Italy suspends Serie A over coronavirus crisis

Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday announced that the country’s top-flight Serie A football league will be suspended because of the coronavirus crisis.

“There is no reason why matches and sporting events should continue and I am thinking of the football championship,” Conte told a press conference in Rome.

Italy’s Olympic Committee (CONI) had recommended earlier Monday that all sporting events in the country be suspended until April 3 to help contain the contagion.

All Serie A football matches were being played behind closed doors.