Sports enthusiasts will be able to return to their club from May 11, but on condition of respecting health precautions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"The club practice from May 11 can be done with ten people, welcoming ten members, outdoor, outdoor for the moment", announced on Saturday May 2, the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, on FranceInfo.

"Children will need to be able to get out, to be able to move, obviously while respecting the rules of distance," she explained. 

đź’¬ "From May 11, club practice can be done by welcoming ten members outside," says Roxana Maracineanu. "All associations will be able to offer activities with a respected distance"

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The progressive and differentiated deconfinement plan presented this week by Édouard Philippe provides in particular that gatherings organized on the public highway or in private places will be limited to ten people.

"We are also working on the reopening of equipment according to the evolution of the pandemic," continued the minister.

"In any case, we can (practice) even in associative activity, whatever the sport except of course the collective and contact sports as we knew them before, but all associations, including those of judo, including those team sports, can offer activities with a respected distance. "

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