Stadia

Never can a roof have been so serenaded. At 2.41pm, as the chanteuses ­Katherine Jenkins and Faryl Smith gave a full-throated rendering of Amazing Grace, the Centre Court's new canopy began the sedate crawl that transformed the great outdoor arena into an indoor one.

Building work started over a month early on the foundations of the huge International Broadcast Centre for the London 2012 Games with construction now underway on the ‘big five’ Olympic Park venues.

18 of golf’s top players are sending a customised brochure detailing the sport’s Olympic bid along with a personal letter reflecting their support to International Olympic Committee members.

London 2012 has announced that existing Tier 2 Supporter Cadbury has extended its deal so that all confectionery and packaged ice cream sold at official London 2012 outlets at Games time will now be supplied by Cadbury.

The SportSURF workshop will be held on Wednesday 4th March 2009 at Loughborough University’s Sport Technology Institute, Loughborough, UK. The focus of the workshop will be on describing and discussing the technology of ‘Maintaining Performance’ for sport pitches.

The Sport Industry Group has unveiled the official shortlist for all 12 award categories of its 2009 Sport Industry Awards.

Stoke City Football Club has announced plans to develop a new £5,000,000 state of the art training facility at the Michelin Sports Ground in Trent Vale.

It has been announced by the Rugby Football League that there is to be a major revamp of the Super League play-offs for the 2009 season.

A member of the International Olympic Committee warned the chairman of the 2012 London Olympics, Sebastian Coe, that they face the toughest economic environment outside of a state of war to put on the games.

The Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games dominated the Sports Event Management Awards, presented at a gala dinner in London on Wednesday night.