Villa Park set to expand capacity to 50,000

Aston Villa today welcomed Birmingham City Council’s decision to grant planning permission for phase one of the Club’s redevelopment and expansion of Villa Park. The project will increase the stadium’s capacity to over 50,000, allowing Villa Park to host major international tournaments and enable its return to the world stage.

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Premier League seeks to join trial on temporary concussion substitutes

The Premier League wants to adopt the use of temporary concussion substitutes in the competition next season in a departure from established thinking within the game on the risks of brain injury. The English top flight has written to the game’s international rule-making body asking to trial temporary substitutes from next summer.

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LIV Golfers set to play at The Masters

IV golfers will be allowed to compete in The Masters in 2023, organisers at Augusta National have confirmed. Despite the fracture in the sport brought about by LIV Golf, the tournament organisers say their ultimate focus is to bring together “a pre-eminent field of golfers” and they will invite players who are eligible under their current criteria.

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