Three COVID cases confirmed in Nimes squad
Ligue 1 club Nimes has confirmed three positive tests for coronavirus among its playing squad, leaving Sunday's season opener against Brest in doubt.
At the start of this week, there were two suspected cases of COVID-19 at Nimes, with both players tested.
One of those came back negative but additional tests carried out among Jerome Arpinon's first-team group showed two further players – also unnamed – had returned positives.
All of the players in question are isolating at home, although it is a predicament that places Nimes' scheduled 2020-21 season opener against Brest on Sunday in doubt.
Marseille's clash with Saint-Etienne has already been postponed after four of their players tested positive for COVID-19.
Nimes hosted Marseille in a friendly on 10 August (AEST).
The French Professional Football League (LFP) distributed guidance that states when a club has more than three positive cases, postponement of matches was the most likely course of action.
Saint-Etienne's trip to Marseille is now due to be played on 17 September.
Nimes finished 18th in Ligue 1 as last season was cut short by the global pandemic, also meaning they were spared the ordeal of a relegation play-off – the usual fate of a team finishing third bottom in the top flight.
