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FA Cup final and World Snooker Championship to be used as pilot events to test large-scale return of fans... but it remains to be seen if Premier League games will be involved in the Events Research Programme

The FA Cup final and the World Snooker Championship will be among a group of sporting and cultural events used as pilots to test the large-scale return of spectators to venues.

The Government announced plans for a pilot programme to get under way in April when it set out its road map in February for the easing of coronavirus restrictions, and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has now provided more detail, saying there will be 'around a dozen' events serving as tests in total.

The FA Cup final on May 15 is the most high-profile of the events announced by DCMS.