They were the last of the major contenders to play - but a ruthless, record-breaking Women's World Cup demolition of Thailand showed why the United States are first in the world rankings. The reigning champions' relentless 13-0 win in Reims - the city in which France used to crown its monarchs before the rise of the republic - told the world how determined they are to stay on the throne.

A weekend total of 80,000 spectators at the Red Bull Air Race stop in Kazan, Russia saw Japan’s Yoshihide “Yoshi” Muroya tighten his grasp at the top of the overall standings with his second win in as many races. Finishing right behind, Australia’s Matt Hall firmly placed himself among the season favorites, while Muroya’s top rival, defending World Champion Martin Šonka of the Czech Republic, kept himself well in the hunt with third on the race podium.

Sky Sport HQ studio in Unterföhring will be the venue on 27 June for the annual Sky Sport Summit in cooperation with SVG Europe, hosted once more by Gert Zimmermann. A record crowd is expected for the annual Munich summit, where the title sponsor for 2019 is Broadcast Solutions and panel sponsors are AJA Video Systems and EVS. Opening remarks will be made by Fergal Ringrose, editorial director, SVG Europe; Alessandro Reitano, VP sports production, Sky Deutschland; and Antti Laurila, global sales director, Broadcast Solutions.

The Russian sports capital of Kazan will host the high-speed, low-altitude action of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship for the third consecutive time on Saturday and Sunday, 15-16 June 2019. In the break since the race in Abu Dhabi, the 14 top-level international teams and pilots have been preparing flat out, determined to reboot their momentum for the air race summer showdowns. Add a double-header for the Challenger Class, and race weekend in Kazan will strike a chord with every motorsport fan.

Live production specialist, transmisjelive, produces all content for PZPN’s YouTube channel, Łączy nas piłka (The Ball Connects Us), including action from Poland’s national, women’s and youth teams as well as matches from Poland’s second league. “Our cameras give fans exclusive access to information and insights that traditional broadcasters cannot deliver, and the huge subscriber numbers on YouTube reflect that,” explains Artur Kuszel, producer at transmisjelive.

Ahoy there, World Championships! Ever heard of a beach volleyball match played on water? Swashbuckling beach volleyball teams Markéta Sluková and Barbora Hermannová and Laura Ludwig and Maggie Kozuch make waves in an iconic photoshoot ahead of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Hamburg 2019 presented by comdirect and ALDI Nord.

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The Reds' victory, courtesy of a Mohamed Salah penalty awarded in the first minute and converted in the second, plus a late Divock Origi effort, not only exorcises the demons of last season's 3-1 loss to Real Madrid in Kyiv but also ends Jürgen Klopp's run of six successive club final defeats. It gets sweeter still for Salah. His delight – or was it relief? – at converting from the spot after Moussa Sissoko was penalised for handball after just 24 seconds was no doubt magnified by the fact he was forced off injured in the Ukrainian capital last year.

Tonight the Azerbaijan capital Baku will host the UEFA Europa League Final between Arsenal London and Chelsea, making it a London derby. BT Sport Channel will broadcast the all-British final with the help of local Broadcast technology provider Baku Media Center together with Sunset + Vine production company. For the final, Baku Media will deploy their mobile production fleet, all developed by Broadcast Solutions. BT Sport, one of the largest telecom providers, will screen the game on their channels plus a free stream on YouTube in UHD.

After a planning and construction phase of around one year, the largest American college E-sports arena “The Fortress” recently went live on air from Full Sail University, Florida. Around 6 million Dollars have been invested in “The Fortress”, which can accommodate up to 500 spectators. This makes it the largest college E-sports arena in the USA. This arena doesn’t just play host to the local college team, but also holds countless third party gaming events, college tournaments, live-streaming E-sports competitions and live concerts.

France is gearing up to host a ground-breaking edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ with a starting list of teams which includes, among others, the current top ten of the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking as well as four newcomers, Chile, Jamaica, Scotland and South Africa.

Infront announced today the launch of iX.co, an independent entity aimed at becoming the world's leading digital media and solutions company that connects brands and sports rights holders to global fan audiences.

Parsons Technologies and WJHW recently outfitted the Milwaukee Bucks’ newly-built Fiserv Forum arena with state-of-the-art HARMAN Professional Solutions audio and lighting systems to deliver a high-energy experience at basketball games, concerts and more.

Riedel Communications supplied a comprehensive, integrated communications infrastructure for the Special Olympics World Games 2019 (SOWG) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Riedel's Artist digital matrix intercom system and Bolero wireless intercom were at the core of a massive comms deployment that spanned more than 30 venues and locations and included managed IT network services.

NEP Group, the world’s leading outsourced technical production partner for premier content producers of live sports and entertainment, has achieved a milestone in sports broadcasting with the successful live, remote production from Sydney of the IAAF World Relays 2019 held in Yokohama, Japan (11-12 May). On behalf of their clients, NEP’s multidivisional teams delivered two days of live coverage and competition highlights from NEP Australia’s centralised, internet rotocol (IP) and multi-format production facility at the NEP Andrews Hub in Sydney, NSW.

ChyronHego today introduced TRACAB Gen5, the newest generation of the company's Emmy^® Award-winning TRACAB optical sports tracking system. TRACAB Gen5 features significant improvements in tracking data quality and accuracy, driven by completely redesigned tracking algorithms, a richer array of camera angles, and powerful new AI features for player, number, and colour recognition.