Serie A stars to resume training

Players from several Italian football clubs were on course to resume individual training as the country prepared to gradually roll back its lockdown.

The Italian government has been feuding for weeks with regions about which activities will be allowed when the nation begins to emerge the lockdown on Monday. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is lifting' stay-at-home orders but has delayed announcing a restart to the Serie A season.

Several regions that have avoided the worst of the outbreak say they will use a loophole to individual players to start training on Monday.

The voluntary sessions will affect teams such as Napoli in the south and the central Emilia-Romagna region's Bologna.

Serie A clubs unanimously voted on Friday to finish the 2019-20 season -- suspended since March 9 with Juventus leading Lazio by a point.

But Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora noted this week the chances of a restart were "increasingly narrow".