Soccer-It's lights out for Nuremberg as city cuts energy usage


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - DFB Cup - First Round - Nuremberg v RB Leipzig - Max-Morlock-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany - September 12, 2020 General view inside the stadium before the match Andreas Gebert/Pool via REUTERS DFB regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video

BERLIN (Reuters) -German second division club Nuremberg will not be playing evening matches any time soon after the city council on Friday decided to limit the use of floodlights at the team's Max Morlock stadium amid the energy crisis.

Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has sent energy prices soaring worldwide and Germany, which had been heavily dependent on Russian energy, is looking to reduce its energy usage with winter approaching.

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