- Title: Argentine players end strike, league to resume on Thursday
- Date: 8th March 2017
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FANS OF BOCA JUNIORS CELEBRATING VARIOUS OF FANS OF RIVER PLATE CELEBRATING
- Embargoed: 22nd March 2017 22:09
- Keywords: Argentina soccer players strike league resume
- Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- Country: Argentina
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA004673PJ5R
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- Story Text: Argentina's professional soccer players have ended their strike and the league is set to resume, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and soccer officials told media on Wednesday (March 08).
The first division championship, which had been scheduled to restart a month ago but was held up over financial issues, gets going again with Velez Sarsfield's home match against Estudiantes on Thursday (March 09).
The players called a strike because many, especially in the lower divisions, were owed up to five months in salaries.
"Salaries will be paid until January 2017. I think this is a very favourable situation, very favourable and this will favour enormously those who have managed the future of Argentine soccer since it was institutionalised," said union representative for Argentine soccer players, Sergio Marchi.
The 2016-17 season went into a summer recess in mid-December with Boca Juniors top of the standings and the only teams with match practice since then are those taking part in the South American Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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