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The Leigh Sports Village stadium – home to Leigh Leopards rugby league team and Manchester United women’s football team – is to be renamed the Progress With Unity Stadium.

Councillors approved the name change at a full council meeting last night and will come into immediate effect.

It comes in the same week that it was confirmed that rising local band The Lottery Winners are set to perform a headline gig at the stadium in 2026.

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Council leader David Molyneux said: “It’s important to note that Progress With Unity isn’t just our initiative, it has partnership working and the strength of our communities at its heart.

“In many ways, Leigh Sports V

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