Neowin News Feed for: Sports

Samsung News is getting a dedicated Sports tab and stock market module powered by Yahoo

David Uzondu — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:12:01 +0000

Samsung has rolled out an update to its News app in select regions, with sports and financial market coverage powered by Yahoo Media Group. Read more...

Prime Video is about to get a popular feature from YouTube TV

David Uzondu — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:34:02 +0000

Prime Video may soon get a game-changing feature for live sports fans. But is it enough to take on rivals like YouTube TV? Read more...

Apple Sports app gears up for NFL season with dynamic drive tracker

Paul Hill — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:08:49 +0000

Starting this September, soccer enthusiasts can enjoy Champions League and Europa League action on Apple Sports. Read more...

Not torrents, but illegal live-streaming sites are the biggest enemy of the 2024 Olympics

Martin Hodás — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 06:46:01 +0000

Piracy evolves, too. The Olympics demonstrated that torrents are a threat of the past, as websites with illegal live streams are now main cause of headaches for intellectual property rights holders. Read more...

Score! Apple launches free sports app in US, UK, and Canada. Is your team winning?

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:22:01 +0000

Apple Sports is now available to download from the App Store on iPhone if you're in the US, UK, or Canada. You can see scores, upcoming games, play-by-play information, team stats, and more. Read more...

Netflix in talks to live stream its first sports event later this year, says report

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:20:02 +0000

Netflix is reportedly working on a new golf tournament expected to be live-streamed on its platform this year. The tournament is expected to feature celebrities from some popular Netflix docuseries. Read more...

MLS Season Pass on Apple TV+ will include 1080p video for all matches and 5.1 surround sound

John Callaham — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 14:22:01 +0000

The MLS Season Pass on Apple TV+ will also include pre and post-game studio shows, along with MLS 360 that will feature every goal and other major match events, and even more options. Read more...

Swish Live Streaming subscription plans are now up to 91% off

Neowin Deals — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:00:02 +0000

With today's highlighted deal, watch football, volleyball, tennis, and more! Stream your sports events, just like on a TV, from your smartphone! Choose from 1-, 3-yr or lifetime discounted plans. Read more...

Stockfish can crush you at chess even more efficiently in the 14.1 update

Paul Hill — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:30:01 +0000

Stockfish 14.1 has been released today with a 17 Elo point advantage over Stockfish 14. While not a huge leap, this update furthers the gap between the world's best players and chess engines. Read more...

Lionel Messi's PSG package includes payment in crypto Fan Tokens

Sayan Sen — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:28:01 +0000

PSG has announced today that some part of the payment package for the club's newly signed Lionel Messi will consist of digital Fan Tokens ($PSG). These tokens give the owner some influence over clubs. Read more...

Intel live-streamed glorious 8K60 HDR footage of the Tokyo Olympics

Sayan Sen — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 19:02:01 +0000

Intel demoed an end-to-end 8K 60fps HDR live stream of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 running entirely on its own hardware. The video was encoded on a server with 112 Xeon cores and 384GB of memory. Read more...

YouTube launches new Sports portal and expands its advertising tools

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:56:01 +0000

Google has announced a new experience for sports fans on YouTube, aiming to make it easier to find content and stay on top of the latest news. The company is also expanding its ad platform. Read more...

Twitch relaunches sports channel and introduces dedicated Sports category

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:00:01 +0000

Amazon-owned streaming company Twitch has decided to bring back its sports channel. The website has also launched a designated category featuring sports such as basketball, football, and more. Read more...

AWS and Formula 1 announce six new racing performance stats

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 05:52:01 +0000

The newly introduced performance stats include Car Performance Scores, Ultimate Driver Speed Comparison, Driver Skills Rating, and others. They will roll out in the current, 2020 season. Read more...

Amazon wins Premier League TV rights, will show 20 matches a season from 2019-2022

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:38:01 +0000

In a major move, Amazon has announced that as part of a 3-year deal, it will be streaming two full rounds of 20 matches per season of Premier League football, along with weekly highlights as well. Read more...

ESPN+ will offer cord cutters a plethora of sports entertainment for just $4.99 a month

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 20:10:01 +0000

ESPN+ will be a new streaming service that will offer a massive library of live, on-demand, and original sports content. The service launches on April 12 and will be priced at $4.99 a month. Read more...

Disney will end its deal with Netflix in 2019, start its own streaming services next year

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:32:02 +0000

Disney will pull its movies from Netflix, effectively ending its streaming deal with the service in 2019. Instead, it will launch its own streaming services for movies and TV shows, starting in 2018. Read more...

Facebook reportedly in talks to stream Major League Baseball games

Connor Bucy — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 04:30:02 +0000

In an effort to attract more users to its platform, Facebook is reportedly working on a deal with Major League Baseball to live stream games for the upcoming season. Read more...

Samsung to launch personalized Smart TV services at CES

Paul Hill — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 03:30:01 +0000

Samsung has announced that it will introduce three new Smart TV Services at CES 2017. The new services are Sports, Music, and TV Plus and will offer personalized content through Samsung's Smart Hub. Read more...

Fox Sports GO lands on Xbox One

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:10:01 +0000

Fox Sports GO, the Fox Broadcasting Company's app-based sports network, is coming to Microsoft's Xbox One game console and is bringing all of the network's live and on-demand services with it. Read more...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the Olympics with fruity mini games

Justin Luna — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:30:01 +0000

As part of its celebration for this year's Olympics which will be held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Google has launched a new Doodle containing a set of mini sports games featuring fruits. Read more...

Bing 'Predicts' had a great summer, preps for fall predictions

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:02:01 +0000

Bing Predicts has had a fairly good run predicting the winners for different events. This summer the service maintained its prediction accuracy dominance and will attempt to continue the run in fall. Read more...

The Xbox One Madden NFL 16 bundle is aimed squarely at sport fans

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:58:01 +0000

The newly announced bundle snags you a 1TB Xbox One, with a free copy of Madden NFL 16 and a one year subscription for EA Access for the amazing price of $399. Read more...

Sports begin using virtual reality for training, learning, entertainment

Christopher White — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 02:44:01 +0000

Mainstream virtual reality is just on the horizon, but until then, it's beginning to be used as a tool in sports to help athletes train as well as learn from their mistakes during matches. Read more...

Windows Phone Store picks up WatchESPN app

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:14:01 +0000

The popular sports streaming application WatchESPN finally debuts on Windows Phone, bringing the Microsoft mobile OS one step closer to app parity with competing platforms. Read more...

Microsoft and the Special Olympics form partnership

Chris Schroeder — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:26:01 +0000

Microsoft is set to sponsor both the 2015 and 2017 Special Olympics World Games by bringing mobile devices and cloud support to the global non-profit organization. Read more...

Apple's iWatch said to come in 'Sports' and 'Designer' models

Brockman Davis — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 02:44:53 +0000

The unconfirmed Apple iWatch will offer two different models; a "Sports" variant as well as a "Designer" model. They are reportedly being tested by athletes and celebrities such as Kobe Bryant. Read more...

Basketball Fans Rejoice: NCAA App Released for Windows

Dmitry Dolinsky — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 04:56:34 +0000

Turner Sports Interactive has released an app for fans which can single-handedly watch live NCAA games, provide stats, and display game schedules in one shot. Read more...

Bing Windows Phone apps now sync to Windows 8

John Callaham — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:05:56 +0000

Microsoft has updated all of its older Bing apps for Windows Phone, adding a number of new features, including the ability to sync data with their Windows 8 counterparts. Read more...

Windows Phone 8 adds Bing News, Sports, Weather and Finance apps

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:35:05 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its Bing apps team have expanded their reach to Windows Phone 8 with new News, Weather, Sports and Finance apps available for download. Read more...

Relocation deal for NBA team involving Microsoft CEO effectively crushed

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

A deal involving Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to bring the Sacramento Kings to Seattle was effectively killed by NBA owners in a vote Wednesday that wouldn't allow the team to relocate. Read more...

Even more teams added to Microsoft's Windows 8 sports app

John Callaham — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:16:50 +0000

Microsoft has added even more to its Sports app for Windows 8, including NCAA football and basketball, Moto GP racing, and a range of soccer leagues from around the world. Read more...

Microsoft updates News, Finance, Travel and more for Windows 8

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:23:08 +0000

A number of the in-house Bing apps for Windows 8 have received some major updates today via the Windows Store, including the News, Weather, Finance, Sports and Travel apps. Read more...

Three new Windows 8 Metro Bing apps released

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Microsoft's Bing division has released three new Metro apps for Windows 8 (News, Sports and Travel) as part of the Windows 8 Release Preview launch on Thursday. Read more...

Review: Kinect Sports Season 2

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:14:18 +0000

Rare's second entry into the Kinect motion games canon tries to improve on its previous attempt at translating traditional sports into Kinect gestures, but parts of it still feel like a tech demo. Read more...

Xbox 360 to update ESPN channel on August 25

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:27:52 +0000

Microsoft's Xbox 360 console has had the ESPN video section for some time now but on August 25, the ESPN channel is going to get a big update. Gizmodo has posted up a preview of... Read more...

ESPN brings HD sports to Xbox LIVE Gold members, for free

Jonathan Downin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:29:08 +0000

In a move that could push many over the edge on canceling their cable, Microsoft announced at their E3 media briefing that they are partnering with ESPN to bring live sports to all Gold subscribers.... Read more...

EA to shut down video game servers

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:59:17 +0000

In a move that is sure to tick off a large portion of the world's gamers, EA has decided to shut down a bunch of its game servers. PlayStation University points out that EA is... Read more...

EA Sports continuing Tiger Woods game rollout

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:09:19 +0000

EA Sports is set to continue with plans to introduce a new Tiger Woods online game, despite the golfer's recent public relations meltdown as a result of his adultery scandal. The move comes just days... Read more...

Wii Sports: the best selling game of all time

Andrew Fairbairn — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:49:13 +0000

Wii Sports, the popular sports game bundled with the Nintendo Wii console in most countries, has now shipped 40.52 million units making it the biggest selling console game ever. According to data from VGChartz, 40... Read more...