Pau (AFP)

The Elite match between Pau-Orthez at Le Mans, which was to start Monday at 9:00 p.m., was postponed following "many positive cases of Covid-19" within the Béarn workforce, announced the National Basketball League ( LNB) Monday.

"The health committee decided to postpone the meeting to a later date," said the LNB on Twitter, adding that these cases were detected "following tests carried out in the morning by the club".

The Pau-Orthez club had shortly before, also on Twitter, announced the postponement of the match "due to the identification of a Covid-19 cluster within the Elan Béarnais".

Pau-Orthez had won Saturday on the floor of Chalon-sur-Saône his first match of the Elite season (78-76), while Le Mans largely dominated Strasbourg, at home, also Saturday (97-79).

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