Soccer Football - LASK LInz Training - Pasching, Austria - April 20, 2020 LASK Linz players during training despite most sport being cancelled around the world as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID19) continues REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
PASCHING, Austria (Reuters) - League leaders LASK Linz on Monday became the first Austrian top-flight team to re-start training amid the COVID-19 outbreak, with the players divided into small groups and observing social distancing guidelines.
Austria has become one of the first countries in Europe to loosen a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and the government gave the go-ahead last Wednesday for professional teams to start training again.
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