Saturday’s Brighton v
Chelsea friendly to have 2,500 fansTest events also in rugby union,
Cricket and
basketball A Women’s Super League fixture between West Ham and
Arsenal plus a Brighton men’s friendly this weekend are among a list of sporting events which will act as new test events for spectators.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed a raft of new events where spectators would be admitted on a socially-distanced basis, following the ban on mass gatherings introduced in March due to the
Coronavirus outbreak. The events, which cover
Football, rugby union, horse racing, cricket, basketball and speedway, will take place over the course of the remainder of August and September.