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Russian Offical Says Zenit Arena Construction Is On Schedule For 2018 World Cup05 / 24 / 13St. Petersburg's Vice Governor for Construction Marat Oganesyan on Monday "denied claims by Russia's federal Audit Chamber" that the city's $1.1B 2018 World Cup football stadium might not be complete until '17, according to R-SPORT. Oganesyan stuck to the projected completion date of '15, ... Tags: Facilities, Russia |
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Munich Won't Invest In New Arenas
Many sports teams in Munich have no place to play "because the city does not want to spend money on new arenas," putting some clubs in difficult situations, according to Schnitzler & Tögel of the SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG. The city has not provided any hope for a new Munich arena even though ...
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Stoke City To Add To Stadium Capacity
EPL club Stoke City has revealed it is looking into the detailed feasibility of expanding the Britannia Stadium with the addition of more seats in the southeast corner. The club is taking the opportunity to obtain planning permission to fill in the area between the Seddon Stand and the Marston&rsquo ...
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Cricket South Africa "has started collecting memorabilia for its new museum and has opened the door for public donations." The museum, which will be housed in a gallery area at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, "will be inclusive of the country's entire history in the sport, including 124 years of Test ...
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Chelsea Eyes Indian Football Academy
IMG-Reliance and Chelsea have "launched preliminary talks" that could lead to the English football club "partnering the Indo-American sports management company to develop a world-class football academy in India," according to Binoy Prabhakar of the TIMES OF INDIA. Chelsea will "bring the expertise t ...
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PSG To Pick Training Location
Ligue 1 Paris St. Germain "will unveil before the end of the year" the identity of the city that will be home to the club's new training ground, according to Solen Cherrier of LE JOURNAL DU DIMANCHE. The frontrunner appears to be Poissy with Saint-Germain-en Laye, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Carrieres-s ...
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Euro 2012 Helped Boost Infrastructure
Deadlines "can have a galvanising effect on procrastinators, as happened with Poland and Ukraine under the pressure of this summer’s European football championships," according to Olearchyk & Cienski of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Poland’s entry into the European Union in '04 "resulted in l ...
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Olympic Stadium Conversion Until '16
If Premier League club West Ham United is "given the go-ahead to move" into the London Olympic Stadium, it is "unlikely to be able to start playing there until the start of the '16-17 season," according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. London Legacy Development Corp. CEO Dennis Hone has admitt ...
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Revamped Twickenham Reopens
England's rugby headquarters, Twickenham stadium, which reopens against Fiji on Saturday, is now "the most-advanced rugby ground in Europe," according to Gavin Mairs of the London TELEGRAPH. The Rugby Football Union "wants to turn Twickenham into a 'fortress' by encouraging supporters to adopt the r ...
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Bayern Basketball Wants A Bigger Arena
Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) club Bayern Munich "wants to move to a bigger arena in the foreseeable future," according to the SID. Club Managing Dir Thomas Oehler said, "In the near future we want to call an arena with about 10,000 seats our home." Currently, "a move is not an acute issue for the BBL ...
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World Cup Stadium Has Plan Altered
The consortium in charge of the Arena Pernambucu in Recife, Brazil, has "opted to alter the project" to speed up construction and get it ready for the 2013 Confederations Cup in June, according to Itri & Rizzo of FOLHA DE S. PAULO. This is significant as the Confederations Cup is set to take pla ...
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