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Berlin (dpa) - The state of Berlin will support the city's professional clubs and traditional sports events in the Corona crisis in 2021 with a further three million euros.

This was announced by Sports Senator Andreas Geisel on Wednesday at the presentation of the “Offensive Sports Metropolis”.

Last year, the grant for crisis-related failures was over 2.1 million euros.

«With the new program we want to show perspectives for the future and encourage people.

It must not be that Corona forces the Berlin clubs economically to their knees, "said Geisel.

Financial support for clubs and associations in popular sport will also be continued.

So far, six million euros have been made available for this, which have been distributed via the state sports association.

Four million euros have already been paid out.

“Without the rescue package, many clubs would find themselves in a situation that threatened their very existence.

We are therefore grateful that this year, too, six million euros are still available for popular sport, ”said Thomas Härtel, President of the Berlin State Sports Association.

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The professional clubs Alba, Eisbären, Volleys and Füchse should benefit from the new Corona aid as well as the organizers of traditional events such as the Berlin Marathon.

The sports senator announced that women's teams in Olympic sports in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga are also supported.

The athletes are the flagship of the capital, emphasized Geisel: “We not only bask in the glamor of sporting success, we are not only there when things are going well.

We are there when we can help.

And we can do that. "

In addition to direct donations, marketing partnerships and the provision of sports facilities are also part of the program.

"The pandemic is troubling us all, even more than a year after it began, normality is unthinkable," said Kaweh Niroomand, managing director of the new German volleyball champion BR Volleys.

The professional clubs also want to continue “acting as a social actor who helps to shape society positively with extensive youth and integration work”.

That would not be possible without the help of the State of Berlin.

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