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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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Rugby World Cup 2015 Venues Revealed
England Rugby 2015, the tournament organizer for Rugby World Cup 2015, announced the list of 17 potential match venues for consideration to host the 48 Rugby World Cup 2015 matches. The venues selected comprise some of sport’s most iconic stadia with the best facilities from 15 different citie ...
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FA To Open New Training Facility
England's world-class national football center will officially open at St. George's Park on Tuesday, with its Chair David Sheepshanks insisting that "it can even achieve the impossible and make English teams good at taking penalties," according to the PA. The £105M ($168.3M) complex that ranks ...
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U.K. Outfits To Bid On Turkey Stadiums
A group of U.K. construction firms with representatives accompanying British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during his visit to Turkey have "set their eye on participating in building Turkey’s possible Olympic facilities" along with yet-to-be-built stadiums, such as Beşiktaş’s İnö ...
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Stade De France Future In Doubt
The French government has announced the end of the €12M ($15.6M) allowance "essential for the economic stability" of the Stade de France stadium, according to Philippe Romain of LE FIGARO. Sports Minister Valerie Fourneyron announced that the €12M allowance due to a lack of home club that ...
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Turkish Companies To Bid For F1 Track
A number of local companies have "obtained authorization to join a tender for Turkey’s idle car race track," Istanbul Park, according to Hülya Güler of the HURRIYET. The F1 circuit was built to host the Turkish F1 Grand Prix, but was "put out for tender when the race was removed from ...
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1860 Munich Wants Own Stadium
German 2nd Bundeliga club 1860 Munich "wants to leave the Allianz Arena, which it shares with Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, and build its own stadium," according the DAPD. Club President Dieter Schneider said, "I would be a bad president, if I would not concern myself with finding a home for the cl ...
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Cherkley Course Gets Final Green Light
Plans for an exclusive golf course and luxury hotel "have been given the final go-ahead" by the Valley District Council, according to THISISSURREYTODAY.co.uk. In May, councilors "granted permission for Longshot's proposal to build a 40- to 48-bedroom hotel and members-only golf course at the Cherkle ...
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Greece To Spend Big To Build F1 Track
Greece has unblocked a subsidy of €30M ($38.8M) so it can "build a motor racing circuit capable of hosting" a F1 Grand Prix, according to Andrew Trotman of the London TELEGRAPH. Even though data shows Greece is heading for its sixth year of recession, the government is "pushing ahead with const ...
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Nöra BlueCube Gets World Cup Contract
British company Nöra BlueCube has won the contract to supply the seats for the Castelão stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, according to PORTAL2014.org.br. The company will start installing the seats in the 64,000-seat World Cup stadium this month. The intention of Nöra BlueCube is to fur ...
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China, which won all four table tennis Gold Medals at the London Games, plans to set up a table tennis training center in Europe to help develop the sport. England will "most likely" be host to the new venue. England national coach Liu Jiayi said that he and English Table Tennis Association CEO Rich ...
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