August 14 – FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has received endorsements from six Arab federations amid anger over FIFA’s aborted plans to sell the World Cup. On Thursday, Morocco, Qatar, Egypt, Mauritania, Lebanon and Sudan offered their “full support” for the FIFA boss. The FA presidents of Morocco, Qatar, Egypt and Mauritania – Fouzi Lekjaa, Sheikh […]
August 12 – The Australian Football Leagues (APL) body has expelled Western United from both the men’s and women’s A-Leagues after six years, ending a turbulent chapter for the Australian club. The writing had been on the wall. In May, Football Australia announced Western United had failed to meet the licensing criteria following a long […]
Choosing gymnasium flooring is not simply a matter of selecting the material that looks best in a brochure. A school gym, private training center, community sports hall and professional arena can all use the word gymnasium, yet their schedules, loads, sports, maintenance teams and budgets are very different. The right floor is the system that […]
August 7 – South America and Mexico, splitting the Concacaf region, have backed FIFA president Gianni Infantino to continue in post, despite his attempt to sell off the World Cup commercial and organisational rights to a private equity business backed by Thrive Capital, led by by the brother of Jared Kushner, US president Donald Trump’s […]
Basketball court flooring affects ball response, player movement, fatigue, maintenance and the visual identity of a venue. The best system for a professional indoor arena is not the same as the best system for an outdoor school court, a temporary 3×3 event or a community center that hosts several sports. A useful comparison starts by […]
August 4 – Manchester United have agreed a record £20 million-a-year training kit sponsorship with British gambling company Betway, filling a commercial space that had remained surprisingly empty throughout last season. The multi-year agreement is understood to be worth more than any existing training wear or shirt sleeve partnership in club football. United say the additionalrevenue will be reinvested into […]
A basketball court budget is often misunderstood because a single price per square meter cannot describe the whole project. A flooring quotation may exclude civil work, slab repair, drainage, freight, line marking, equipment, installation supervision or taxes. Two courts of the same size can therefore have very different final costs. The correct approach is to […]
July 31 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino and his FIFA administration are becoming increasingly isolated by their members with the announcement by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) this morning that it “stands in solidarity with UEFA and Concacaf”. In a hard-hitting rebuke of the proposed sell-off of FIFA’s flagship competition rights and organisation to a […]
Interlocking basketball court tiles are often grouped as if they were one product category with similar performance. In fact, material formulation, tile geometry, support structure, surface texture and joint design can make a big difference in comfort, heat, expansion and durability. Two common groups of materials are polypropylene, usually abbreviated PP, and thermoplastic elastomers, or […]
July 27 – The controversy and anger surrounding Argentina and the favoritism they received from FIFA and its referees at this summer’s World Cup has not abated but has instead intensified following the leak of a letter sent after the final by FIFA president Gianni Infantino. In his letter, to Argentine Football Association (AFA) president […]
