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"Colombia: News". USA: University of Texas at Austin. "Colombia". Provisional Census of Current Latin American Newspaper Holdings in UK Libraries. UK: Advisory Council on Latin American and Iberian Information Resources. 14 April 2011. "Colombia". Union List of Current Newspapers and Selected Serials. USA: Latin America North East Libraries ...
The Colombia bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was a unsuccessful bid to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup by Colombian Football Federation. The single bid was announced on 12 December 2019. [1] The bid entailed playing at 10 venues in 10 host cities, with the final held at the Estadio El Campín in Bogotá.
El Mundo (The World) is a newspaper and news website based in Medellín, Colombia. First published in Antioquia on April 20, 1979, it was founded by a group of business leaders and journalists. [1] After being as a daily newspaper for 39 years, the newspaper switched to a weekly printed edition with daily digital publication in 2018. [2]
After 16 years out of the World Cup, Colombia won their first match against Greece by a score of 3–0, marking the country's best ever performance in FIFA World Cup. The first goal was scored by Pablo Armero five minutes after the kick-off, Teofilo Gutierrez scored the second goal from a corner shot, James Rodriguez made their final score ...
FIFA Women's World Cup history Year Round Date Opponent Result Stadium 2011: Group stage: 28 June Sweden L 0–1: BayArena, Leverkusen: 2 July United States L 0–3: Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA, but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially resigned in 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983. At the 1986 World Cup, four nations South American nations participated: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The origins of football in Colombia is debated by many. Most historians agree that the Caribbean Region was the place where football spread. It is believed that its origins go back to 1900, by English railway engineers from The Colombia Railways Company looking to create a railway between the cities of Barranquilla and Puerto Colombia.
Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so, and resigned in November 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983, and became the first country to host the World Cup more than once, after previously hosting the 1970 edition .