FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Super Lig - Galatasaray v Besiktas - Turk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey - March 15, 2020 Galatasaray's Jean Michael Seri takes a corner as the match is played behind closed doors as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world REUTERS/Umit Bektas
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey plans to host the Champions League final in late August, the head of its football federation said on Wednesday, and will resume domestic soccer leagues without fans on June 12 after a three-month suspension caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Two months ago European soccer's governing body UEFA had indefinitely postponed the Champions League showpiece, which had been scheduled to be played in Istanbul on May 30.
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