Vaccine offered ahead of Games
OLYMPIC and Paralympic athletes in some countries are set to receive Covid-19 vaccinations paid for by the International Olympic Committee.
The president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, has revealed an offer had been made by China’s national Olympic committee to make additional doses available to participants in Tokyo 2020 and also the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
“We are grateful for this offer which is in the true Olympic spirit of solidarity. In this spirit, the IOC will pay for these additional doses of vaccines not only for the Olympic, but also for the Paralympic teams,” Bach said.
He added that for each of these additional doses, the IOC would pay for two more to be made available to others in that country.
He said the vaccines would be administered either via collaboration with international partners or in countries where agreements with China regarding vaccinations are already in place.
TeamGB athletes are continuing to wait their turn to be immunised.
A BOA statement read: “This is welcome news for the wider Olympic movement.
“Our position remains that priority should still be with the most vulnerable in our society and that there will come an appropriate time when the athletes can be considered.”
VANARAMA will continue as title sponsors of the National League through to the 2024/25 season.
The three-year extension outlines the long-term commitment of Vanarama to The National League, member clubs and supporters with the new deal taking the working relationship to eleven years.
Since taking over title sponsorship of The National League in 2014, Vanarama has actively raised the profile of the League through innovative campaigns such as MANarama which helped raise over £200k for Prostate Cancer UK.
During the Covid pandemic Vanarama set up a Covid support helpline for National League clubs and local businesses applying for any of the Government financial schemes.
BT Sport will continue to provide exposure for the Vanarama National League over the next three seasons.
Chairman of The National League, Brian Barwick OBE, said: “This enhanced arrangement will take our partnership up to eleven years.
“That speaks volumes about the confidence we both have in each other.
“The National League has found a great organisation to work with and we are pleased Vanarama find the relationship to be equally rewarding.
“We all look forward to four more years growing our unique partnership”.
The deal coincides with the recent launch of Vanarama’s new brand campaign which encourages its customers to find their new lease life.
“We have a great affinity for this level of football as it really helped us accelerate the growth of our commercial van leasing business back in 2014. Now in 2021 having just launched our new brand campaign we’re breathing a new lease of life into our sector,” aid Andy AldersonCEO of Vanarama “As we undergo huge growth across our personal car leasing business, we wanted to show our commitment to do the same for grassroots football.
“The clubs and communities at this level have gone through very hard times, we hope that our investment will offer some stability and hope as we all work through the covid pandemic together.”