The Latest: Turkey reverses decision on fans in stadiums

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Photo credit With face masks in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, Harbor Creek High School soccer players Haylee Wilson, 17, left, and Ali Tobin, 18, right, listen to Harbor Creek School District Superintendent Kelly Hess, not pictured, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, at Paul J. Weitz stadium in Harborcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania prior to the first day of official high school sports practices across the state. Athletes in Pennsylvania are allowed to remove face masks once they begin practicing or playing. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP)

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The Turkish soccer federation has reversed an earlier decision and now says league games will be played without spectators in the first half of the new season.

The federation had planned to allow stadiums around the country to operate at a maximum of 30% of capacity from October.

The federation says it is heeding the advice of Turkey’s scientific council to keep fans out of stadiums.

The decision comes as the number of daily infections in the country have risen above 1,500 and COVID-19-related deaths have reached their highest since mid-May.

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