PGE Arena is a football stadium in Gdańsk’s Letnica neighborhood, Poland, which is constructed for the UEFA Euro 2012. The stadiums’ exterior is designed to resemble amber; which has long been extracted on the Baltic coast. Construction started in 2008, completed in 2011. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 44,000 people. Construction cost 623 million PLN Architect RKW Rhode Kellermann Wawrowsky Capacity 44,000 Field dimensions 227 x 197 x 45 metres PARKING: on the stadium 180 buses / 1 400 cars next to […]
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Manchester United will take on Ajax in the last 32 of the Europa League while Manchester City have been drawn against holders FC Porto.
Should Sir Alex Ferguson’s side, who are 7/1 to win the Europa League with bookmaker, get past Ajax, they will play L…
Wayne Rooney will be able to play in England’s Euro 2012 game against Ukraine after having his ban cut from three to two matches.
The 26-year-old Manchester United star was shown a red card in the qualifier against Montenegro after kicking out at Mio…
The qualification process for the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine is finally over an all eyes will now turn to the group stage draw for the finals. Tuesday’s second leg clash of the play-offs marked the end of the qualifying campaign, as Croatia, Portugal, Czech Republic and Republic of Ireland secured their ticket to the finals to join 10 other nations who advanced from the group qualifiers, as well as the two host nations The 16 qualified teams will now be divided into four separate pots, based on […]
Ukraine prepares to take the final of the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament with at least a million fans. This is said by Deputy Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov, reports BBC. According to him, since June – which is not the season of mass holidays, many football fans will come to Ukraine only to see thier favourite team play. More accurately count the number of guests of Euro 2012 will be known after the Finals Tournament on December 2, Kolesnikov said. That’s when it becomes clear in which cities will play teams […]
Bonuses for winning the title of a champion for Euro-2012 should be maintained at the same level as for the World Cup 2010 and Euro-2008, this is 250.000 EUR for each player – stated Oliver Bierhoof, chairman of the German Football Association. 250.000 EUR will get every player of the German team. The amount of the bonus is negotiated, but Bierhoff does not think that the amount will be higher than a year and three years ago. Funds provided by the UEFA for the European Championship for all teams is […]
During the next year’s European Football Championships in Poland and Ukraine there will be a total ban on smoking in all stadiums. It will not be allowed to sell or promote tobacco in the stadiums and their surroundings – announced UEFA on Thursday. It is the joint action of UEFA, the World Health Organization, the World Heart Organization, the European Network of Healthy Stadium, Organising Committees in Poland and Ukraine as well as local health support groups. Euro 2012 free from tobacco – this slogan makes us think about the […]
In four Polish host cities three thousand volunteers will help guests of the EURO 2012. The recruitment officially began on Wednesday. The “Volunteer Work of Host Cities” programme is independent of the similar one organized by the UEFA and is directed mainly to fans and tourists, not only to team players of the EURO 2012. In Warsaw there will be a group of thousands of volunteers, in Wroclaw – 650 people, and, in Gdansk and Poznan – 600 people per each city. In order to become a volunteer, you need […]
Wayne Rooney will return to Manchester United’s starting line-up for their Champions League clash against Romanian side Otelul Galati, a match Sir Alex Ferguson’s team are 13/2 with bookmaker to win 3-0.
Rooney was named as a substitute for Saturday’s 1…
The ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association co-organized the high-profile ‘Poland for All’ event together with the Polish Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Sports and Tourism, the City of Warsaw and the Polish Association of Former Players. It took place at the Warsaw Agrykola stadium on 14 October. The event formed a part of the Football Against Racism in Europe Action Weeks. One of the event’s attractions was a match involving players of Warsaw’s multicultural Ethnoleague and Polish football stars, including legends such as the former internationals Dariusz Dziekanowski, Radoslaw Majdan and Roman […]