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HOK Sport wins Asian project

HOK Sport, the architect of the new Wembley Stadium, has won the contract to build a ground-breaking $250million (EUR283m) sports centre in the Jiangsu Province in China.

The Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre will be one of the biggest sports projects in Asia and will include a 60,000-seat stadium, 11,000-seat indoor arena, an aquatic centre, 20-court tennis centre and outdoor facilities for hockey, baseball and basketball.

The complex is due to be completed in three years - in time for the 2005 China National Games.

"This is a strategically important project as China continues its development as a global citizen and we see the emergence of Chinese sport onto the world stage," said Paul Henry, senior principal of HOK Sport.