World Cup: French sport shifts its match schedules for France-England

This Saturday, December 10 from 8 p.m., France will stop.

At the same time, French sport will take a break, at least not schedule anything as far as possible at the time of the quarter-final of the World Cup between France and England.

From this Monday, many clubs across France are taking the first steps to bring forward the time of their weekend match originally scheduled for the evening.

First to come forward, PSG handball.

The match of the champions of France scheduled for 8:30 p.m. against the Bretons of Cesson-Rennes is brought forward to the Pierre-de-Coubertin stadium (Paris XVI) at 6:15 p.m.

At 7:45 p.m., it will be over, just enough time for everyone to return to sit in front of the TV.

No other Starligue match elsewhere in France is scheduled later in the evening.

They will take place either Friday or Sunday.

That's good.

In basketball, Saturday is a match evening.

The Le Mans-Strasbourg opposition is already brought forward to 2:30 p.m. and the duel between Nanterre and Bourg en Bresse is brought forward to 5:30 p.m.

On this Monday, only Nancy - Blois remains fixed at 8 p.m. at the time of the quarter-final but that could change.

The clash between Boulogne-Levallois and Monaco, originally scheduled for Sunday December 11 at 7 p.m., escapes a change of schedule.

Among footballers, most national championship matches take place on Saturdays from 6 p.m.

Complicated to allow people to go home at 8 p.m.

For the moment, the majority of National 2 matches, particularly in Ile-de-France (Sainte-Geneviève - Bobigny; Lusitanos - Fleury, remain scheduled at this time. Same thing in National 3 where four matches remain fixed at 6 p.m. The clubs still have a few hours to, with the agreement of the FFF, to agree and bring forward the kick-off by an hour or two.