How Artificial Intelligence is transforming sports as we know it

In association football, goal-line technology is the use of electronic aid to determine if a goal has been scored or not. [Photo: Courtesy]

Modern-day sport is bound together by a huge and close network of athletes, coaches, technologists, scientists and a host of equipment. Because of this close symbiotic relationship, sport is exposed to a myriad of influences, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) being the main influencer.

For a long time in sports, the human body has been the main protagonist of sports narratives while technology and science (technoscience) have been mere instruments playing a supporting role in the story.