
Widnes Vikings will make a head start in the next Super League season. Their Stobart Stadium Halton will be equipped with Desso artificial grass. Steve O'Connor, Vikings Chairman: “This is a first, not just for the Vikings or rugby league but for sport as a whole. The i-pitch at Stobart Stadium Halton will modernise the game and create a fantastic match day experience.

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, together with Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Zhang Jilong, inaugurated the football turf pitches at the national football center of the Guam Football Association. The football pitches were designed and installed by Desso Sports Systems as part of the island nation’s Goal III and Goal IV projects.

Each year, the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Great-Britain (BLCC) awards the company with the strongest export performance to the UK. The prestigious fifteenth ‘Golden Bridge Export Award 2011’ goes to sports surfaces specialist Desso Sports Systems.