certification for certain venues which parliament approved in principle last week, and we are now working with businesses and events organises and sports governing bodies to finalise the detail of the regulations. covid certification has already been introduced in many countries across europe and many of them have already gone much further than we are proposing, and we know this is not a magic wand but we believe as part of a package of measures they can help reduce transmission and also keep the economy and our society open which is of course what we want to see. i will close by emphasising the key things we can do to help and to make sure that we keep infections on a downward track, and firstly, as i have said, please get vaccinated if you are eligible and you haven t yet done so, and second, please continue to test yourself regularly with lateral flow devices and you can order these through nhs inform or collect them from a local test site
World Players calls on Belarus to drop all charges against the BSSF 04/28/21
The World Players Association today called upon the Belarussian authorities to drop all charges brought against Ms Aliaksandra Herasimenia, Chairwomen of the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund (BSSF), and Mr Aliaksandr Apeikin, Executive Director of BSSF. World Players also urged global sports bodies, including the IOC, FIFA, IIHF and others, to exert sport’s undoubted influence to ensure the protection of Herasimenia and Apeikin for their courageous work as human rights defenders in the name of the BSSF.
World Players’ call follows the opening of bogus criminal cases by the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus against both human rights defenders. The cases deliberately misrepresent their successful advocacy for athlete rights and the removal of major sports events from Belarus due to the current human rights situation in the country, as ‘calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the
Families to gradually reunite under Northern Ireland s five-step plan to ease lockdown Libraries such as the Central Library in Belfast will be allowed to re-open as part of Step 3 in the Culture, Heritage and Entertainment section of the blueprint for easing lockdown. Picture by bHugh Russell Marie Louise McConville 03 March, 2021 01:00
Leisure centres and all indoor sports facilities, including swimming pools and gyms, will be allowed to reopen under Step three of the sport and leisure activities section of the NI s five-step plan to ease lockdown
THE Executive s plan for easing lockdown yesterday laid out the path towards the reopening of gyms and libraries as well as the return of indoor and outdoor spectators.
and irs investigations chief richard weber in a massive case that has rocked the world s most popular sport. the scale and scope of this case is enormous. it alleges a 25-year scheme of bribe, kickbacks, racketeering fraud, and moneylaundering involving the sports governing bodies marketing executives and financial intermediaries. 14 people have been charged, six additional guilty convictions have been unsealed. on top of all that swiss authorities announced they were investigating possible criminal wrongdoing involving russia s winning bid to host the world cup in 2018 and qatar s bid to host in 2022. the united states, by the way, competed in that 2022 bid but lost. a pulitzer prize winning reporter with the new york times who helped break this story today. matt, was the united states sort of outbid or screwed out of a bid for hosting the world cup? is that part of the info here? well i mean the allegations surrounding the 2018 and the 2022 bids for the world cup have been swirli