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League restart: Portugal to resume, Germany wait

While the Bundesliga delays its decision on when to restart, in Portugal they should be given the all-clear to play from late May.

The Portuguese Minister for the Economy announced this evening that the tournament ought to be back on track by the end of this month.

That is because open air training will be allowed from Monday May 4.

The Bundesliga was waiting for the all-clear, but today German authorities decided to postpone the decision until next week in order to avoid a potential second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Spain, the Government today agreed to the protocol presented by La Liga, so they can resume training from May 4, initially keeping social distancing measures.

Italy are battling to be given the same timeline, but the latest Government decree has citizens able to run in parks from May 4, whereas athletes in team sports cannot run in training centres – even with social distancing measures – until May 18.

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The Lega Serie A and Players’ Association have appealed for that to be changed, hoping they can resume work from May 4, which would have them on track to play in early June.

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