Yet they want more events for Moore Park. It’s not going to be the NIMBYs holding them back, it’s going to be the venues themselves.
Sydney needs a venue or two with a retractable pitch.
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I wonder if there is a flaw in the design of the drainage system of the new Allianz Stadium that will lead to the turf being replaced.
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That is the potential worst case scenario they are preparing for, which could result in at least 6 weeks of work to fix.
Something else they have noticed in previous testing is the presence of silt thanks to the flooding of their turf supplier near the Hawkesbury. It apparently hasn’t caused problems for other stadia that use the same supplier, however, so in all likelihood, its probably a combination of both.
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Schedule for the first 3 matchweeks in Premier League has been confirmed. For ease of reading, all times AEST. If a team doesn’t show up, they go onto the UK-blackout slot of Sunday midnight AEST.
The league said by this point, we should have gotten 6 matchweeks, so I’m not sure what’s delaying that process. Either way, we should receive the second half of it pretty soon, and the next update will come on August 21.
All games available in Australia on Stan Sport and radio coverage is available via the official EPL app.
| SLOT | UK COVERAGE | MW1 | MW2 | MW3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 5.00am | Sky Sports, talkSPORT | LIV-BOU | WHU-CHE | AVL-CRY |
| Saturday 9.30pm | TNT Sports, talkSPORT | AVL-NEW | MCI-TOT | CHE-FUL |
| Sunday 2.30am | Sky Sports, BBC Radio 5 | WOL-MCI | ARS-LEE | LEE-NEW |
| Sunday 11.00pm | Sky Sports, BBC Radio 5 | CHE-CRY NFO-BRE |
CRY-NFO EVE-BHA |
BHA-MCI NFO-WHU |
| Monday 1.30am | Sky Sports, BBC Radio 5 | MUN-ARS | FUL-MUN | LIV-ARS |
| Tuesday 5.00am | Sky Sports, talkSPORT | LEE-EVE | NEW-LIV | None |
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Chelsea have claimed their second Club World Cup in four years, beating European champions Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final in New Jersey. All three goals were scored in the first half.
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Despite those figures, analysis conducted by the ABC of all of the Club World Cup fixtures shows that while almost 2.5 million people attended games, on average, 38.93 per cent of the total seating capacity of all host venues remained unfilled.
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Football Australia has threatened to take clutch World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers away from Sydney’s Allianz Stadium due to issues with the surface and congested schedule at the $828 million venue.
Newly released documents reveal a schism between the game’s governing body and Venues NSW about the use of the rebuilt stadium, which only reopened three years ago but has been plagued by turf and drainage issues.
The emails were made public under the powers of the NSW Legislative Council among a trove of Venues NSW documents sought by controversial upper house MP Mark Latham after criticism of the surfaces at Allianz Stadium and the Sydney Cricket Ground this year.
A review of the drainage system at Allianz Stadium is soon due to be handed to the Venues NSW board and NSW Sports Minister Steve Kamper.
It is anticipated that it will recommend the stadium be shut for repair work for 10 weeks after the completion of the NRL season.
Further 3 matchweeks only confirmed yesterday for Premier League, 2 weeks after the original expected date.
Again, if a team doesn’t show up, they go onto the UK-blackout slot of Sunday midnight AEST.
The league said in a statement, “While the Premier League’s fixture announcement dates advised that September’s fixtures would be released on 9 July, delays in local approvals for fixtures unfortunately meant only August fixtures were announced on this date… The Premier League would like to apologise for not being able to confirm these fixtures until now. However, today’s announcement is in line with our commitment to give at least 6 weeks’ notice for fixture announcements before January.”
| AEST | MW1 | MW2 | MW3 | MW4 | MW5 | MW6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 5am | LIV-BOU | WHU-CHE | AVL-CRY | |||
| Sat 9.30pm | AVL-NEW | MCI-TOT | CHE-FUL | ARS-NFO | LIV-EVE* | BRE-MUN |
| Sun 2.30am | WOL-MCI | ARS-LEE | LEE-NEW | WHU-TOT | MUN-CHE | NFO-SUN |
| Sun 5am | BRE-CHE | FUL-BRE | ||||
| Sun 11pm | CHE-CRY NFO-BRE |
CRY-NFO EVE-BHA |
BHA-MCI NFO-WHU |
BRN-LIV | SUN-AVL | TOT-WOL** |
| Mon 1.30am | MUN-ARS | FUL-MUN | LIV-ARS | MCI-MUN | ARS-MCI | NEW-ARS |
| Tue 5am | LEE-EVE | NEW-LIV | EVE-WHU |
*Moved to Sun 9pm if LIV has an away UCL game the preceding Wed
**Moved to TBD time if TOT has an UCL game the following Tue
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Has football come home yet? 