England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in total have 240 professional football stadia currently. The largest stadium is the recently rebuilt Wembley Stadium in London. It has a capacity of 90,000. Apart from being the national stadium for England, it also hosts crucial matches like the Carling Cup and FA Cup finals. It has seen some breath-taking football results in its glorious history. The largest stadium in the Barclays Premier League is Old Trafford, the home turf of champions Manchester United. In the Championship (second division), Leeds United have the largest stadium.
Celtic Park (60,000) and Ibrox (50,000) are the biggest with respect to size, in Scotland. Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales has a capacity of 74,000. Read more…
LONDON (AP) – One bookmaker has decided to refund Rugby World Cup bets on Wales after captain Sam Warburtons sending off in Saturdays 9-8 loss to France.
Warburton was dismissed for a dangerous tip tackle on French winger Vincent Clerc after 18 minutes played in Auckland, New Zealand.
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power says on Twitter that “weve decided to refund all losing match bets on Wales. Only fair as Warburton decision was wrong – wales would have won with him.”
Seeming to acknowledge the move was a publicity stunt, Paddy Powers tweet ended with “PPRefund.”
BRENDON King has called upon his players to start taking more responsibility for their own performances.
The Weymouth boss has come under fire in recent weeks following a series of poor home displays but he is confident the tide will turn with a little more application.
St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota Lynx owner Glen Taylor has stuck with his WNBA franchise through some tough seasons, and now that the team has reached the league finals for the first time in its history, he hopes fans become as loyal as he has been – and more numerous.
Having dispatched the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday in the Western Conference playoffs, the Lynx will play their first final game in Minneapolis on Oct. 2 against the winner of the Atlanta-Indiana series.
“A winning team can draw fans and a lot of excitement for the state. I’m hopeful that by winning, it will continue to attract fans,” Taylor said. “Women’s sport can be very entertaining and fun.”
It doesn’t hurt that his is the only pro Minnesota franchise worth getting excited about right now.
RUDERSDAL, Denmark (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish was beaming with pride after pinning the British flag on the world map of cycling, quickly turning his sights towards next years London Olympics.
The Manx missile benefited from outstanding work by his Team GB team mates along the 260-km run from Copenhagen, surging ahead in the final straight to edge out Australian Matthew Goss and German Andre Greipel.
Wearing the world champions rainbow jersey in a packed press conference, Cavendish was delighted he had just become the first Briton to win the mens road world title since the late Tom Simpson in 1965.
“Weve established Great Britain as a dominant nation in cycling. Cycling is growing in Great Britain as well,” he said.
Enlarge this image- A rejuvenated Kaka scored one goal and had a hand in two more as nine-times European Cup winners Real Madrid thumped Ajax Amsterdam 3-0 to seize control of Champions League Group D on Tuesday.
Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 25th minute at the Bernabeu, finishing off a sweeping breakaway move.