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A4SEE Consortium
Labosport | Proud Member of A4SEE
Labosport is a proud member of the The European Alliance for Sports Engineering Education (A4SEE), a consortium of Universities and Industry partners that strive to improve the education of both student and professional sport...
Celebrating 30 Years!
Celebrating 30 Years!
For three decades, Labosport has stood as a beacon of innovation, progress, and excellence. Throughout the years, we have remained steadfast in our commitment to delivering unparalleled products and services to our customers, while fostering a culture...
Certania Becomes New Shareholder for Labosport Group
CERTANIA has taken the position of the new majority shareholder for the LABOSPORT GROUP, completing the transaction on the 27 July, 2023.
CERTANIA is a dynamic holding company that oversees an entrepreneurial group of specialized entities focusing on testing, certification, and consultancy...
FIFA’s Mickael Bennetti Explores the Importance and Impact of Standards and Quality Assurance Programs
Mickael Benetti is the FIFA Quality Programme Manager for Playing Surfaces - Football Technology & Innovation. He discusses why standardisation has become so important, what influences the standardisation process and how standardisation influences the game of football.
In 1904, the...
Labosport Collaborates on Artificial Pitch Testing
Labosport and Loughborough University researchers have collaborated with international governing body giant FIFA to bring artificial pitch testing into the modern era.
As the use of artificial turf increases worldwide, researchers from Labosport and Loughborough’s Sports Technology Institute have been...
LABOSPORT France recrute un(e) CONTRAT D’APRENTISSAGE (H/F)
Fondé en 1993, LABOSPORT est devenu le leader mondial sur le marché de la certification des sols sportifs. Le groupe LABOSPORT est présent dans le monde entier au travers de ses différentes filiales et propose des services dans l’amélioration...
LABOSPORT France recrute un(e): TECHNICIEN(NE) SOLS SPORTIFS ITINERANT (H/F)
Fondé en 1993, LABOSPORT est devenu le leader mondial sur le marché de la certification des sols sportifs. Le groupe LABOSPORT est présent dans le monde entier au travers de ses différentes filiales et propose des services dans l’amélioration...
Labosport Group Announces the Appointment of Roberto Armeni to Chairman of CEN-TC 217
Labosport Group Announces
LYON, FRANCE - Labosport Group is pleased to announce Roberto Armeni has been appointed chair of CEN-TC 217. CEN is the European Committee for Standardization, a network of 34 countries recognized by both the European Union (EU)...
Labosport Group Celebrates 3 Decades of Service & Innovaton
See video below.
In January, Labosport celebrated its 30th anniversary in Paris. From the first laboratory in France in 1993, under management of its founder/director Dominique Boisnard, to a world-renown brand with subsidiaries around the world, Labosport has never lost...
Labosport is a FIFA Research Institute
Labosport is a FIFA Research Institute:
FIFA Research Institutes increase their continued support for the Football Technology & Innovation subdivision
Projects spanning across the FIFA Research, Quality and Innovation Programmes as well the Football Technology team
Applications to become a FIFA Research...
Labosport Technicians Participate in Round Robin 2022
In May 2022, Labosport attended the annual Round Robin in Madrid, where technicians were examined by several governing bodies over 10 days. This included FIFA/World Rugby/FIH/Futsal and goalpost testing. It was a significant event because it was cancelled the...
Labosport UK has been accredited by FIFA as an official testing laboratory for Football Goals
The FIFA Quality Programme for Football Goals offers the opportunity for manufacturers to certify their products to either the FIFA Basic or the FIFA Quality standard.
We are happy to share that Labosport UK has been accredited by FIFA as...
Laying Foundations for Elite Women’s Football: An Industry Steps Up
Laying Foundations for Elite Women’s Football
by Charles Henderson
Managing Director at PSD & TGMS
In 2019, we were approached by a Hannah Buckley of The FA, who handles the Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship Infrastructure. Pitches were one of Hannah’s...
New Cloud-Based Track Management
The New Zealand Sports Turf Institute has developed two bespoke track management platforms for New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) and Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ).
New Cloud-Based Track Management
Both systems use a common database architecture, live data visualisation and hardware,...
New Managing Director at Labosport UK
We are pleased to announce the appointment of David James as Managing Director Labosport Ltd (UK). David will manage the operations and development of Labosport UK, starting as of December 1, 2018.
David at Labosport
David has been working in the...
Nous Recrutons! Technicien(ne) en surface sportives – Labosport Canada, Montréal, QC
Surface Sportives in Canada
LABOSPORT est un laboratoire de contrôle qualité des surface sportives et récréatives. Leader mondial avec plus de 15 filiales à travers le monde, nous sommes à l’origine des principales innovations dans les méthodes de tests des...
Professor David James Presented an Honorary Lifetime ISEA Fellowship
Labosport Group is pleased to announce that Professor David James, Managing Director of Labosport UK, has been presented an honorary lifetime ISEA Fellowship Award from the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA), in acknowledgment of his outstanding contributions to sports...
SAPCA Issues Alert for Owners & Operators of Asphalt Courts
An exceptional hot spell on Monday and Tuesday leading to widespread impacts on people and infrastructure.
by Tom Walker, SAPCA
As temperatures across the UK are expected to hit 40C this week, the Sports and Play Construction Association (SAPCA) is reminding...
