2023-10-15 05:05:46
Applause in support of “the victims of extremism and violence in France and the Middle East”. A week after terrorism struck Israel and the day after the assassination of a literature teacher in a high school in Arras by a Russian with an S file, the National Basketball League decided to pay tribute to the numerous victims of these acts. Before each of the nine Betclic Elite matches and before that of Pro B (in Pau-Orthez) which are being held this weekend, a minute of applause will be respected.
In all rooms the speaker will be invited to read a short explanatory text: “The National Basketball League and all French basketball players provide their support to the victims of extremism and violence in France and the Middle East. . In a desire for appeasement, we ask you to stand and applaud for 1 minute.” This mobilization will cover all of the matches on the 7th day of Betclic Elite and the first day of Pro B.
“Sport is a place of cohesion, with strong values such as fraternity and peace,” adds the body.
Since the dramatic events in Israel and Gaza, the world of sport has mobilized and increased its tributes. A minute of silence was thus respected before the qualifying matches for the next Euro football tournament, including that between the Netherlands and France.
Same mobilization during the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup which are taking place this weekend in France. They will be preceded by a minute of silence “in solidarity with all those who have been affected by the tragic events in Israel and Gaza”, World Rugby and France 2023 announced on Friday. This will therefore be the case in Marseille, from this Saturday at 5 p.m. for Wales – Argentina, or in Saint-Denis for Ireland – New Zealand, as well as on Sunday before England-Fiji at the Vélodrome and France-South Africa at the Stade de France.
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