Title: Chopped from Colombia to host Copa America football tournament
1Chopped from Colombia to host Copa America
football tournament Colombia is removed from the
co-hosts of the Copa America Football Tournament
in view of the growing Corona virus case in the
country. The Confederation of South America
Football (Conmembol) gave information about
this. The four cities of Colombia were scheduled
to compete against the Copa America and the
final match was to be held on July 10 at the
Barquila Estadio Metropolitano. According to
sources, Conmembol issued a statement saying, "In
the coming days, information will be given as to
where the matches in Colombia will be held."
2Colombian Sports Minister Ernesto Lukena told
Conmembol that the tournament be postponed until
the Corona virus ban is lifted. It was only
after this that the Confederation announced the
removal of Colbya from co-hosting. Conmembol
said it was not possible to postpone the
tournament in view of the busy global football
calendar. Argentine President Alberto Fernández
proposed to host the entire Copa America this
week in the event of Colombia being removed from
co-hosting. The third wave of Corona is underway
in Colombia and night curfew has been
implemented in many cities, while crowd gathering
is also banned.
By Bureau Report