France Team Must Move Forward - Deschamps

France manager Didier Deschamps says the team must "move forward" as they prepare to make an emotional return to the Stade de France.

The stadium was one of the targets in the November 2015 attacks on Paris that left 130 people dead.

France, who were playing Germany when the attacks took place, return to the stadium to face Russia on 29 March.

"No one can forget what happened, but there's no need to talk about it," said former Chelsea midfielder Deschamps.

"We lived very emotional moments, all together. Now we must move forward. All safety measures will be taken."

The France and Germany squads both slept at the stadium after the 13 November attacks, with the sound of explosions outside clearly audible inside the ground during the game.

The 81,338-capacity Stade de France has staged Six Nations rugby union matches - including Saturday's game when England claimed the Grand Slam - since the attacks.

France will host Euro 2016 between 10 June and 10 July, with the Stade de France the venue for the opening match of the tournament between France and Romania.

France are away to the Netherlands on Friday before hosting Russia on Tuesday.

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Belgium Cancel Spain Match

Tuesday's friendly match between Belgium and Spain has been cancelled due to an increased terrorist threat.

There were safety fears about the match following the Paris terror attacks which killed 129 people, with arrests made in Belgium.

And the Belgium team's Twitter account confirmed the contest would not take place with a tweet which read: "Our match against Spain has been cancelled."

A statement on the Belgian Football Association website gave more detail about the cancellation of the match, which was due to take place at Brussels's Roi Baudouin Stadium.

It read: "In consultation with the competent authorities and the Spanish national team, the Belgian FA has decided to cancel the match.

"At the very end of the evening the Belgian FA was contacted by the government, who made the recommendation not to play tomorrow's match. This is because the terror alert level is high and with the current leakage of a suspicious person.

"We deeply regret that such a friendly match between two motivated teams has been cancelled so late and we understand the disappointment of many supporters.

"However, taking into account the exceptional circumstances, we cannot take any security risk with players and fans.

"Ticket holders will get more information about tickets in the course of this week."

The Stade de France was targeted as part of Friday's attacks in Paris, as the home side played an international against Germany.

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