By Patrick Hipes Executive Managing Editor Italy’s Serie A, one of the first pro sports leagues to shutter midseason as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the country in March, said Thursday that its games will restart June 20.
The soccer league with such global marquee teams as Juventus and Inter Milan was shut down March 10 midway through its 2019-2020 season, playing some games in empty stadiums before finally halting play altogether.
Italy was the first global hotspot outside China for COVID-19, but has slowly been reopening as cases have diminished. As of today the country has recorded 33,072 deaths from the virus, behind only the U.S.
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