Handball - Proligue (play-off; quarter-final first leg). Beaten by Frontignan, Nancy now has one foot in the air...

Outclassed by a Provençal team that was simply superior in every aspect of the game, Nancy Handball seriously jeopardized its chances of qualifying for the Nations Cup on Tuesday evening. Despite a respectable comeback at the very end of the match, the team now appears to be in serious jeopardy.

Antoine Blanc and his teammates showed a very poor performance in this first leg. They will be able to try to make up for it on Friday in the return match. Photo: Séverine Kichenbrand

All that for that! So many blows to the "face," so much adrenaline, so many hopes (of qualification) deferred to get to this point. The table is bound to disappoint. And leaves little hope of...

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