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Diego Maradona (right) and Socceroos captain Paul Wade walk onto the Sydney Football Stadium for the first leg of a World Cup qualifying tie in 1993.

Maradona played there. Now Sydney’s iconic stadium may lose its World Cup qualifiers

Newly released documents reveal Football Australia has threatened not to play high-stakes Socceroos and Matildas internationals at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium.

  • Chris Barrett

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Douglas Costa with fans at a Sydney FC game at Allianz Stadium in April.

Sydney FC to seek millions in compensation over Allianz Stadium drainage fiasco

A review is expected to recommend the stadium be shut down for at least six weeks to fix the playing surface, meaning the Sky Blues will have to take their home games on the road again.

  • Vince Rugari
Ty Zantuck playing for Richmond in 2004, and tackling Hawthorn’s Mark Williams.

Ex-Tiger reaches seven-figure settlement with club; Dons’ injury crisis deepens

A former Richmond defender has settled with the Tigers over allegations the club mistreated his injury. Meanwhile, Essendon’s injury woes have worsened yet again.

  • Jon Pierik and Vince Rugari
Bailey Williams struggles to keep his feet at the SCG.

SCG curator ‘caught by surprise’ but denies wider issues at Venues NSW grounds

Adam Lewis, the head curator for Venues NSW, says there is “no chance” Sunday’s clash between the Swans and Fremantle will be moved from the SCG.

  • Vince Rugari
North Sydney Oval.

‘I don’t think you’d ever change it’: Inside the famous Sydney oval that’s slowly falling apart

One of the city’s best loved sporting grounds needs at least $12 million in critical renewal works, but the local council can’t afford to fund them.

  • Megan Gorrey
South Sydney Rabbitohs five-eighth Cody Walker.

It’s 172 days since Accor Stadium last hosted football. This is what’s happened in between

Rugby league returns to Homebush tonight after a long hiatus. Timelapse footage shows how Accor was transformed from concert arena to motor racing track, and back to a footy venue.

  • Adrian Proszenko
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Ian Roberts, Yvonne Sampson

From Coldplay to NRL: The changing faces of Sydney’s stadiums

The appointments of former rugby league international Ian Roberts and presenter Yvonne Sampson as directors of Venues NSW come as chairman David Gallop calls on the NRL and the government to come to a long-term deal on the code’s grand final.

  • Chris Barrett
Wet and wild: Spencer Leniu scores for the Roosters againt Parramatta on Friday.

Drainage dramas won’t force games to be relocated from Allianz Stadium

Serious questions have been asked about the Allianz Stadium drainage after a relatively minor downpour caused havoc last week.

  • Adrian Proszenko
Wet and wild: Spencer Leniu scores for the Roosters againt Parramatta on Friday.

‘It shouldn’t have happened’: Venues NSW vows to find problem after farcical Allianz Stadium scenes

It’s an $828 million venue built just two years ago, but Allianz Stadium is now under scrutiny after the venue was unable to cope with the weather on Friday.

  • Adrian Proszenko
The permit parking regime outside Allianz Stadium and the SCG is contrary to guidelines issued by Transport for NSW.

The ‘permit parking’ scheme banned at the beach but OK for elite gym members

The state government is operating an unusual, quasi-legal parking scheme for members of an elite gym at Moore Park at the same time it tries to crack down on councils using the system.

  • Michael Koziol

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