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Elite sport to continue in France despite lockdown: Sports Minister
Published in Ahram Online on 29 - 10 - 2020

Elite sport will continue in France despite a nationwide lockdown announced by President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, sports minister Roxana Maracineanu said.
"The coming weeks will be tough economically but also humanely. This is why I wanted to confirm to you that the continuity of the sport which is practised as a profession is today assured," Maracineau told a parliament session overnight.
Maracineanu's comments will come as welcome news for France's top soccer league, Ligue 1, as well as French rugby with the national side set to host Ireland on Saturday in their Six Nations finale.
The Paris Masters tennis tournament is also due to begin on Monday, but organisers said that it would be held without spectators after initially allowing 1,000 a day.
The Six Nations game was already scheduled to be played in an empty stadium at the Stade de France.
France will go back into a nationwide lockdown starting on Friday to try to contain the pandemic, Macron said in an address to the nation on Wednesday.
The new measures -- which will last until Dec. 1 -- will mean people have to stay in their homes except to buy essential goods, seek medical attention, or use their daily one-hour allocation of exercise.
All professional sports came to a halt amid the first lockdown from mid-March to the end of May, resulting in the Ligue 1 being stopped in April, while cycling's Tour de France and the French Open tennis were rescheduled to a later date.
"High-level athletes will be allowed to train. And then we will be allowed to compete because travelling for professional reasons is allowed," Maracineanu added.
The Ligue 1 match between Olympique de Marseille and RC Lens Ligue 1, which was due to be played on Friday, has been pushed back to a later date after more than 10 players from the northern club have tested positive for coronavirus.
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