The English Football Association could waive millions of pounds worth of late fines built up by Wembley’s builders in a bid to get the stadium open on time.

The Football Association in England have expressed their confidence that this season’s FA Cup final will be held at Wembley, despite builders Multiplex claiming the completion of the stadium could be delayed until June next year.

Wembley may not host next season’s FA Cup final as planned after Australian construction firm Multiplex revealed completion of the stadium could be delayed until June next year.

Wembley’s owners are confident the rebuilt stadium will be open for business by the end of the year but believe builders Multiplex will miss their September deadline.

The fiasco over delayed completion of the new £757m (€1bn) Wembley Stadium moves to the British High Court today.

The Wembley Stadium debacle is heading for the law courts after the builders’ refusal to pay penalty clauses for yet another delay to the £757m (€1.1m) project.

The Football Association has confirmed the first match at the new Wembley stadium will not take place until 2007.

Football Association chiefs will discover in October if their bid for Wembley to host the 2008 Champions League final has been successful.

Australian construction company Multiplex, who are responsible for building the new Wembley Stadium, have reported a loss of more than €73m for the first half of the financial year.

WEMBLEY officials are adamant the new £757m stadium will be the ‘greatest in the world’ - when it is eventually opened.

Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick today released the following statement regarding this year’s FA Cup Final:

Stadium builders Multiplex are “disappointed” with the Football Association’s decision to play the FA Cup final at Cardiff instead of Wembley.

The Football Association insist they will give Wembley’s builders Multiplex until the last possible minute to try to complete the stadium in time for this year’s FA Cup final.

THE chances of this year’s FA Cup final being held at the new Wembley stadium have receded further with builders Multiplex admitting there is only a 70% chance of construction work being finished on time.

Wembley chiefs are taking heart from the fact builders Multiplex have issued no further warnings to the Australian Stock Exchange despite a new problem developing with the £757m (€1.1bn) stadium.

Wembley chiefs are sticking to their guns in the face of fresh reports casting doubt over whether the national stadium will be ready in time for this year’s FA Cup final.

Wembley stadium contractor Multiplex warned today that it faced a further increase in losses on the flagship project.

The head of the new Wembley stadium has admitted there are no guarantees it will be completed in time to stage next year’s FA Cup final.

Fears the new Wembley Stadium might not be ready in time to stage the FA Cup final next May have been allayed.

Wembley Stadium construction firm Multiplex posted “very disappointing” results today as it counted the cost of problems on the flagship project.

The Australian construction company behind the new Wembley football stadium today insisted the project would be finished in time for next year’s FA Cup final.

The construction firm building the new Wembley stadium was in some disarray today after admitting for the first time it could make a loss on the £757m (€1.1bn) project.

Talks aimed at breaking the deadlock over the sacking of workers on the prestigious Wembley Stadium project will be held today, raising hopes that the bitter dispute can be resolved.

Exploration firm Kenmare Resources said yesterday construction of its titanium mine in Mozambique will begin next week.

Bulldozers began demolishing the old Wembley stadium today – marking the end of an era for one of the most famous stadiums in the world.

Wembley is set to be finally confirmed as the site for the new English ational stadium.