Libyan Football Federation: Libyan Football League matches without spectators

The Libyan Football Federation (LFF) decided Wednesday to ban the spectators from attending the matches of the 2015/2016 season of the Libyan Football League in stadiums.
In a meeting today, the LFF decided also to move the match between Al-Sweihli and Al-Sharara from Misurata to Tripoli due to the ongoing issues in there.
Worth mentioning that the LFF had set May 15th as the kick-off date for the league, however, it has not reported why the league has not started yet.
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