue to press hard’ for 10,000 racecourse capacity

UK horse racing industry leaders have confirmed that the sector’s representatives will ‘continue to press hard’ to receive the 10,000 capacity limit enjoyed by seated stadiums, as the government pushes ‘Freedom Day’ back until 19 July. The delay in the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions was announced yesterday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson – having originally been scheduled for 21 June …

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Sportradar acquires InteractSport in third takeover of 2021

SBC News Sportradar acquires InteractSport in third takeover of 2021

Sportardar has made its third commercial takeover of 2021 by acquiring InteractSport, which will allow the supplier to strengthen its data and content offering across Oceania and Asia. InteractSport is an official partner of Cricket Australia, and also provides services to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) – which will allow Sportradar to grow its presence across these markets, as …

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RCA in talks with government over Royal Ascot spectators

SBC News RCA in talks with government over Royal Ascot spectators

The Racecourse Association (RCA) remains in talks with the UK government’s Events Research Programme (ERP) regarding the return of spectators for the Royal Ascot meeting between 15 and 19 June. As reported by the Racing Post, David Armstrong, Chief Executive of the RCA, confirmed that the organisation is still in discussions with the government ahead of the easing of national …

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