Bogota: Colombia’s President Ivan Duque on Friday appealed to South America’s football federation over its decision to bar the country from hosting the Copa America tournament after social unrest swept the nation. CONMEBOL earlier in the week rejected a plea by the Colombian government to postpone the June 13-July 10 tournament that it was to share […]
Copa America
No postponement for Copa America, federation says after Colombia withdraws
On Thursday, south American football’s governing body CONMEBOL rejected a request by Colombia to postpone the Copa America 2021 tournament it is co-hosting with Argentina. The games that were to be played in Colombia in the June 13-July 10 event will instead be moved to Argentina, CONMEBOL said, stating that it was “impossible” to move […]