Sport

There are a number of places you might choose if you want to go surfing in Perth, Australia, but Alfred Cove, on the Swan River, probably isn't one of them. It might be soon, though, courtesy of plans for an artificial surfing lagoon aimed at improving the options for surfing around the city.

In an underground battle event in Wellington, New Zealand, UWM revealed its latest intelligent Lorica armour and pitted six combatants from around the world against each other in full contact weapon combat.​

The Rossignol Piq ski sensor is promised to provide unprecedented detail about your skiing. The device tracks air time, g-forces, in-air rotation, edge-to-edge transition time and more. Gizmag has been putting it through its paces to see if it lives up to that promise.

Lotus has unveiled the Exige Sport 350 model with full specifications and a price starting at £55,900 (US$84,848). The Exige Sport 350 is the latest revival of the "Sport" name for the carmaker and weighs in at 51 kg (112.5 lb) lighter than the Exige S.

A tennis club in Amsterdam has a novel approach to providing both a clubhouse and bleachers. It has combined the two. The clubhouse at IJburg tennis club is designed in such a way that spectators can climb it and watch matches on the adjacent court.​

While a good tradesman never blames his tools, athletes are always searching for pieces of kit that can give them an edge. Chris Froome is using a nose stent called the Turbine in an attempt to gain the edge over the peleton.

Few of us have access to a professional coach to help hone our basketball skills, but sports technology company Onyx Motion hopes now you can at least get a decent proxy with upcoming smartwatch app Swish. It analyzes your shots and helps you improve them with personalized tips and detailed metrics.

Miami Marlins pitcher Dan Jennings, who was hit in the head by a 101-mph line drive last August, is one of the major leaguers that has worked with Safer Sports Technologies in testing a light, low profile piece of protective head gear: a carbon fiber protector that slides inside a regular ball cap.

Roller skating and inline skating are both well past their primes, but there's a new generation of skates that offers a simpler, more casual skating experience. The all-new On Wheelz skates take things strapless, using a step-in system quite like clipless bike pedals.

Dubai has more than its fair share of outlandish buildings, but 8 + 8 Concept Studio's recently-revealed proposal for an underwater tennis center would probably take the biscuit for the craziest yet – in the unlikely event it is ever built, anyway ...

With the recent rise in collectible auction prices, owning a slice of history has become more costly. The price estimates of some items on offer at a London sports memorabilia auction next week however, suggest that important sporting artifacts are still within reach of modest speculative budgets.

Japanese firm Omron has developed a new ping-pong-playing robot that, although not capable of taking on and beating even a semi-skilled human player, is capable of entering into long rallies with human players.