LOS ANGELES.- The party of the NFL among the New Orleans Saints and the Pittsburgh Steelers next week in Paris remains standing despite protests and riots in Francethe American football league reported this Sunday.
Almost 2,400 people were arrested on Saturday and 997 police officers and gendarmes were injured during massive demonstrations against the high cost of living that led to widespread chaos and looting on French soil.
Parisian authorities faced fresh violence on Sunday.
“Preparations for NFL events and the game at Stade de France next Sunday they continue as scheduled,” said the powerful American league in a statement released to various media.
“We continue to work closely with local authorities and our partners on all operational and security aspects,” he added. “There has been no disruption or impact to league venues.”
October 25 will be the first NFL regular season game in France, an effort by the competition to open up to the foreign market.
The Saints plan to travel to Paris immediately after their game against the New York Giants in New Jersey on Sunday and train in the French capital during the week.
The Steelers, who play Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneersthey hope to train at home during the week and arrive on French territory on Friday.
Chwalinska wins her first WTA tournament
The Polish Maja Chwalinska (No. 22 in the world ranking) conquered on Sunday the Wuhan WTA 1000 and at the age of 25 she achieved her first title on the women’s tennis circuit.
The finalist of the last Roland Garros won 2-6, 6-4 and 6-2 in 2h43 against the British Sonay Kartal (N.170) and on Monday he will rise to 11th place in the world ranking, the best ranking of his career.
On Sunday, Chwalinska became the fourth player to inaugurate her record in a WTA 1000, the most important tournaments on the women’s circuit after those of Grand Slam.
Before her, only the Japanese Naomi Osaka and the Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Victoria Mboko They had achieved this feat.
The Polish left-hander became known in Paris, where he reached the final when he was outside the top 100 and came from the qualifying phase.
In Wuhan, Chwalinska was playing only her fourth main draw in a WTA 1000, a category of tournaments in which she had never made it past the third round.
