Tag: cricket

Jeddah stadium boost to cricket infrastructure in Saudi Arabia

Article posted by Coliseum, July 17^th, 2026

The Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently to develop a cricket stadium in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). ‘saudigazette.com.sa’ stated that the above agreement was signed in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) in the... » Read more

Los Angeles Knight Riders’ new stadium opens doors

Article posted by Coliseum, July 10^th, 2026

The Los Angeles Knight Riders have opened the city’s first permanent home stadium for professional cricket. Cricbuzz said the opening of the Los Angeles Knight Riders’ new stadium marked a historic milestone for cricket in the United States and signaled the sport’s growing... » Read more

Islamabad cricket digs mired in legal issues

Article posted by Coliseum, April 23^rd, 2026

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started the bid evaluation for Islamabad’s (capital city of Pakistan) first cricket stadium near D-12 with a Rs 12 billion plan, the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) model and legal questions over the Margalla Hills site. Legal and... » Read more

Namibia Cricket Stadium opens in October

Article posted by Coliseum, June 9^th, 2025

Namibia will host South Africa for a historic first meeting between the two sides to mark the official opening of the new FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek later this year. ESPN Cricinfo said the one-off T20I will take place on October 11 to commemorate the opening of Cricket Namibia’s... » Read more

ECB cash splash for UK indoor cricket stadium

Article posted by Coliseum, April 11^th, 2025

The cricket chiefs are ready to change the Test match history by building an indoor stadium in the United Kingdom. ‘THE SUN’ stated that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are set to splash £500million on the groundbreaking project. London (UK)-based the England and Wales Cricket Board... » Read more

Five additional sports in LA28 program

Article posted by Coliseum, October 25^th, 2023

Baseball/softball, cricket (T20), flag football, lacrosse (sixes), and squash have been officially included as additional sports on the program for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28). The decision has been taken at the 141st Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held at Mumbai... » Read more

Lions lair now DP World Wanderers Stadium

Article posted by Coliseum, October 28^th, 2022

The Lions cricket franchise – a domestic South African cricket franchise – launched their 2022-2023 seasons in style at the iconic Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg (South Africa) on October 13th and officially unveiled their headline and naming rights sponsorship deal with DP World... » Read more