Football: J-League sides step up preparations for July 4 kick off

J-League first-division sides stepped up their preparations on Saturday to resume the season a day after the announcement of a July 4 restart.J-League Chaiman Mitsuru Murai revealed the resumption date following a meeting with club executives, leaving teams around five weeks to prepare.All up, the league will have been out of action for around four months due to the coronavirus pandemic.Urawa Reds manager Tsuyoshi Otsuki said the announcement had given clubs a concrete timeframe around which to base their preparations."Now we can make the necessary decisions around building our team," Otsuk…READ FULL ARTICLE