ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish soccer league plans to resume on June 12, a month and a half after it was suspended because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Turkish soccer federation president Nihat Ozdemir said Wednesday he hopes to finish the season by the end of July and host the Champions League final in Istanbul in August.
The games will be played without spectators and the Turkish health ministry and its scientific advisory council will determine the conditions and guidelines under which the games will go ahead, Ozdemir said in a teleconference.
“We will finish the league games in July.