National stadium to host France match on Paris attack anniversary

PARIS, France — Eleven years to the day since the November 2015 Paris attacks, the Stade de France will on Friday host a sports match for the first time on that anniversary. Three suicide bombers struck outside the stadium shortly after 9:00 pm on November 13, 2015 during an international football friendly between France and Germany. Four people died, including the three suicide bombers, but almost simultaneously, a series of shootings and bombings were launched at restaurants and the Bataclan music venue in central Paris. In total, 130 people were killed, while more than 400 were injured, including close to 100 critically. Two victims later committed suicide. Before Friday night's Nations Championship rugby clash between France and South Africa, a tribute will be held to the victims of those attacks. "We will have a moment's pause for the events of that date and we will think about the families and the victims who are still suffering," France coach Fabien Galthie said on Wednesday. "And we will think about our republic of course, which is also suffering." On Wednesday, on Armistice Day, France captain Antoine Dupont and his half-back partner Maxime Lucu laid flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on behalf of...