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Brazil's Neymar reacts during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 against Paraguay at Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Brazil vs Paraguay 6/8/2021

Jun. 09, 2021 12:32 AM EDT

Striker Nicolas Caballero of the second division Resistencia football club stands on his team's pitch before a training session, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Caballero, 32, who hasn't been paid by his club for more than a year, now has a food stall that sells barbecue on the streets of Asuncion to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Paraguay's 2nd division soccer players improvise to survive

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List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:32 PM EST
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Youths rest on beds a sports facility being used as a government-run shelter where citizens returning home are required by law to quarantine for two weeks and pass two consecutive COVID-19 tests, as a preventive measure amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Hermandarias, Paraguay, near the border with Brazil, Thursday, June 24, 2020. With only 7 million people, a stagnant economy, high poverty, and a weak public health system, Paraguay moved to slow coronavirus in March by closing borders and imposing the quarantine restrictions, along with closing schools and public events and declaring a nighttime curfew. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Paraguay controls coronavirus, while its neighbors struggle

By Jorge Saenz And Andrea Rodriguez Jul. 03, 2020 12:01 AM EDT