Paraguayan league halts restart after 3 teams get virus

The restart of the Paraguayan football league was called off Friday after three teams came down with cases of the coronavirus.

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Paraguay leads the way as football edges back in South America

Paraguay is the only game in town right now; the first national league to get going in South America, which is a prize for a job well done.

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Football is finally making plans to return in South America, but some countries are finding it difficult to agree on a pathway.

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Former Arsenal and Real Madrid striker Emmanuel Adebayor has completed a move to Paraguayan side Club Olimpia, the club announced on Tuesday.

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Orlando City have signed Paraguayan attacking midfielder Josue Colman as a designated player, the MLS club announed on Monday.

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Game was called off after eight minutes when violence erupted between "ultra" fans at the Rio Parapiti stadium.

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El Ghazi, who can either play in a lone striker's role or wide, has joined from Ajax on a deal until the summer of 2021.

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The Copa Libertadores final will continue to be played with home and away legs in the stadiums of the finalists in 2017, CONMEBOL said.