Category: News

Doha stadia to host AFC Champions League

Article posted by Coliseum, August 18^th, 2020

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced four stadiums in Doha that will host the AFC Champions League matches from the group stage to the semi-finals, which will take place from September 14 to October 3, 2020. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is one of the six continental... » Read more

France extends 5,000-fans limit in stadia

Article posted by Coliseum, August 17^th, 2020

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has stated that the French Government will maintain a 5,000-spectator limit in sports stadiums until October 30th at the earliest. The limit had been due to expire on August 31st, but Castex announced the two-month extension in response to a recent spike in... » Read more

Packers not to go for (pack) ed house

Article posted by Coliseum, August 17^th, 2020

Green Bay Packers – the National Football League (NFL) American football franchise – has announced its residence Lambeau Field will not host fans for the first two home games of the 2020 regular season, with a view to changing this approach from that point onwards as part of an... » Read more

Six Nations set to resume in October

Article posted by Coliseum, August 17^th, 2020

The World Rugby Council has approved dates for a temporary international calendar in 2020, making way for the Six Nations to resume in October. World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organizes the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport’s most... » Read more

SFA take over reins of Hampden Park

Article posted by Coliseum, August 17^th, 2020

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) has formally taken over the reins of Hampden Park in Scotland, as its previous owner, Queen’s Park, looks to a new era at a reconfigured Lesser Hampden. Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 51,866-capacity... » Read more

COVID make mincemeat of US college football

Article posted by Coliseum, August 14^th, 2020

The Big Ten Conference has postponed the 2020 football season because of safety concerns stemming from the novel coronavirus pandemic, the league announced on Tuesday. The Big Ten is the first of college football’s elite Power Five conferences to decide against playing football this Fall in the... » Read more

AHL defers season as COVID run riot in US

Article posted by Coliseum, August 14^th, 2020

Going by the devastating form of COVID-19 in the United States, the American Hockey League (AHL) has tentatively pushed back the start of the 2020-21 seasons to December 4th this year. The AHL season traditionally begins in October and runs until April. The start date is in proximity to the... » Read more