Category: News

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

Hungary building stadia beyond borders

Article posted by Coliseum, August 14^th, 2020

Hungarians are erecting so many modern stadia that one loses track of the same. But, this particular stadium needs special mention as it is being built outside of the country, this time in Serbia – the 4,100-capacity Centralni Stadion FK TSC. ‘stadiumdb.com’ reported that the modus operandi... » Read more

COVID throw a spanner in Raiders’ deal

Article posted by Coliseum, August 14^th, 2020

The financial impact of COVID-19 has spared almost none – the National Football League’s (NFL’s) Las Vegas Raiders have missed out on a potential 10-year, $30m commercial partnership with the Southern Nevada Water Authority (in US) due to the coronavirus menace. Almost every entity around... » Read more

Work begins on ‘smart-look’ Sydney stadium

Article posted by Coliseum, August 13^th, 2020

Work commenced in full steam recently on the construction of the new-look Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, with the New South Wales (NSW) Government maintaining it will be ready in time to host the National Rugby League’s (NRL’s) 2022 Grand Final. The first slab of what will be a... » Read more