Category: News

Will 2020 US college football season start?

Article posted by Coliseum, July 16^th, 2020

COVID-19 still hangs like the Damocles Sword over the whole world. Amidst all this chaos, authorities in United States wants the 2020 college football season (ball) rolling but all the dates are very tentative and depend on the coronavirus scenario which is still very grim in US. Ivy... » Read more

Optus Stadium ready to greet fans back

Article posted by Coliseum, July 15^th, 2020

Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia, is all geared up to welcome Australian Football League (AFL) fans back to its fold this week with two matches to be held with the facility operating at half capacity. Optus Stadium is a multiuse world-class venue, hosting a year-round calendar of major national... » Read more

‘Armband’ to keep COVID-19 at (arm’s) length

Article posted by Coliseum, July 15^th, 2020

Philips Stadium in the Netherlands is all set to trial an ingenious technology which will facilitate the return of fans to venues amid the COVID-19 pandemic which is still causing devastation in several parts of the world. The Philips Stadium is a football stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and it... » Read more

Sports bodies’ workers face the axe

Article posted by Coliseum, July 15^th, 2020

England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) boss Bill Sweeney has revealed that since the organization is feeling the COVID-19 financial heat, a proposal has been made to go in for as many as 139 job cuts. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the governing body for rugby union in England. It was founded in... » Read more

Bribery slur on ‘The Dome’ project top gun

Article posted by Coliseum, July 15^th, 2020

The Managing Director of the ‘The Dome Frankfurt’ project in Germany, Felix Scheuerpflug, has come under a cloud in the award of contract procedure. German newspaper FAZ, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has reported that the public prosecutor’s office has grilled Scheuerpflug on strong... » Read more

China ‘no’ to global sports events in 2020

Article posted by Coliseum, July 14^th, 2020

Barring trial events for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, China is not going to stage any international sporting events in 2020. The country’s General Administration of Sport announced recently. The Chinese sport authority released its “plan of resuming sport events based on science and... » Read more

Chybik + Kristof to design new Czech venue

Article posted by Coliseum, July 14^th, 2020

Architecture and urban design Chybik + Kristof Architects & Urban Designers have won the public competition to design and build the Jihlava Multipurpose Arena – one of the largest sports and leisure complexes in the Czech Republic. Ahead of a scheduled opening in 2023, construction work... » Read more