Italy’s football federation hopes that players can be tested for the new coronavirus at the start of May to prepare for the season to restart, its president Gabriele Gravina has said. Serie A has been suspended since March 9 because of the coronavirus outbreak and it is still not clear when, or if, the season can resume. Italy has been one of the countries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 19,899 deaths and 156,363 officially confirmed cases. “As soon as the conditions are right, we’ll finish the championship,” he said. We will start, I hope, at the beginning of the month (May) with tests to ensure that players are negative and the training can follow.

Source: The Star April 13, 2020 08:37 UTC