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Event Notes: Newcastle Falcons To Host 'The Big One' In March

Premiership Rugby side Newcastle Falcons "will break new ground" on March 24 when St. James' Park hosts the club's league match against Northampton Saints, a game which has been dubbed "The Big One." Newcastle United's 52,000-capacity stadium will be the venue for a 5:30pm kickoff, "preceded by a 3pm curtain-raiser between Newcastle University and Northumbria University" (RUNNING RUGBY, 11/21).

The Asian Football Confederation Champions League record for total attendance in a two-leg final was broken on Saturday when J.League side Urawa Red Diamonds hosted Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal. The total attendance for the first leg was 59,136, and more than 95% of the tickets to the 58,000-seat Saitama World Cup Stadium were sold in advance of the second leg (AFC).

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