Inter Miami have changed their club logo to promote social distancing. AFP
Inter Miami have changed their club logo to promote social distancing. AFP
Inter Miami have changed their club logo to promote social distancing. AFP
Inter Miami have changed their club logo to promote social distancing. AFP

David Beckham's Inter Miami change logo to 'encourage social distancing'


Steve Luckings
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David Beckham's MLS franchise Inter Miami have altered their club badge to promote the need for social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The club's logo features two herons with their legs intertwined, but the upgraded logo has them separated.

Major League Soccer's newest club put out images of the new logo with the message: "These are unprecedented times, so we want to raise awareness by altering the club’s logo and separating the white herons, which are normally interlocked representing unity in our community, across our digital platforms to encourage social distancing."

Former Manchester United, Real Madrid and England midfielder Beckham co-owns the franchise.

They have played two matches so far, losing to Los Angeles FC and DC United.

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Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease, an international multimedia exhibition created by the American Museum of National History in collaboration with The Carter Center, will open in Abu Dhabi a  month before Reaching the Last Mile.

Opening on October 15 and running until November 15, the free exhibition opens at The Galleria mall on Al Maryah Island, and has already been seen at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

 

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