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Vauxhall Fans’ Man of the Match Vote Takes Twitter By Storm

England fans have made the headlines following their Man of the Match voting on the interactive website of lead sponsor Vauxhall during England’s 5-0 win against San Marino. 63 per cent of Three Lions supporters voted goalkeeper Joe Hart as their team’s best performer in a game where he only touched the ball 11 times.

HOME NATIONS’ FOOTBALL SOCIAL MEDIA LEAGUE TABLE

England and Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney leads the way in the Home Nations football league table for social media followers

RFID DRIVES SOCIAL INTERACTION AT THE RYDER CUP

The introduction of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) at this year’s Ryder Cup has proved a huge success with almost 45,000 interactions across the six day tournament, 23-28 September.

The Sports Technology Awards – Celebrating the Sector’s Cutting Edge

Now returning with the 2015 event the Sports Technology Awards, a British creation, are the only initiative worldwide dedicated to championing and celebrating innovative and inspiring advances in sports technology

Wimbledon generated 3.5m short clip video views across Facebook and Twitter

The AELTC has announced that they shared more than 300 short clips across Facebook and Twitter during the tournament, generating over 3.5m clip plays using Grabyo’s video platform.

Scarlets Rugby bring Season Ticket flyer to life using AR

Welsh rugby club, Scarlets Rugby, have teamed up with augmented reality innovators Blippar to launch a new interactive flyer in a bid to get a sales boost of 2014/15 season

ITV to share near-live video highlights of the World Cup

ITV will be sharing near-live highlights of the FIFA World Cup to ITV.com and social platforms following a deal with Grabyo, the real-time video company

Wimbledon to bring near-live video highlights to a global digital audience

Grabyo, the real-time video company, is today announcing a major deal with The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to bring near-live highlights from Wimbledon to a global digital audience of billions

New Second Screen Fantasy Football App enables viewers to interact with World Cup matches in Real Time

Ultimate Fan Live yesterday announced a new free mobile app that offers fans a social way to watch the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Fans who are not able to attend the World Cup in Brazil this summer can play the second screen fantasy football game using any iOS device

Storyz acquires sports digital agency nineteeneightyfour

Storyz, the sports media company, has acquired sports digital marketing agency NineteenEightyFour