Fulham get go-ahead to rebuild Cottage

Fulham can kick off next season at Craven Cottage after local council officials approved the Londoners’ £5m (€7.1m) scheme to bring their outdated ground up to Premiership standards.

Chairman Mohamed Al Fayed is funding the budget revamp after axing a far more grandiose £100m (€142m) plan for a 30,000 state-of-the-art stadium because of its wildly escalating cost.