Soccer-Argentina offer to host entire Copa America in place of Colombia

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina offered to host the whole of the 2021 Copa America on Tuesday, replacing their current co-hosts Colombia, where a wave of civil unrest has rocked the country since late April.

The tournament is being held in two countries for the first time in its 105-year history but nationwide protests in Colombia have led to at least 15 deaths.

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez told the South American Football Confederation his country could stand in if the situation in Colombia does not stabilise. Fernandez, who had previously cast doubt on the tournament’s viability as COVID-19 cases rose in Argentina, said CONMEBOL would have to provide “strict guarantees”.

 

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