Artificial football pitches - made primarily of plastic - have several significant drawbacks that make them widely unpopular at elite level. Though the surfaces have improved dramatically since the ...

A leading teachers’ union has called for artificial football pitches to be banned over fears the rubber material in them is ...

Norwegian club Valerenga have urged global anti-doping authorities to modernise their regulations. The call for change comes after an extraordinary case in which a banned stimulant had leached from an ...

THE company which installed the artificial pitch at Oriel Park has denied it was ever in danger of going on fire. The new ...

"Synthetic pitches are no good, it is very difficult to play on them, they are very poor. Synthetic turf only increases the ...

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has urged his players to stay locked in on the task at hand as they prepare to face Djurgarden in the first leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final on Thursday.

Plans for an artificial grass football pitch in Countesthorpe have been given the go-ahead. Blaby District Council has approved a planning application from LiFE Multi-Academy Trust to place a a ...

Coventry is to get six new artificial sports pitches, with funding from the Football Foundation. The PlayZones are designed to be usable for a number of sports and were due to open later in the year.

Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario has revealed that Bodo/Glimt's plastic pitch is just another obstacle the club will have to get over on Thursday night. The Tottenham goalkeeper emphasised Spurs ...