1 Marseille's Stade Velodrome has hosted six FIFA World Cup TM matches in all, including two semi-finals 60 years apart (1938 and 1998).

2 The 25-year-old is desperate to leave Stade Velodrome after his first-team opportunities were reduced by the arrival of Gabriel Heinze from Real Madrid last term.

3 However, having only taken the reins at Stade Velodrome in 2009, Deschamps felt he was unable to turn his back on a club which holds a special place in his heart from his playing days.

4 The Velodrome originally featured an athletics/cycling track and a football pitch.

5 The Stade Velodrome is one of those arenas where the fans really get behind their team, but we're used to that and I'm sure we can cope.

6 Some venues, especially the velodrome that has already been nominated for the Stirling Prize, have garnered more plaudits than others.

7 The races are held in a velodrome which is an oval racing track with banked straights and turns.

8 On the site of the Laoshan Velodrome, over 1,000 workers were ready for the installation of the wood track.

9 The first match in the Velodrome in the 1938 FIFA World Cup was the first-round clash between holders Italy and Scandinavian hopefuls Norway.

10 In the Velodrome, track riders race counter-clockwise around a banked indoor track. There are a number of different events and distances that test speed, endurance and team work.

11 The velodrome is ready; the aquatics centre is ready; the stadium – once seen as a potential white elephant – is now being fought over by football clubs who want to use it.

12 In 1938 the Stade Velodrome was used for only two games.

13 Most nations lack a single velodrome, let alone access to state-of-the-art wind tunnels.

14 In Beijing the British cyclists' high-tech bikes and budget were the envy of the velodrome .

15 Thousands of tifosi poured over the border into the Velodrome, swelling the attendance to 33,000, a new record for the ground.

16 The main Olympic Stadiums and Fields include Wukesong Basketball Court, Wukesong Baseball Field, Laoshan Velodrome, Beijing Shooting Range Hall, etc.

17 Cyclists pedal their bikes furiously when riding in the velodrome on a track with banked turns.

18 I guess you must have a card up your sleeve for the tender in the Asian Games Velodrome. Can you share with us your story about the bidding?

19 Marseille will not stand in the way of captain Lorik Cana if the midfielder decides to leave the Stade Velodrome.

20 Valbuena is a target for a host of clubs across Europe as doubts grow over his long-term future at Stade Velodrome.