With the Winter Olympics just a year away, Europe's broadcast rights holder is "dangling a host of technological breakthroughs -- from 'ghost skiers' to performance patches" -- which it said will "enhance the drama" of the PyeongChang Games. Feb. 9 marks one year until the PyeongChang Games, and Eurosport CEO Peter Hutton said that the sports broadcaster will spend the year "continuing to test new technology as it looks to revolutionize coverage." Hutton: "Subject to all the approvals from federations and the International Olympic Committee, I'm hopeful we will be able to use some very cool technology to bring more data to the sports than ever before. ... Some of this data is really revolutionary, the challenge now is knowing what to do with it, how to use it to tell stories" (REUTERS, 2/7).
Kuwait's minister of information and youth affairs resigned on Tuesday "ahead of a parliamentary no confidence vote" over the nation's 15-month int'l sports ban, state news agency KUNA reported. Sheikh Salman Sabah al-Humoud al-Sabah, a member of the ruling family, was due to face the no-confidence vote on Wednesday following "several hours of grilling" last week in which lawmakers accused him of "complacency and mismanagement." The IOC suspended Kuwait in Oct. '15, accusing the government of interference in its national Olympic committee (REUTERS, 2/7).
Canada Snowboard announced a partnership with the Canada Association for Disabled Skiing (CADS) to develop and implement complementary programs, to build awareness and develop grassroots Para snowboarding from coast to coast (IPC).
