The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), in collaboration wiht the Islamic solidarity Sports Association (ISSA), partnered with AI sports technology company Spectatr.ai to deliver real-time, AI-powered highlights at the sixth Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) Riyadh 2025, marking a notable step forward in how large-scale, multi-sport events are covered and shared digitally.
For ANOC and the ISSA, this edition represented a turning point: a chance to dramatically expand the Games’ digital reach, modernise how stories are told, and ensure that every nation and every athlete had a place on the global stage.
Held from 7th to 21st November 2025,the Games brought together more than 3,500 athletes from 57 national Olympic Committees (NOCs),competing across more than 20 sports. with multiple competitions running simultaneously across venues,ANOC sought a solution that could scale content production,ensure equal athlete visibility,and enable near-instant distribution to global audiences.
Addressing the challenges of multi-sport coverage
Covering multi-sport events at this scale presents unique challenges. Conventional editorial workflows rely heavily on manual processes, requiring editors to monitor live feeds, identify key moments, clip footage, format content, and distribute it across platforms. At ISG Riyadh 2025, this approach risked delays, limited output, and uneven representation across nations.
To address this, ANOC deployed spectatr.ai’s AI engine, PULSE, to automate real-time highlight generation across all competitions.
Real-time highlights at scale
throughout the Games, PULSE continuously monitored live match streams, automatically detecting key sporting moments such as goals, finishes, rallies, podium ceremonies, and emotional athlete reactions. Within seconds,these moments were converted into ready-to-publish video clips enriched with metadata,including athlete names,nations,sport,and contextual tags,and automatically formatted for both 16:9 and 9:16 distribution.
All clips were branded with ISG Riyadh 2025 intros and graphics,ensuring visual consistency across platforms.
