Elite sport will be allowed to continue behind closed doors in England despite a new national lockdown
LONDON – Elite sport will continue to be allowed behind closed doors despite a new month-long lockdown being imposed across England by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday.
The strict series of measures reintroduced to try and curb rising coronavirus infection rates will begin from Thursday, November 5 and last until December 2.
Pubs and restaurants will shut unless serving takeaway food, while all leisure and entertainment venues and non-essential shops will close.
However, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden confirmed that elite sport will continue to enjoy an exemption to play behind closed doors.
“Travel to a place of work will be permitted,” he tweeted. “This includes (but not exhaustive) elite…
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