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Green light for British summer of sports

Article posted by Coliseum, July 9^th, 2020

UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced agreements have been hammered out that will enable select international sporting events to take place in England amid COVID-19, stating the “British summer of sport is back on”. The announcement also includes work on some of the biggest film and... » Read more

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Super League to be back in August

Article posted by Coliseum, July 24^th, 2020

The fixture schedule for resuming the 2020 season has been announced by the Super League, the top division of rugby league in England. Three consecutive games have been planned at Leeds’ Headingley Stadium and St Helens’ Totally Wicked Stadium – both in England. Super League is the top-level... » Read more

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Carabao Cup in April as COVID bang up London

Article posted by Coliseum, December 29^th, 2020

This season’s Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London will take place in April, two months later than initially planned, in the hope that more fans will be able to attend the match. The reason behind pushing back the soccer showpiece is that London is caught in the vortex of a new... » Read more

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‘Island Games’ a closed-door affair

Article posted by Coliseum, August 6^th, 2020

The Canadian Premier League (CPL) has decided to stage a reduced 2020 season as a made-for-TV event at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in Canada. All games will be held behind closed doors starting on August 13th and finishing in September. It has been officially named ‘Island Games’. The... » Read more

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Few spectators in Bundesliga games likely

Article posted by Coliseum, August 5^th, 2020

The 36 clubs of the German Football League or DFL have unanimously agreed on a uniform procedure to enable at least few spectators to return to the stadium fold. However, no guest fans, no standing room, no alcohol. The General Assembly of the DFL decided on Tuesday at the request of the DFL... » Read more

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UK ticketing majors’ recipe for fans’ return

Article posted by Coliseum, December 4^th, 2020

Three ticketing giants in UK – Ticketmaster Sport, SecuTix and SeatGeek Sport – have joined forces to formulate a set of guidelines to support the return of fans to live sporting events. The three ticketing majors collaborated to identify a framework of ticketing standards for the... » Read more

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WHO top shot warning on ‘full house’ venues

Article posted by Coliseum, August 10^th, 2020

Michael Ryan, Emergencies Director at the World Health Organization (WHO), has drawn a very grim picture of countries with huge spike in COVID-19 cases trying to stage big-ticket sporting fixtures. He has warned that it is “very unrealistic” to expect countries with high rates of COVID-19... » Read more

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