Stadia

A space age design for London's premier athletics stadium at Picketts Lock was unveiled today as the Government dismissed claims it would not be built in time for the 2005 World Athletics Championships.

IOC inspectors have begun a visit to Istanbul to evaluate the Turkish city's bid to stage the 2008 Games.

The British venue for the 2005 world athletics championships is not being built on the cheap despite costing #10 million ($14.29 million) less than expected, MPs were told on Wednesday.

Greece rejected claims by soccer's world governing body FIFA that the government was meddling in Greek soccer, risking a ban from international competition.

Safeco Field, home of Major League Baseball?s Seattle Mariners, sustained more than $400,000 worth of damage following last month's earthquake in the area.

Comcast Business Communications has been contracted to outfit Detroit's Comerica Park stadium's suites with the company's new managed internet service.

No extra government money will be made available for next year's Manchester Commonwealth Games, the UK?s Minister of State for the Cabinet Office Ian McCartney said on Tuesday.

Australia's Victorian Major Events is reported to have offered a $1.2 million (US$600,000) "sweetener" to ensure that if Australia's soccer team makes it to the final phase of the World Cup qualifying campaign, the decisive match will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Rayo Vallecano president Teresa Rivero has revealed that her husband and club owner Jose Maria Ruiz-Mateos could decide to sell the Madrid club if an offer in excess of $100 million comes in.

The United Arab Emirates minister of information and culture has called on the UAE Football Association to implement professionalism in UAE soccer.

A $300 million, open-air stadium would be built for the Minnesota Twins baseball team without creating new taxes, under a bill introduced on Monday in the state Legislature.

US media group Clear Channel Communications is considering a #100million ($142million) bid for the Wembley Arena entertainment venue in London.

Fox Sports Net Northwest plans to televise 106 Seattle Mariners games this season, but a disagreement over money could keep some cable-TV subscribers from seeing nearly a quarter of those games.

Consulting firm, Sinclair Knight Merz is to design a suspended roof at the Rangiri Dambulu International Cricket Stadium, in Sri Lanka.

Italian football fans will be able to watch match highlights on third-generation (3G) mobile phones from the summer of 2002, according to Hutchison 3G Italia.

British experts on soccer hooliganism warned Japan on Friday to keep a tight rein on hard-core troublemakers at next year's World Cup while avoiding a heavy-handed approach that would spoil the fun for real fans.