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Google and AFL update skills app to make footy more accessible

An unlikely duo, AFL and Google's partnership continues to promote diversity and inclusion in sport through an accessible web app.

Google and AFL update skills app to make footy more accessible
New Realities

145km/h VR: Brendan Doyle's skeleton racing edge

We talk to the Irish skeleton racer about using a VR headset to improve his chances in one of the fastest sports on the planet.

145km/h VR: Brendan Doyle's skeleton racing edge
Technology

Diving in the world's deepest pool looks like my kind of dystopia

Sit in a waterlogged Bentley 60 metres deep in a mega pool in Dubai? Is this a theme park or social commentary?

Diving in the world's deepest pool looks like my kind of dystopia
Technology

Study shows free divers can drop heart rates as low as 11 beats per minute

New research shows elite free divers incredible control puts them in the same oxygen management league as dolphins, seals and whales.

Study shows free divers can drop heart rates as low as 11 beats per minute
Technology

Airspeeder EXA Series: will this be the Grand Prix of flying car racing?

South Australia played host to flight tests for a new electric flying race car that aims to become an elite race sport by next year.

Airspeeder EXA Series: will this be the Grand Prix of flying car racing?
Media

'The Record' is an inspiring look into women's sport and pre-COVID society

86,174 at the MCG one week, a pandemic the next. Amazon Prime doco The Record celebrates women's sport while showing how much has changed.

'The Record' is an inspiring look into women's sport and pre-COVID society
Games

Why Tiger Woods returning to videogames with 2K is such a big deal

Tiger Woods' long-term deal to join the PGA Tour 2K games is massive for golf, videogames, and fans of both. Let's examine why.

Why Tiger Woods returning to videogames with 2K is such a big deal
Media

Amazon Prime's AFL documentary first-glimpse trailer means footy's back, baby

A first-glimpse trailer of Amazon Prime's AFL documentary 'Making Their Mark' is here and it looks like good stuff.

Amazon Prime's AFL documentary first-glimpse trailer means footy's back, baby
Games

A-League clubs become first Aussie sports teams in Fortnite

Melbourne City FC, Sydney FC, and Western Sydney Warriors set to be the first Australian sports teams represented in Fortnite.

A-League clubs become first Aussie sports teams in Fortnite
Media

Stan will let you stan rugby union via its new sports channel in 2021

Stan Sport is launching in 2021, beginning with a $100 million contract to broadcast all sorts of rugby union action.

Stan will let you stan rugby union via its new sports channel in 2021
Technology

Watch this robotic race car not pass Go and not collect $200

It's just a glitch and they know exactly what went wrong, but it's always funny to watch expensive cars crash themselves into walls.

Watch this robotic race car not pass Go and not collect $200
Technology

Lesson for AI #548: A linesman's bald head is not a football

Fans were treated to an interesting display when the AI sports camera kept mistaking a bald linesman's head for the ball.

Lesson for AI #548: A linesman's bald head is not a football
Sponsored

The AI driving how we experience the US Open

Dane Gambrill chats about the hardware and AI systems that support major sporting events like the US Open in 2020. Sponsored by IBM.

The AI driving how we experience the US Open
Technology

AIS gives Aus Women's Cricket an Apple Watch edge

As the Aussie Women's cricket team get ready to destroy the English in the Women's Ashes Tour (after a 2-0 drubbing in the warm up one-day matches), it's

AIS gives Aus Women's Cricket an Apple Watch edge
Ideas

World Cup 2018 VAR technology: the fan verdict

As the dust settles on the 2018 FIFA World Cup, a survey of football fans has delivered an interesting verdict on the tournament's introduction of a Video

World Cup 2018 VAR technology: the fan verdict
Technology

Gen2 Formula E cars look incredible

And looks really do matter when it comes to showing off electric cars at the peak of their powers.

Gen2 Formula E cars look incredible
Games

The Olympics don't want violent esports, just virtual sport esports

As backward as you'd expect from the IOC. President Thomas Bach (a former Olympic fencer) has said he's not against esports, as long as they're mostly

The Olympics don't want violent esports, just virtual sport esports