Football: Serie A season to start on Sept 19
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Juventus players celebrate being crowned champion at the end of the Italian Serie A football match on Aug 1, 2020.
PHOTO: AFP
MILAN (REUTERS) - The next Serie A season will start on Sept 19, one week later than originally planned, the Italian league said in a statement on Monday (Aug 3).
The league said the decision "confirms the preference already expressed ... by the majority of the clubs in a meeting dedicated to this topic."
The 2019-2020 season ended on Sunday, having been interrupted for three months between March and June by of the coronavirus pandemic.
There will also be a shorter Christmas break than usual and matches will be played on both Jan 3 and Jan 6.
