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Ex-sports minister says French league cancelled too early

Patrick Kanner, sports minister from 2014-17, thinks the leagues felt pressured following PM's televised address into calling their seasons off, and that play might have been able to go ahead in the right conditions.

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31 May 2020 à 00h22

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The French soccer leagues were canceled too early under government pressure, a former sports minister claimed Saturday, reports USA Today.

The top two soccer leagues in men's soccer and the top league in women's soccer ended early, as did the Top 14 rugby league, after Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said they could not resume because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Patrick Kanner, sports minister from 2014-17, thinks the leagues felt pressured following Philippe's televised address into calling their seasons off, and that play might have been able to go ahead in the right conditions.

“It was after his (Philippe's) announcement on April 28 before (parliament) that the leagues and the federations gave in,” Kanner told France Inter radio on Saturday.

Read more of this report from USA Today.

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