Football Soccer - Euro 2016 - Lille, France 14/6/16 England and Wales supporters ensure their own supplies as they gather outside a pub shortly before a drinking ban comes into effect in Lille, France, June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
LILLE, France (Reuters) - Authorities in the French cities of Lille and Lens, where thousands of English and Russian football fans are due to arrive for the Euro 2016 football tournament, have ordered alcohol bans running from Tuesday to Friday, officials said.
Russian and English fans were involved in violent clashes in Marseille last week before and after the two sides met. They are likely to cross paths again with Russia playing Slovakia in Lille on Wednesday and England facing Wales only 40 km (25 miles) away in Lens on Thursday.
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