soccer
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The 9 U.S. Stadiums Already Using Facial Recognition at Games
When the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team introduced its new “Go-Ahead Entry” facial recognition authentication method last week, it was intended to decrease wait times and increase efficiency. In reality, according to Axios, it did just the opposite. Glitches in the system accidentally picked up the faces of others waiting in lines, forcing security to create…
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Gerard Piqué Wants to Transform Women’s Soccer With His Queens League on Twitch
After turning traditional men’s soccer on its head with his Kings League, ex-professional soccer player Gerard Piqué now has his eyes set on transforming women’s soccer using the same formula: streamers, drama, and video game-like rules.
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The Kings League Finals Will Be The Biggest Streamer-Run Live Event Ever
The days where streaming was synonymous with playing video games in a bedroom are over. In recent years, streamers have been moving their cameras away from their desktops and towards impressive, hilarious, and sometimes downright strange live events. On Sunday March 26, streamer-run live events will reach a new peak with the Kings League Final…
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The Soccer Circus of Twitch: 8 of the Wackiest Moments in Gerard Piqué’s Kings League So Far
After being written off as a “circus” by mainstream soccer officials, Gerard Piqué’s new Kings League continues to prove that, actually, there are hundreds of thousands of people completely hooked on this specific type of wacky, free-for-all sport. As they say in showbiz, the show must go on.