Redbird Capital set to helm A.C. Milan

Redbird Capital to buy AC Milan

The private investment firm Redbird Capital Partners has reached a preliminary agreement to buy Italy’s Serie A club A.C. Milan, the seven-time European football champion once owned by the former Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The... » Read more

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Hungary pumps in $250mn for 22 stadium projects this year

Hungary stadiums

While Hungary opened three new stadiums in 2014, this year stadium construction in the country received a big boost with 22 major projects lined up for commencement of progress. The government has announced its plans to spend 67.144 billion forints ($250 million) for the projects. The Hungarian... » Read more

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China’s Guangzhou Wanda Mall to feature indoor ski resort

Guangzhou Wanda Mall

The new Wanda Mall in Chinese port city of Guangzhou, scheduled for a June 2019 opening, will feature an indoor ski resort, according to Bingxue Toutiao, a winter sports industry news sharing platform on Wechat. As one of the four major areas of the 75,000-square meter business complex, the indoor... » Read more

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Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu to get £330mn facelift

Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu

Real Madrid has set into motion an ambitious plan to turn its Santiago Bernabéu ground into the ‘best stadium in the world’. The Spanish football club unveiled a £330mn redesign project for the stadium earlier this year. The stadium will be designed by a group led by a German firm, GMP... » Read more

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Kuwait’s ghost stadium prepares to breathe new life: CNN

Kuwait’s ghost stadium

Kuwait’s Jaber Al Ahmad International Stadium, which has only ever hosted one senior level match (2010 Asian Federation Cup final) since its opening in 2007, has been a ‘little more than a vacant white elephant’. The 60,000 palatial replica of Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium in London, however,... » Read more

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IIHF unveils tournament list till 2026

New host announced for IIHF World Championships

The 2022 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Annual Congress has allocated tournaments for the upcoming season including the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship that will be co-hosted by Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. The 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship will take place in... » Read more

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Kuwait plans state-of-the-art tennis complex in 360 MALL

Al Sabah International Tennis Complex

With a plan to build a state-of-the-art Sheikh Jaber Al Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah International Tennis Complex, Kuwait aims to make a mark in the international tennis scene. The ambitious project was announced on October 5, 2015 as a part of Tamdeen Group’s KWD100 million (Dh1.21 billion)... » Read more

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