Scout’s Overview
📡 🚨 Sport of the year: Ice Speedway

Ice Speedway is a high-speed motorcycle racing sport held on frozen tracks, where riders race using bikes fitted with spiked tires for grip. Originating in the 1920s Soviet Union, it evolved from regular speedway but adapted for icy conditions, quickly gaining popularity in Russia and Scandinavia. This was hands down one of our favourite sports of the year, simply because of the absurdity.

🏋 Athlete of the year: Jesse Dufton

Jesse Dufton is a blind rock climber. Yes, you read that right. He was born with 20% central vision, which has deteriorated to 1%, yet in 2025, he climbed a 500-foot (150m) rockface. He’s also part of the British Paraclimbing team. For his incredible bravery, we give him the trophy of Athlete of The Year.

🏟️ Venue of the year: Henningsvaer Stadium

A bucket-list worthy venue. The Henningsvær Stadion is an amateur football stadium in Norway. The stadium is so scenic, it almost looks AI-generated, but it’s not. It’s real and it’s certainly unbeatable, hence our venue of the year is this beauty.

🧤 Kit of the year: Venezia FC Third Jersey 24/25

Venezia literally makes the best jerseys across all sports!

This jersey draws inspiration from the beauty of Venice's iconic lagoon, which blends in the aquatic hues that define the city’s surroundings. The gradient on the shirt transitions from the delicate aqua tones at the top to the rich, deep blues toward the bottom of the shirt, evoking the changing colors of the Venetian landscape.

They also attached a cause to this: the Club donated €5 from the first 1,500 jerseys it sold on its website to support local projects led by Ocean Space, a Venice-based international cultural initiative led by TBA21 and Cultural Partner of the Club since 2023.

This is why this jersey takes it.

From the bench
🗞️ 2025 Wrapped Stats:

• For Sport, Athlete, Venue & Kit of the Week, we covered 40+ countries across 6 continents. The USA led the way with 26 mentions, England (11) followed, with Japan (5) punching well above its weight. We hit every corner of the map, from Uganda to Bolivia, Azerbaijan to New Zealand, Monaco to Nigeria.

• We also covered venues, athletes, and kits from 51 different sports. Football (soccer) topped the table with 19 mentions, Multisport Events & Athletics followed at 12, and Tennis (11) kept things seriously competitive. Even Pesäpallo (Finland’s baseball cousin) showed up 3 times.

• For athletes, we featured Olympic royalty:

  • Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin

  Plus multi-talent athletes and Youth stars:

  • Nadia Nadim (footballer + surgeon), Eberechi Eze (football + chess), Derrick Rose (basketball + chess)

  • Luke Littler (darts), Mirra Andreeva (tennis), Alysa Liu (figure skating)

  As well as Adaptive & Paralympic excellence

  • Jesse Dufton (blind climber), Tokito Oda (Paralympic tennis)

• For venue, we featured iconic venues on every surface imaginable:

  • Ice (Tasiilaq Ice Fjord, Skardu Ice Hockey, Viking Ship)

  • Sand & salt (Salar de Uyuni, Rub’ al Khali, Cerro Negro)

  • Water (Floating Green, Floating Tennis Court, Shark Alley)