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Stacked chairs are seen in front of a cafe in Lille, northern France, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. French authorities have placed Lille on maximum virus alert on Monday, banning festive gatherings and requiring all bars to close but allowing restaurants to remain open, as numbers of infections are rapidly increasing. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
Soaring virus infection puts more French cities on alert

Oct. 11, 2020 10:30 AM EDT

Election workers attend to voters at a makeshift polling station inside a parking garage in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. The arrangements by Santa Fe County Clerk Geraldine Salazar allow for greater social distancing and air circulation to guard against transmission of the coronavirus and avoids possible contamination of Santa Fe County government offices. Early in-person voting in New Mexico's June 2 primary began as election authorities encourage absentee balloting by mail. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
FBI agent, federal prosecutor assigned to monitor election

Cedar Attanasio Oct. 05, 2020 06:20 PM EDT

Nimes signs goalkeeper Reynet from relegated Toulouse

Jun. 24, 2020 07:51 AM EDT
NIMES, France (AP) — French soccer club Nimes signed goalkeeper Baptiste Reynet from relegated Toulouse on Wednesday. Nimes said in a...

Players at PSG, Toulouse test positive for coronavirus

Jun. 23, 2020 09:54 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — Three players from Paris Saint-Germain and four from fellow French soccer team Toulouse have tested positive for the coronavirus, their clubs said...

French clubs vote to maintain 20-team top-flight

Jun. 23, 2020 09:34 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — French league clubs voted to maintain the top division at 20 teams for the 2020-21 season, a move that ended Amiens' and Toulouse's hopes of...

French league votes to keep 20-team 1st division next season

Jun. 19, 2020 08:46 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — The French league voted on Friday to keep a 20-team first division next season, despite a court's decision to suspend the relegations of Amiens...

French court upholds end to the country's soccer season

Jun. 09, 2020 10:53 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — France's highest administrative court on Tuesday upheld the decision to cancel the rest of the domestic soccer season amid the coronavirus...

FILE - In this Jan. 25 2020, file photo, Georgia Tech head coach Josh Pastner calls a play in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina State, in Atlanta. In the wake of nationwide protests over police brutality, Georgia Tech wants to make sure its athletes take time to vote in November. The school said Thursday, June 4, 2020, that nine teams will cancel all mandatory activities on the Nov. 3 to recognize the importance of casting a ballot. Pastner said George Floyd’s death has given everyone a chance to evaluate “the way we treat each other as human beings and what we can and should do to back up our words.”(AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)
The Latest: National Soccer Hall of Fame to reopen Wednesday

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2020 07:13 AM EDT

Lyon soccer club President Jean-Michel Aulas sits in a cafe prior to a hearing at France's highest administrative court, the Council of State, in Paris, Thursday, June 4, 2020. Jean-Michel Aulas is asking French authorities to backpedal on their decision to end the football season prematurely amid the coronavirus pandemic. The men's league was canceled with 10 rounds remaining, Paris Saint-Germain declared champion, and Lyon finished outside the European places in seventh. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Lyon president Aulas seeks court ruling to resume Ligue 1

By Jerome Pugmire Jun. 04, 2020 01:51 PM EDT

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe presents his plan to exit from the lockdown at the National Assembly in Paris, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has outlined a stringent plan to fight coronavirus in France by automatically testing everyone who's come in contact with someone infected with COVID-19. (David Niviere, Pool via AP)
French government calls off French rugby and soccer leagues

By Jerome Pugmire Apr. 28, 2020 10:53 AM EDT