The 2014 final of what has been touted by football fans and media alike as the greatest World Cup of all time, has been filmed using a pioneering 360° Ultra HD viewing experience to debut in FIFA’s recently approved World Football Museum, opening in 2016.

Software supplier Gladstone talks about completing the switch-over of Active Newham's three leisure centres in just six weeks

San Francisco 49ers has released a raft of new details ahead of the scheduled opening of the team’s new US$1.2bn (€881m, £715m) Levi’s Stadium, including a new museum dedicated to the team.

The joint MD of 3-1-5 Health Clubs talks to Julie Cramer about creating an exclusive family of X-Force ‘negative training' facilities in the UK

Technology giant IBM is pushing ahead with the development of predictive analytics to help experts forecast the outcome of sports games, while also providing fans with more intriguing statistics during contests.

Whether for top athletes or recreational cyclists, the Wattbike offers benefits for both user and club

The Amsterdam ArenA, home to Dutch football club AFC Ajax, has signed a deal with the Municipality of Amsterdam in order to help secure the stadium’s position as an innovative and progressive sporting venue.

DNA profiling is quickly becoming a top trend for high profile sports athletes who are using the revolutionary technology to analyse whether or not they are getting the most out of their sporting genes.

A look at how fixed resistance equipment is being integrated into sports-specific training programmes

Refurbishments require huge capital investment, so how do clubs make the most of them when complete?

The use of face recognition technology to monitor sports fans at the gates of stadiums continues to grow in prominence, with Australia the next country to be considering its use across its national grounds.

Henry Mason of trendwatching.com outlines the key consumer trends for the fitness sector to run with in 2014

Learning with Learn2

Arsenal Football Club has signed a partnership deal with Chinese technology giant Huawei that will see the telecommunications specialist become the official smartphone partner of the north London club.

trendwatching.com's Henry Mason identifies some of the key consumer trends for the fitness sector to run with in 2014, from Crowd Shaping to The Internet of Caring Things

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has opened the GSK Human Performance Lab - a science facility that will look to "deepen the understanding of human performance".

Nicole Hearn pays a visit to London-based City Athletic, which offers its members the opportunity to train like elite athletes

Professors Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner of Urban-Think Tank talk to Kate Cracknell about their revolutionary and socially cohesive Vertical Gym concept

Whether you're looking for weight loss, detox or disease prevention, juicing claims to have the answers. Kate Cracknell reports

Social media research company Fizziology has launched a new research tool which can track the effect that each win, loss, scandal and signing has on the value of a fanbase throughout an entire season.

Toxteth Fire Fit Hub in Liverpool is a new, £5.2m, dual-use community facility enabling firefighters to get fit for duty, while also helping to inspire youngsters in an area of social deprivation to be more active. Lauren Applegarth reports

St George's Park not only caters for elite footballers but also the public, with a range of performance packages

Residential developers are incorporating wellbeing facilities in their schemes to enhance exclusivity and add value, reports Neena Dhillon

Football clubs are developing community outreach programmes that are addressing social issues and linking local people together. Neena Dhillon reports

Oliver Gillie reports on the benefits of the 'sunshine vitamin' - vitamin D - and how it is helping top athletes to improve their performance and be more competitive

Kate Cracknell talks to the head of recreation at Migros Zurich about expanding into the German market

The Football Association (FA) has joined forces with telecoms infrastructure group Shared Access for a £30m project delivering new or improved floodlights to grassroots clubs.

Cisco has confirmed that spectators at the new National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, will be able to benefit from the installation of its Cisco Connected Stadium internet solution.

Cisco Systems has secured a new agreement with Spain-based football club Real Madrid to "transform" the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium experience for visitors and spectators.