{"id":44215,"date":"2021-05-31T15:09:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/copa-america-in-doubt-after-conmebol-confirms-argentina-will-no-longer-host-tournament"},"modified":"2021-05-31T15:08:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:08:29","slug":"copa-america-in-doubt-after-conmebol-confirms-argentina-will-no-longer-host-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/copa-america-in-doubt-after-conmebol-confirms-argentina-will-no-longer-host-tournament","title":{"rendered":"Copa America in doubt after CONMEBOL confirms Argentina will no longer host tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has confirmed Argentina will no longer host the Copa America.<\/p>\n<p>This development throws the tournament into doubt with only 13 days before it was due to kick off.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament was scheduled to be played in Argentina and Colombia between June 13 and July 10.<\/p>\n<p>However, Colombia was removed as co-host on May 20 and Argentina has now followed due to what CONMEBOL said was \u201cthe present circumstances\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina is currently suffering from a spike in Coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCONMEBOL is analysing offers from other countries that have shown interest in hosting the continental tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpdates will be announced soon,\u201d it said in a short statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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