FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League - Round of 32 Second Leg - Benfica v Shakhtar Donetsk - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - February 27, 2020 Benfica's Pizzi celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Pedro Nune
(Reuters) - Portugal's top-flight soccer division will restart on June 4 after being halted since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league's organising body said in a statement on Tuesday.
The government had initially given May 30 as the date for action to resume but the league said the first match would take place on June 4 in order to allow enough time for stadiums to be inspected and for all players to undergo tests for the virus.
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