Saudi soccer to resume this summer

Matches will resume with health measures in place, after they had stopped in March due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Football players enter the pitch as the stands are seen empty after the decision of the Saudi Ministry of Sports, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the Saudi Professional League soccer match between AL-Hilal and Al-Ettifaq at King Saud University Stadium, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 7, 2020. Picture taken March 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri - RC2MFF9J8T68
Soccer players enter the field to empty stands following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease during the Saudi Professional League soccer match between Al-Hilal and Al-Ettifaq at King Saud University Stadium, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 7, 2020. - REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri
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The Saudi Football Federation plans to resume the soccer season this summer after a break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Practices for the matches will begin June 21. Games will then resume Aug. 4, according to a release from the federation. The resumption follows a decision by the Saudi Sports Ministry to allow sports to start again, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported. 

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