France to use train for trips under three hours in climate pledge

France's football teams will use the train for all trips under three hours in a commitment to greater sustainability.

This will include Didier Deschamps' senior side from March, with the transition already under way for the Thierry Henry-coached U21s and the women's team.

The president of the French Football Federation, Philippe Diallo, announced the development on Thursday.

"Our national selections will take the train for all trips of less than three hours. And I am thinking of all the national selections, including the 'A' [senior team].

"We have already, with Herve Renard, agreed that he would transport his women's team to Valenciennes by train. We had decided with Thierry Henry that his team would travel to Nancy by train.

"With Didier Deschamps, we began to study the move training of our France A team during the matches it will play in March, in Lyon, to ensure that it is the one that sets a good example and highlights an ecological transition policy that we support."