Vodafone signs up to sponsor Lions tour despite coronavirus uncertainty

Mobile phone company will be lead partner and shirt sponsor‘Sport has had its challenges and needs help’Vodafone is taking a punt on the British & Irish Lions signing up as lead partner of next year’s tour to South Africa, in a show of faith in international tours despite the uncertainty over future waves of the coronavirus.The mobile phone company will be lead partner and shirt sponsor of next summer’s tour to face rugby’s world champions, after striking a deal of faith hammered out as the health emergency shut down global sport. Related: British & Irish Lions 2021 tour of South Afric…