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[Link] The Chess World Is Absolutely Losing It Over Cheating Allegations After Massive Upset
Read: 8/9/2022 www.vice.com
The chess world has been rocked by online allegations of cheating after a top chess grandmaster was toppled by a relative newcomer this week in a major high stakes tournament in St. Louis.
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[Link] 'Not allowed': Naomi Osaka ban comes to light after Australian Open
Read: 6/2/2022 au.sports.yahoo.com
Details have emerged after the Australian Open about how Naomi Osaka was banned from wearing a new watch from sponsors TAG Heuer. Osaka teamed up with Tag Heuer just weeks before the Australian Open, designing a limited-edition watch with the Swiss luxury brand.
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[Link] Lawmakers: Fix Copyright Law to Stop Gamblers “Beating the Bookies”
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
The UK Parliament's House of Lords has heard calls for a significant tightening of copyright law to tackle a most unusual threat. According to several Lords, the law should be updated to prevent live sporting events from being filmed by the public.
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[Link] Soccer is The Number One Gateway Sport to Online Streaming Piracy
Read: 14/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
A new report published by Synamedia shows that soccer is the number one gateway sport to other forms of sports piracy. This is also true for the US where soccer has a relatively smaller audience. India is the only exception in the researched countries, with cricket as the main piracy gateway.
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[Link] Sky Subscribers’ Piracy Habits Directly Help Premier League Block Illegal Streams
Read: 29/8/2021 torrentfreak.com
UK ISP Sky Broadband is monitoring the IP addresses of servers suspected of streaming pirated content to subscribers and supplying that data to an anti-piracy company working with the Premier League.
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[Link] Wimbledon: The tech behind the world’s top tennis tournament
Read: 6/7/2021 arstechnica.com
Update, July 3, 2021: It's July 4 weekend in the US, which means Ars staff gets a well-deserved holiday to build Lego microscopes (or maybe just to rest). As such, we're resurfacing a few classics from the Ars archives, including this look behind the scenes of the Wimbledon tennis tournament.