Spring is in the air, and with it comes the excitement of youth baseball and softball. In just two weeks, our local Diamond ...

Cricket leagues followed in 2009, incorporating it to help umpires make what are known as “leg before wicket” calls, among others. And professional soccer leagues started using the technology in 2012 ...

Australia's Paul Reiffel and England's Richard Illingworth will be the on-field umpires, while Sri Lanka's Ranjan Madugalle will be the match referee for the Champions Trophy final between India ...

Australia’s Paul Reiffel and England’s Richard Illingworth will be the on-field umpires, while Sri Lanka’s Ranjan Madugalle will be the match referee for the Champions Trophy final between India and ...

The major leagues are testing robots to call balls and strikes, prompting deeper questions about the irreplaceable values of human excellence.

Paul Reiffel and Richard Illingworth, both members of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, have been appointed as the on-field umpires for the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 final between India ...

Major League Baseball is pushing ahead with plans to introduce automated umpires, but they won't be used in regular season matches until at least 2026. This spring, teams are testing the ABS ...

For the second semi-final between South Africa and New Zealand in Lahore, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena and Australia’s Paul Reiffel would serve as the on-field umpires. West Indies’ Joel Wilson has ...

GREENFIELD, Wis. — Baseball and softball season is right around the corner, but according to the Wisconsin Umpires Association (WUA), there has been a 39% decline in licensed officials in the ...

New Zealand’s Chris Gaffaney and England’s Richard Illingworth will officiate as on-field umpires in the Champions Trophy semifinal between India and Australia here on Tuesday. Englishman Michael ...

For the second semifinal, Kumar Dharmasena and Paul Reiffel are the on-field umpires, with Joel Wilson as third umpire and Ranjan Madugalle as match referee. Illingworth will continue his duties ...

We have the technology to make sports adjudication by the on-field arbiters (umpires, officials, referees) fairer and more accurate. Technologies being tested and implemented are the sports ...