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IN BRIEF Alexander Stadium works completed Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium has been handed over to Birmingham City Council, following the completion of a £72m redevelopment project. Birmingham 2022 has now taken up tenancy and will turn the stadium into a 30,000seat venue hosting the athletics competitions at this year’s Commonwealth Games.
Wakefield stadium work to begin The home of Wakefield Trinity is set to undergo a major transformation in the next year, with the stadium’s East Stand being completely rebuild as a 2,500-seater © SPORT ENGLAND
Football participation has bounced back since lockdowns were lifted
Team sports lead recovery in post-COVID participation levels
stand. The North Stand terrace will also be given a significant makeover during the works, which are set to get underway on 4 July.
Goodison Park demolition approved
Team sports are leading the slow
to pre-pandemic levels with players
recovery in physical activity levels
returning to grassroots clubs as
Liverpool City Council has
in England. Data from Sport
lockdown measures were lifted.
approved plans to demolish
England’s latest Active Lives Adult
Everton FC’s historic
Football saw the number of
Survey, covering the period from
people playing regularly increase by
Goodison Park stadium.
November 2020 to November
2 per cent across mid-July – mid-
The club will replace the
2021, shows that weekly physical
September 2021, with cricket (+0.3
venue with a mixed-use
activity levels are recovering
per cent) and basketball (+0.3 per
complex that will “celebrate
slowly following the large drops in
cent) also among those to have
the legacy” of the club.
participation numbers caused by
seen people returning to play.
Everton is set to move to
the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Team sports participation numbers have bounced back close
In total, 61.4 per cent of the
its new Bramley-Moore
adult population in England are
Dock stadium in 2024.
now deemed physically active.
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