4,000 to attend FA Cup semi-final as live sport cautiously reopens

Largest crowd at a major British stadium for more than a year will aid research into events reopening this summerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA sporting record will be broken on Sunday when 4,000 football fans gather atWembley to watch the FA Cup semi-final between Leicester City and Southampton. It will be the largest crowd to have watched a football match in a major British stadium for more than 12 months, though still one of the lowest-attended Wembley semi-finals on record.At the same time, in Sheffield, 325 snooker fans will gather to watch the 2021World Snooker Championship at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield, a sport that has also been played behind closed doors throughout the pandemic.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Coronavirus Football Snooker Sport UK news Infectious diseases Science Wembley stadium Microbiology Medical research Source Type: news