More than 50 organisations in Britain have signed a New Year’s letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson as part of a campaign launched amid fears over the future of sport in the country.

The #SaveOurSport campaign began with a letter to Johnson in September, where sports bodies were critical of the lack of action taken by the Government to support sport.

It also included a petition lobbying the Government for emergency funding to help those impacted financially by the coronavirus pandemic.

In November, the Government approved a £300 million ($400 million/€336 million) package designed to protect the immediate futures of major sports which face a winter without spectators.

But a rise in COVID-19 cases following the discovery of a new variant has sparked further concern within British sport as facilities such as gyms and swimming pools in large parts of the country are closed under the Government’s tiered system of measures.

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