Football league loses $800m to illegal streaming, uses AI to stop it A study by Grant Thornton recorded more than 10.8 million unauthorised retransmissions of live events in 2024, and over 81% were never suspended at all. Now LaLiga, the Spanish football league that hosts the world’s most-watched club matches, is installing artificial intelligence to

A crucial week for Arsenal starts Wednesday night against Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League quarterfinals. Mikel Arteta’s team faces two huge games in its pursuit of a Premier League and Champions League double this season. Leading 1-0 against Lisbon after the first leg in Portugal last week, Arsenal is closing in on a place

Real Madrid visit Bayern Munich on Wednesday knowing they must produce something special to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit and keep their Champions League dream alive. They were second best for long periods at the Bernabeu, with the German champions in control before a late push from the Spanish giants shifted the momentum. Advertisement Much

Soccer piracy losses estimated between $700M and $800M annually Real-time AI detection cuts piracy rates across major matches Traditional blocking tools struggle against large-scale streaming networks Piracy of live football streams has grown into an industrial-scale problem, with Spanish clubs warning that illegal viewing is draining hundreds of millions of dollars from the sport each

Atletico Madrid 1-2 Barcelona (3-2 on agg.) Atletico Madrid secured passage to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in nine years, thanks to a goal from Ademola Lookman. Hansi Flick’s Barcelona could not stop the bleeding against a lethal Atletico, who for a third time this season against Atletico Madrid finished the match

MADRID (AP) — Long after the game against Barcelona ended, Atletico Madrid players were back on the field at the Metropolitano stadium to celebrate. They chanted along with the fans, and jumped and danced among themselves. It was a big night for Atletico. Diego Simeone’s team held on after an early charge by Barcelona to

This was a ferocious occasion, a game to illuminate the latter stages of the Champions League played between two foes for whom familiarity is stoking animosity. But, in the end, there was to be no ‘remontada’ for Barcelona. This was Atletico Madrid’s tie. Even while suffering a rare home defeat, their first at home in

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has told the press that his side did enough to make it to the Champions League semi-final, following elimination at the hands of Atletico Madrid. Ademola Lookman’s first-half goal swung the tie in favour of Los Colchoneros, who won out 3-2 on aggregate. Speaking after the match, Hansi Flick was asked

Johnny Cardoso might not go to the World Cup this summer, but the U.S. midfielder is still very much in the running for the UEFA Champions League title. With a late appearance Tuesday, Cardoso helped Atlético Madrid escape 10-man Barcelona’s furious pressure and advance to the semifinals on a 3-2 aggregate score following a 2-1

Barcelona might have crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday evening, but that did not stop superstar winger Lamine Yamal from rewriting the competition’s record books … again. At 18 years and 275 days old, the Spaniard became the youngest player to ever record 20 goal contributions in the Champions League. Yamal has now

Manuel Neuer continues to perform at an elite level at 40 years old, proving to be the difference-maker in the first leg against Real Madrid, but the veteran keeper knows the job is far from finished. Ahead of hosting Los Blancos for the second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, Neuer warned his Bayern

Barcelona’s defeat in the Champions League quarter-finals means their suffering goes on in a competition they have not won since 2015. Luis Enrique was in charge when Barca last claimed the trophy, with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar up front in a treble-winning team. Last season, they reached the semi-finals — and progressing further