Brazil to host Copa America as pandemic-hit Argentina withdraws
The Peninsula
ASUNCION/RIO DE JANEIRO - Next month's Copa America soccer tournament will take place in Brazil, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Monday, as it thanked President Jair Bolsonaro for stepping in after original host Argentina pulled out after a surge of COVID-19 cases.
The surprise decision, which relocates the competition from one South American coronavirus hot spot to another, means the oldest international tournament in the world will kick off as planned on June 13, with the final on July 10. "The Brazilian government has shown agility and decisive thinking at a crucial moment for South American football," CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez said in a statement.
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