Stadia

A new downtown stadium renovation scheme is underway in an unlikely location - Cambodia?s capital city, Phnom Penh.

An interactive online sport site has joined forces with one of the largest Swedish cable-TV companies to bring coverage of the Swedish National Soccer League to Swedish broadband customers.

Two of the biggest circulation newspapers in the UK have launched a web site devoted to soccer?s upcoming Euro 2000 tournament.

The reconstruction of Wembley Stadium, the centrepiece of England's 2006 World Cup bid, has been given the green light, according to UK media reports.

Italian Serie A soccer club Juventus should raise revenue in the 1999-2000 year to 230 billion lire ($107 million) from 173.3 billion and turn in a profit, the controlling Agnelli family said.

UEFA Cup champions Galatasaray may receive a multi-million dollar grant from a state fund, club officials said on Thursday.

Action Performance is to re-launch goracing.com, its internet subsidiary, as an e-commerce-only marketplace, focusing exclusively on delivering Action Performance merchandise to motorsports fans across the internet.

Work on a new stadium for the Montreal Expos, which was to have begun this month, has been postponed until next year following a dispute between the controlling partner and shareholders.

SportsYA!, the Spanish and Portuguese language internet sports portal, has announced a partnership with two of Brazil's most famous sports stars, Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi and soccer international Zico.

Struggling English third division club Hull City have had their Boothferry Park stadium repossessed after failing to pay the rent, lawyers have said.

International Sports Management has formed a joint venture with internet incubator company Silicon Capital to create a European sports portal.

One of the venues for this year's Sydney Olympics has been partly destroyed by an Australian Defence Force team conducting a mock anti-terrorism exercise.

Varsity.com, a division of Riddell Sports, has launched its ?cheerleading? web site and formed a partnership with Spinway, a provider of free dial-up internet access and online advertising technology solutions.

Australia's internet gambling industry risks losing up to $4.5 billion a year if the government blocks new online gaming licenses and curbs the industry's growth, according to an industry association.

European soccer clubs will soon have to gain a UEFA licence if they want to compete in UEFA's club competitions, its executive committee has agreed.

The Buffalo Bills are planning to replace the artificial turf installed at Ralph Wilson Stadium just 10 years ago.