Press & News

PLAYBACK is a finalist for Best Growth Strategy by Deloitte at the World Football Summit Awards 2026, alongside Stats Perform x Ekstraklasa and Mercury13.

PLAYBACK is one of five finalists in the 2026 Olympic Capital Sport Innovation Challenge - selected from a global field for an immersion in Lausanne's sport-tech ecosystem.

PLAYBACK has been named a Top 100 startup in RAISE the STAKES 2026 - the world's largest AI startup competition - from 1,000+ applicants ahead of RAISE Summit in Paris.

PLAYBACK has won the London Rising Star Award at the UK StartUp Awards 2026.

PLAYBACK named Winner of The Draft at SPORT[GEN] Summit 2026, Paris - selected by a jury including AWS, SportsTechX, and PSG Lab.

PLAYBACK has officially partnered with the London Youth League

PLAYBACK has been named a Finalist at The Pitch by Deel × JP Morgan - selected from the top 3% of all applicants after review by a panel of leading investors.

PLAYBACK has been shortlisted for the London Rising Star Award at the UK StartUp Awards 2026.

PLAYBACK partners with PlayerData to bring elite-level GPS tracking to every athlete.

PLAYBACK Awarded First Place in PSG Lab Pitch Competition at Web Summit Qatar 2026

Transforming Grassroots Football in the UAE

PLAYBACK has been recognised as an Early Stage Standout at the 2025 Great British Entrepreneur Awards for redefining access to elite sports technology.

📣 PLAYBACK has been selected for the Plug And Play Accelerator Program - Silicon Valley 2025 and will be represented by our PLAYBACK Ambassadors from Kuwait 🇰🇼

PLAYBACK has been shortlisted as a finalist at the World Football Summit Awards 2025 in Madrid, alongside leading global clubs.

PLAYBACK, Operating System for Sports, has been named the UK’s National Global StartUp of the Year 2025 at Ideas Fest - the country’s festival of entrepreneurship and innovation.

The PLAYBACK Team is delighted to announce that PLAYBACK, in partnership with Forbes, Locals.org, the Global Shapers Community, and 1 Club, is raising funds for The King’s Trust!

PLAYBACK is delighted to announce that it is now an official Veo partner.

PLAYBACK is officially London's Global StartUp of the Year 2025 by the UK StartUp Awards

PLAYBACK has been nominated for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards

With over 400 pitches, GOALS is leading the line in sports innovation through PLAYBACK.

AWS Cloud Cup 2025 is POWERED by PLAYBACK!

📝 PLAYBACK has been nominated for UK StartUp Awards Global StartUp of The Year.

📝 PLAYBACK has been nominated for Ramadan Inspire 2025

Players, parents, and coaches will now be able to Access the Moment with PLAYBACK!

CFA is now POWERED by PLAYBACK!

As part of the PLAYBACK Foundation, all 200 U-19 scholarship players at Soccer Elite FA will have free access to the PLAYBACK Academy Service.

Day 1 - You PLAY, We BACK