Well, the Euros are in full flow now and its crunch time, England did look promising at the weekend against SA and Nalbandian threw (or should I say kicked) it away. A half decent weekend for sport, rolling straight into Monday with the release of the new Premier League Fixtures. Here is this week’s new and improved Sport Tech with a slight re-brand.
Sport news you may have missed
- ERC confirms talks over the future of the competitions will begin before the start of the 2012-13 season amid concerns about the participation of English and French clubs- About time…
- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has opened an investigation into allegations that National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and official agents were willing to sell thousands of London 2012 tickets on the black market- There’s still a chance i may get some tickets then!
- IMG sets sights on new venture-Are Turkey the next big thing in Sport?
- London Olympics are set to be delivered under budget!- £9.298 billion is still a lot of money
- Angry Birds in first Team Partnership with NFL’s Eagles- Angry Eagles
- Wimbledon queue attracts sponsors- Times are a changing
- Aegon says, no damage done to brand- Naughty Nalbandian
- The BSkyB-BT bidding war that raised the value of TV rights by 70% revives debate over the financial management of English football’s top clubs- Big money
- Euro 2012 sponsor Carlsberg back UEFA bringing tournament to Poland & Ukraine despite racial tension- Risky
Technology
- Microsoft is to hold a media event today with lots of rumours about an iPad rival (or Yammer)- Fevered speculation surrounds the software group’s forthcoming Los Angeles media event, at which it may unveil a tablet to rival the iPad- It will never be as good but dual screening will become even more interesting
- Ford Key Free login. Not technically related to sport but still pretty cool- Now to remember all of those passwords one more time
- A quick review of a Nike Fuel Band competitor- MyTrek
Social
- How are we reacting to England’s Euro 2012 campaign?- Social Media, analysed
- Facebook unveils its London 2012 Olympic page- First social Olympics
- Nike beat Adidas in the Social Olympics- Social-lympics
- Should Zuckerberg resign? Some say, yes
- NHL Twitter champions are….drumroll…- LA Kings
- Mass relevance gets sporty with Taylor made and MLB- America seem to be way ahead
App
- Again, not really relevant to sport but thought I would put it in for anybody who has a mate who’s recently broke up with a partner…A new app that stops them from calling them- Ex-lover blocker
- Win free food with every goal scored in Euro 2012- Domigoals
- Why did Paul Allen bet $3.5million on the new sports app? Sportstream
Campaigns
- Danish football team surprised by national anthem at airport- Anthem surprise
- Nascar gets social with landmark twitter prject- A first for sport
- Bendtner facing legal action after Paddy Power stunt- Ambush Marketing
- Heathrow welcomes passengers with a giant Jessica Ennis- I’d prefer the real one…
- Shopping centre launches a crèche for men waiting for their partners to shop- Man Creche
- Giant Roy Hodgson was set to unsettle the French before our game- Roy the Redeemer
Random stories of the week
- The Urinal that lets you play the guitar while you are peeing- Guitar Pee
