The Premier League is considering offering incentives to football clubs which ensure their players are fully vaccinated amid concerns that the vaccine uptake among professional footballers is too low.
Qatar is pushing for unvaccinated footballers to be barred from next year's World Cup, which will be hosted in the country, with fans already having to prove they have had two jabs to attend matches.
The definition of 'large venue' continues to widen under the Government's plans to introduce vaccine passports, with unvaccinated Brits set to be barred from football matches, concerts and business conferences.
Talks on the use of vaccine passports in Australia are gearing up – proof of full vaccination will soon be needed for fans to visit major sporting venues.
Tottenham Hotspur has become the first Premier League club to announce they will be trialing vaccine passports ahead of the new season. A negative test will suffice though this is not included in plans for future passes.
The case for the introduction of vaccine passports across all U.K. nations "is strong", says Michael Gove, who would like to see vaccination checks at Premier League matches and "in appropriate locations".
Fans won't be alone in being barred from stadiums later this year if they've not been vaccinated. Premier League players and staff will also need to have received two doses of a Covid vaccine for matches to go ahead.
As we await clarification on what "large venues" will be forced to check vaccine passports, reports suggest that unvaccinated Brits could be denied entry to sports events of a certain size, under new Government plans.
The Italian Embassy in London has told England fans that they won't be let into Rome's Stadio Olimpico to see the quarter-final match against Ukraine if they only recently arrived in Italy – even if they have a ticket.
UEFA officials have been handed a free pass to avoid quarantining when watching Euro 2020 games in the U.K., but England fans hoping to watch the match against Ukraine this weekend will be awarded no such treatment.
