Football: French league mulls over restarting coronavirus-hit season with two cup finals in June

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PARIS (REUTERS) - French football could resume its season in June with two cup finals, French Football Federation president Noel le Graet proposed on Friday (April 24).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PARIS - French football could resume its season in June with two cup finals, French Football Federation president Noel le Graet proposed on Friday .

He suggested that it would be the appropriately symbolic way to restart professional soccer after its suspension last month because of the Covid-19 pandemic. "The restart of the championship is still to be decided but we might change the calendar a bit to play the cup finals first. A restart for Ligue 1 had been provisionally set for June 17 but le Graet conceded that it would depend on government approval.

 

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