Soccer-Police chiefs apologise for Hillsborough failures after 34 years

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Quarter Final - Second Leg - Liverpool v Benfica - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - April 13, 2022 General view as Liverpool fans hold up signs in reference to the 97 victims of the Hillsborough disaster inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

(Reuters) - Britain's National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and College of Policing have apologised to survivors and the families of the victims of the 1989 Hillsborough soccer stadium disaster in which 97 Liverpool supporters lost their lives in a crush.

The 1989 FA Cup semi-final was the scene of Britain's worst sporting disaster when 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death in an over-crowded and fenced-in enclosure in the lower tier.