8 h. ago Olympic venue plans are in place for Brisbane 2032 and now the wait for construction begins

It’ll be another year or two before construction begins on the main Olympic stadium for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics

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21 h. ago The ‘hot mess’ Olympics? How Queensland’s 2032 Games planning descended into farce

The LNP’s vision is for an Olympics held in venues rather than a city – and guarantees controversy across Brisbane and beyond Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFew people in Queensland disagreed with the former state premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, when she described plans for the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane as a “hot mess”.Tuesday’s announcement by the new LNP government was framed as an end to the sort of disarray that has plagued Olympic planning during the past four years.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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24 h. ago The Gabba to be demolished after Brisbane Olympics as new stadium plans unveiled

The new stadium will become the Australian state’s home for cricket following the Olympics.

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26 h. ago ‘Lovely gentle dinosaurs’: Brisbane 2032 Olympic rowing may be held in saltwater crocodile habitat

Fears dismissed by Brisbane Olympic chief, saying ‘there are sharks in the ocean and we still do surfing’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter 82 years of a life devoted to saltwater crocodiles, John Lever still fondly recalls the first “saltie” he ever caught on Rockhampton’s Fitzroy River, about 500km north of Brisbane.The year was 1982, the crocodile was a three-metre long female and she’d just eaten “a lovely labrador dog” from a market garden in the central Queensland city.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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32 h. ago A new main stadium for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics is unveiled amid a major overhaul of plans

A new stadium for the Brisbane Olympics has been unveiled as part of a major overhaul of planning for the 2032 Summer Games

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32 h. ago Brisbane Olympics 2032: David Crisafulli breaks election promise and announces controversial new stadium

Historic Gabba stadium to be demolished and replaced by residential development, with new $3.8bn stadium at Victoria Park to host Olympics, AFL and cricketFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government has announced it will build a new $3.8bn 63,000-seat venue at Brisbane’s Victoria Park as part of plans for a main stadium and other venues for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.According to the government’s “delivery plan”, the state will build several new facilities.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Queensland plans to build 2032 Olympics stadium on significant Indigenous site

Despite premier David Crisafulli ruling it out during election, the government is expected to announce plans for stadium at Victoria ParkGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government is expected to announce that a significant preserved site of Indigenous heritage in central Brisbane, a massacre site on a songline, will host the main stadium of the 2032 Olympics.Premier David Crisafulli repeatedly promised not to build a new stadium to host the athletics during last year’s election, and also specifically ruled out building one in Victoria Park.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Todd Boehly suggests Chelsea ownership could split over stadium decision

The billionaire insisted the shareholders are ‘aligned’ but indicated plans for the stadium’s future could cause a deeper rift

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46 h. ago Todd Boehly makes huge claim about split in Chelsea ownership over one key issue

Todd Boehly says he is aligned with Clearlake Capital over Chelsea's long-term strategy but admits a possible dispute over stadium plans could see them part ways

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46 h. ago Todd Boehly issues warning over Chelsea stadium plan and what could split Clearlake partnership

Boehly suggests Blues co-owners will part ways if they disagree on redeveloping Stamford Bridge or going elsewhere

Events

48 h. ago Boehly reveals Chelsea owners likely to split if they disagree over stadium plan

Club to choose between Earl’s Court and Stamford BridgeBoehly says status quo with Clearlake Capital is ‘just fine’Todd Boehly has said plans over Chelsea’s stadium redevelopment will define whether he stays in partnership with the club’s majority shareholder, Clearlake Capital. Boehly and Clearlake have an uneasy relationship and have both explored the possibility of buying each other out. The mood has cooled since differences spilled out into the open this season but tension over Chelsea’s future direction persists.A key issue to resolve is whether Chelsea should leave Stamford Bridge or expand its capacity of about 40,000. Redeveloping is not straightforward and talks about moving to Earl’s Court have continued. There is no consensus on whether to make an offer for the Earl’s Court site. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago The Guardian view on Manchester United’s stadium plans: put the fans first | Editorial

A £2bn new arena for Britain’s biggest football club will bring regeneration to the surrounding area. But matchgoing supporters are right to be circumspectVisitors to Salford’s Lowry art gallery this summer will be able to enjoy a new take on one of the greatest paintings about sport. Depicting thousands of supporters bent purposefully towards a 1950s football stadium, LS Lowry’s Going to the Match has become part of the iconography of the national game. As part of its silver jubilee celebrations, the gallery is staging an immersive experience of the painting, including a nostalgic soundtrack evoking the sounds of a lost world.So much for the past. Barely a mile away from the Lowry, at Manchester United’s Old Trafford base, it is the ghosts of football’s future that are being summoned up. To great fanfare, this month the club unveiled computer-generated images of Lowryesque hordes approaching the new £2bn stadium it hopes to build by 2030. Continue reading...

Sport

69 h. ago Track and feud: Queensland to announce third 2032 Olympic stadium plan in four years. Will this one stick?

The widely expected construction of a new 60,000-seat venue at Victoria Park will take a chunk of the largest green space near the inner cityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Patching led the construction of the largest-ever Olympic stadium. It took 30 months to finish the designs for Sydney’s 110,000-seat Stadium Australia, build it, and hold its first major event.“That’s not going to happen [in Brisbane],” Patching said. “The climate’s changed, the building environment has changed, [and] goodness knows how we’re going for resources.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Man Utd reveal where club will play home games while new £2bn stadium is built

Manchester United unveiled plans to build a new 100,000-seater stadium this month and the club have now confirmed where they will play their games while the ground is being constructed

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6 d. ago Manchester United transfer masterclass forces Arsenal into rushed double deal

The latest Man Utd transfer news as Ayden Heaven's arrival from Arsenal speeds up plans at the Emirates Stadium.

Sport

6 d. ago Man Utd alternative stadium plans 'released' after 'circus tent' Old Trafford backlash

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has plenty of new options for his Old Trafford stadium rebuild should the club decide against continuing with the proposed plans for a new home unveiled earlier this month

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7 d. ago Manchester United confirm Old Trafford plan amid new £2billion stadium build

The latest Manchester United news as more details have been given around the plans to build a new £2bn stadium to replace Old Trafford.

Economics

7 d. ago Bernardo Silva makes summer transfer decision as Man City contract winds down

Manchester City ace Bernardo Silva has little over a year left on his contract at the Etihad Stadium but does not plan to leave the club in the summer

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9 d. ago Newcastle's bus parade plans for Carabao Cup win after brutal Sunderland jibe

Newcastle ended their long trophy drought by beating Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday and plans to celebrate with supporters have been put on pause for now

Transport

9 d. ago Oldham Athletic to expand Boundary Park stadium in huge £70m 'Little Wembley' plans

Oldham council has announced it will be building a 'SportsTown' in the borough

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