Vietnam football return to packed house

Vietnam V League

A humongous crowd turned up – 73,000 spectators – to attend V.League 1’s match last week in Vietnam. This is quite a different scenario from football leagues world over who are playing out their seasons behind closed doors while the top league in Vietnam is pulling crowds by the... » Read more

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Thunder trailblazing home arena plans

Oklahoma City Thunder announces contractor for new arena

The Oklahoma City (Oklahoma, US) has awarded a $11 million contract to the Midwest Wrecking to demolish the Prairie Surf Studios, formerly known as the Cox Convention Center, to make way for a new state-of-the-art arena for the National Basketball Association (NBA) team Oklahoma City... » Read more

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Top gun F1 drivers to race in Jeddah streets

Saudi Arabia F1 race in Jeddah

Saudi Arabia will debut in the F1 Grand Prix next year when the Middle East country will stage its biggest ever sporting spectacle. The event will see the world’s cream of crop drivers and constructors battle it out behind the wheels in a street track in Jeddah in a spectacular night race to be... » Read more

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Venue virtuoso joins Buro Happold fold

Buro Happold David Hines appointed

Buro Happold – world-leading international engineering and consultancy business – has announced that David Hines – an expert hand – has joined its Sports and Entertainment business. Hines will work alongside Matthew Birchall and Christopher Shrubshall as a Director in Venue... » Read more

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3XN to build FC Bayern and EHC’s joint home

SAP Arena Muenchen - 3XN

Danish architecture firm 3XN have been roped in to build an as-yet-unnamed multipurpose stadium in Munich’s Olympic Park, which once complete, will be home to two teams – the FC Bayern München Basketball and Eishockeyclub (EHC) Red Bull München, according to media reports. “This will be... » Read more

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Olympique Lyon kickstarts own music festival at Groupama

Olympique Lyon - Groupama Stadium

French top club Olympique Lyon have joined hands with Olympia Production and created OL Production in order to host an annual festival at the Groupama Stadium. The Groupama Stadium in Lyon, popularly known as Parc OL, has a capacity of 60,000 people. Home to Olympique Lyonnais, the stadium has... » Read more

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LaLiga inks deals to boost Chinese football

LaLiga in China

LaLiga, the organizing body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has signed an agreement with China Sports Futurity Investment (CSFI) that will lead to the development of its first permanent academy in China, along with the formation of a youth tournament, according to a... » Read more

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