France: OGC Nice raise €121,500 for families of the victims of the Nice attack on 14/07/2016

€121,500 was raised during chairty auctions organised by OGC Nice (Ligue 1) for the association "Promenade des Anges", at the Hôtel des Ventes de Nice (FRA), on 25/10/2016.

This association helps families of the victims of the terrorist attack in Nice on 14/07/2016, in which a lorry ploughed into the crowds who had just attended the fireworks on Nice's Promenade des Anglais, on Bastille Day, killing 86 people and leaving dozens more injured.

The 21 auctions offered at the sale included items such "tribute kits" worn by OGC Nice and Stade Rennais players during the Nice - Rennes match (1-0, Matchday 1 of Ligue 1), the first game in the Allianz Riviera (36,178 seats) after the attack on 14/07/2016. Shirts of the Italian Mario Balotelli, the Moroccan Younes Belhanda, and the Brazilian Dante, the three major new recruits OGC Nice in the 2016 off-season, were also part of the catalogue of items auctioned.

"When the heart speaks, it is as strong as a football match" (J-P Rivère, president of OGC Nice, on 25/10/2016)