Emmanuel Macron and Noël Le Graët during the last final of the Coupe de France.

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The French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Thursday its decision to suspend its amateur championships and its men's and women's French Cups until December 1, due to the re-containment measures unveiled Wednesday by President Emmanuel Macron.

All the matches of "all the competitions of Leagues, Districts, national championships of National 3, National 2, D2 women, French Cups men and women, and national championships for young people (women and men ) ", Scheduled by December 1, are for the moment postponed, indicates the Federation in a press release, while the government has confirmed that the professional championships, they could continue behind closed doors.

"The international meetings initially planned for the French Team, the French Women's Team and the Espoirs are also maintained," said the Federation before concluding: "The world of football must participate in the collective effort to fight against the second wave of this epidemic.

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