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International Business Times
04-07-2025
- Sport
- International Business Times
Microsoft Partners with Premier League, to Bring AI Powered Digital Experience to 1.8 Billion Football Fans Worldwide
Microsoft is bringing exciting news for football fans as the tech giant and the Premier League are teaming up to bring major change to soccer, using artificial intelligence to create a more compelling experience for fans in the United Kingdom and beyond. This fresh five-year collaboration is designed to cater to more than 1.8 billion fans across 189 nations with tailored, intelligent, and interactive football coverage. Central to the collaboration is Microsoft's formidable cloud and AI stack—Azure. It backs a new and improved Premier League Companion app. It will provide fans with live stats, highlight videos in multiple languages, and smart insights during matches. Microsoft's AI Copilot also assists fans to squad like a pro for their Fantasy League teams with real-time stats and predictions. From the app, fans can now ask open-ended questions in their local language to get some interesting facts about the game and enhance their knowledge. The A.I. system draws from 30 seasons' worth of data, 300,000 articles, and 9,000 videos to answer fan questions and make smart recommendations. It's a personal assistant and life coach for football. But this collaboration is for more than just the fans. The Premier League is also improving its behind-the-scenes tech, thanks to Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365. It will help the league do better work internally and increase security and keep everything moving quickly and smoothly. The aim, said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, is "to transport players to the center of action to connect them more closely than ever to the game." Richard Masters, CEO of the Premier League, also said the partnership will offer fans around the world exciting new opportunities. Central to the project is taking historic match footages, articles, and stats and transforming them into living digital content. Everything will be made smart and available in real time. Fans will get match highlights, stats, and updates in their preferred language irrespective of their location. Even in live matches, fans will see AI-generated overlays and smarter post-match analysis. The goal is to make football-watching experiences more enjoyable, individualized, and social for everyone.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
The Buff Presents: Transfer rumours, gossip consumers... The summer starts here!
The season may be over at Bolton Wanderers but at Buff Towers, the hard jobs" target="_blank">work has only just begun. We fire up the transfer speculation machine to try and pick out some of the possible summer targets and talk about some of the rumours which have already surfaced. The retained list was announced this week, and we look at how that could affect all corners of the club as Steven Schumacher begins his rebuilding mission. Does the Bolton boss have to make some ruthless decisions on the contracted players at Bolton? Marc and Henry look at a few of the players who could be under threat. As ever, we answer your quickfire questions and read out your emails – all whilst trying to forget the grim reality of the fact the play-offs will be starting this weekend without us! We have a special offer for Buff listeners - with up to 40 per cent off subscription to The Bolton News. Visit our special discount page to get three months of unlimited articles for £3 OR a whole year for just £31. For more details please . Click BELOW to listen to the podcast direct on The Bolton News website. The Buff is also available on , or wherever you get your podcasts if you wish to have the episode download straight to your phone or tablet every single week. If you are interested in sponsoring or advertising on the podcast, contact our advertising department on Do you want to join our Buff Fantasy League this season? If so CLICK HERE Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday. If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@ or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken.
The Guardian
14-03-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Baroness Sue Campbell on changing the game – Women's Football Weekly podcast
On today's podcast, Suzy Wrack and Sophie Downey sit down with Baroness Sue Campbell to talk about her new book, The Game Changer, and her remarkable career in sport. From kicking a ball around in the school playground to leading the transformation of women's football as the FA's Director of Women's Football, Campbell shares the challenges and triumphs of her journey. She discusses her role in the London 2012 Olympics, the importance of grassroots development, and the impact of England's historic Euro 2022 victory. Plus, Baroness Sue Campbell shares her thoughts on the future of the game and what still needs to be done to ensure lasting progress. Join the Fantasy League this season on Code GUARDIANWFW. Sign up for our weekly women's football newsletter – all you need to do is search 'Moving the Goalposts sign up' or follow this link. Support the Guardian here.
