Football World Cup qualifying matches in China have been moved to Dubai after players from the Syrian and Maldivian football teams were diagnosed with the corona virus, while record cases of corona co-hosting the Copa America football tournament in Argentina have surfaced. Has been suspended.
According to the AFP news agency, the Chinese Football Association on Monday said that the qualifying matches of the Football World Cup are being shifted to Dubai after the players of the Syrian and Maldivian teams were diagnosed with Corona.
The Chinese Football Association said in a statement that the affected teams would be quarantined and would not be able to compete as scheduled.
The statement said that according to the recommendations of the Asian Football Confederation, the Chinese Football Association has agreed to move the next qualifying matches of the FIFA World Cup from the Chinese city of Suzhou to Dubai. Will
Earlier, the competition was to be held over the next 15 days in the safe 'Bubble' in the Chinese city of Suzhou.
The Maldives and Syrian teams are already in Dubai and have been barred from leaving for China, AFP quoted Chinese website Titan Sports as saying.
Maldives striker Ali Ashfaq tweeted that his corona test came positive after which he will not play a qualifying match.
Corona's assessment of the players will affect the group matches of the teams from China, Syria, Maldives and Guam, which were made for the qualifying matches.
It should be noted that due to the corona virus, the qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar are already facing difficulties.
Copa America tournament postponed On the other hand, the South American football federation 'CONMEBOL' announced on Sunday that the 'Copa football tournament' is being suspended in Argentina due to increasing cases of corona virus.
Just two weeks before the Copa, a nine-day lockdown was imposed in Argentina when record cases of corona were reported.
The South American tournament was scheduled to take place last year but was postponed for 12 months due to the Corona epidemic.
This year's competition was to be held in the South American country of Colombia. But protests and growing cases of the Corona epidemic prompted Colombia to request a further postponement of the tournament on May 20, which was rejected by the federation.
Following this decision, Argentina became the sole host of the Copa tournament. But even here, the Copa competition has been postponed due to increased cases of corona.
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