Editorial: Harnessing artificial intelligence in sports science: enhancing performance, health, and education

Front Sports Act Living. 2026 Mar 5:8:1780876. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2026.1780876. eCollection 2026.

José Eduardo Teixeira^{1

2

3}, Pedro Forte^{4

5

6}, Ricardo Ferraz^{7

8}, Ryland Morgans⁹, Luís Branquinho^{10

11}

¹ Department of Sports Sciences, Polytechnic of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal.
² Department of Sports Sciences, Polytechnic of Cávado and Ave, Guimarães, Portugal.
³ SPRINT-Sport Physical Activity and Health Research & Innovation Center, Guarda, Portugal.
⁴ CI-ISCE, Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas do Douro (ISCE Douro), Penafiel, Portugal.
⁵ Department of Sports Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.
⁶ Research Center for Active Living and Wellbeing (LiveWell), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.
⁷ Department of Sport Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.
⁸ Research Center in Sports, Health and Human Development, Covilhã, Portugal.
⁹ School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
¹⁰ Biosciences Higher School of Elvas, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal.
¹¹ Life Quality Research Center (LQRC-CIEQV), Santarém, Portugal.

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Keywords: AI; big data; deep learning; health; machine learning; physical education; sports performance.

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