Inter Milan release images of new home

Daniel Sedlarevic14/11/2023 5:55 am14/11/2023

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Inter Milan has shown preliminary concept pictures of a new 70,000-capacity stadium that it aims to open ahead of the 2028-29 season.

Inter released the Populous design drawings to complement an interview with Sky Italia conducted by club CEO Alessandro Antonello, who stated that he hopes to secure final clearances for the construction in late 2024 or early 2025.

He went on to say that one of the influences will be the Populous-designed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

“The reference model is that of Tottenham,” Antonello said via press release.

“All the additional revenues from the new facility will repay the debt for the project.”

According to Antonello, the development will span more than one billion cubic metres and include Inter’s offices, a sports centre, a public park, a museum and club store.

The Inter CEO also stated that transportation to and from the stadium, which would be located around 9 kilometres south of Milan’s city core, will be priority in the plans. The stadium would be erected on open area between Rozzano and Assago, close to the A7 highway that connects Milan and Genoa.

“The main issue we are looking at is the road network,” he added.

The land is now held by the real estate firms Brioschi and Bastogi through their company Infrafin. Inter has already won the exclusive right to conduct a feasibility study on the site’s possible building of a stadium. The club has until the end of April 2024 to do research on the proposal.

Inter and city rival AC Milan formerly collaborated on the Nuovo Stadio Milan project, but continuing delays caused both to reconsider their choices. Populous won the first contract to build the shared stadium, which was to be erected on the same piece of ground as the two teams’ existing home, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as the San Siro.

However, due to complications, that idea has since failed, and both teams have agreed to seek their own stadiums during a meeting in May.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

Patrick Irving16/04/2026 8:55 am16/04/2026

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Marie-Louise Eta makes history as new Union Berlin head coach

Patrick Irving15/04/2026 6:05 am14/04/2026

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In an historic appointment, Eta will take over as head coach of Union Berlin until the end of the season.

History in the making

Previously the first female assistant coach in Bundesliga history with Union Berlin, Eta will now take the reigns of the men’s first team on an interim basis.

Currently, the club sit in 11th place in the Bundesliga table, but with only two wins so far in 2026, relegation appears an all-too-real prospect, and one which the club is desperate to avoid.

“Given the points gap in the lower half of the table, our place in the Bundesliga is not yet secure,” said Eta via official media release.

‘I am delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. One of Union’s strengths has always been, and remains, the ability to pull together in such situations.”

Eta will begin as Union’s new head coach with immediate effect, and will be in the dugout for the club’s matchup against Wolfsburg this weekend.

A step into an equal future

Eta’s appointment signals a major step towards a more level playing field in the football landscape.

Furthermore, Eta joins other coaches including Sabrinna Wittmann, Hannah Dingley and Corinne Diacre who, in recent years, have blazed a trail for female coaches to step into the men’s game.

Wittmann currently manages FC Ingolstadt in Germany’s third division, and was the first female head coach in Germany’s top three divisions.

In 2023, Dingley became caretaker manager of Forest Green Rovers, and thus the first woman to lead a men’s professional team in England.

Diacre, now head coach of France’s women’s national team, managed Ligue 2’s Clerment Foot between 2014 and 2017.

Final thoughts

The impact therefore, is that Eta’s appointment will show future generations of aspiring female coaches that men’s football is an equally viable and possible pathway as the women’s game.

The time is now to level the playing field.

And while it may be a short-term role, its effect on attitudes towards equality and fair opportunities in the game will hopefully resonate long after the season ends.