Alibaba will invest $100m (£82m) into Chinese rugby over the next 10 years as part of a joint initiative with World Rugby to grow the game in the world’s most populous country. Alisports, the sporting arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba, says it wants to bring 1m new players into the ‘great... » Read more

Detroit’s Wayne County has received two final construction proposals to choose from as it looks to either complete its stalled Downtown Detroit jail project or build a criminal justice complex elsewhere to make room for a soccer stadium downtown. Rock Ventures, Quicken Loans founder Dan... » Read more

AFC Wimbledon have moved a step closer to a return to their historical home of Plough Lane after the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport decided against listing Wimbledon Stadium. The League One club announced on June 22 that they had the good news passed onto them by Historic... » Read more

With Venezia FC just a step away from Italy’s top league following its recent jump from the 3rd league to Serie B, the Venice club has already set its eyes on a brand new stadium and a training centre. According to media reports, the preferred location for the new 25,000-seater stadium is... » Read more

German football club Union Berlin have announced plans to increase the capacity of their Alten Forsterei stadium from 22,012 to around 37,000 by 2020. The €38 million reconstruction work, due to begin in 2019, will mean the stadium has a standing capacity of 28,692 – just short of the... » Read more

Southend United is set to get a new state-of-the-art stadium. Plans for the new Blues 21,000-seater stadium were lodged in April and registered last week, but have only recently been made available publicly on Southend Council’s website, owing to their vast size. The plans confirm the 18,516... » Read more

The Hungarian city of Szombathely will soon get a brand new stadium with an indoor arena. The work on the project is moving at a swift pace according to the information circulated by local company Vasidrón légifotó-videó. This time last year there was only a partial outline of the stadium in... » Read more