FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Primeira Liga - Benfica v Vitoria de Setubal - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - September 28, 2019 Benfica fans hold scarves in the air inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
LISBON (Reuters) - The final 10 rounds of Portugal’s top-flight Primeira Liga soccer season could be played from May 30, Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced on Thursday as the country begins to ease its COVID-19 lockdown to kick-start an ailing economy.
Costa said the league will need permission from the health ministry to get back underway, and that matches would be played behind closed doors, as he declared that individual sports such as golf and tennis could resume from Monday.
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