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# Solidarity
The Premier League will adopt La Marseillaise in Paris tribute today
The anthem is to be played again before each of this weekend’s 10 games.
# Solidarity
Premier League clubs to pay tribute to Paris attack victims before fixtures this weekend
Both sets of players will stand together in the centre circle in an act of solidarity after last week’s attacks on Paris.
# la marseillaise
Perhaps the world's greatest national anthem, sung for the victims of the Paris attacks
It’s the first time the national anthem has been sung in parliament since 1918.
# Tribute
From Paris to Perth, sporting world remembers massacre victims
Fans joined the teams in an impeccably observed minute’s silence.
Voices
Column: What’s the point of our national anthem today?
The singing of Amhrán na bhFiann can be a powerful moment – or it can be embarrassing, writes Gerry Smyth. What are national anthems really for?