Can COVID-stricken Brazil host Copa America?
Questions surround controversial decision to award football tournament to Brazil, country with second-highest COVID death toll in the world.
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/202...t-copa-america
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Until late last month, the 10-team, month-long tournament was to be, for the first time, co-hosted by two countries: Colombia and Argentina.
The former’s plans were scrapped on May 20 due to civil unrest. Ten days later, with COVID cases in Argentina having risen 54 percent, the country swapped its hosting rights for the unwelcome title of having the world’s fifth-worst coronavirus outbreak per capita.
Within 24 hours, COVID-ravaged Brazil was unveiled as the emergency solution.
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Looked like no fans at the games I saw.