Former UKA chair Ed Warner says ‘radical’ idea could be solutionWest Ham adamant
London Stadium will stay set up for footballUK Athletics can end its spat with West Ham United over whether the
Premier League club can stage the Anniversary Games at the London Stadium in July by gifting this year’s event to Tokyo free of charge instead, says the UKA’s former chair.
Ed Warner, who led
UK Athletics from 2007 to 2017, said his “radical” proposal would not only save millions of pounds that could be diverted towards fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, but would also be seen as a “gift from London to sports fans around the world”.