Colombian club set to play in USA

THE US Treasury Department has lifted financial sanctions against the Colombian football team America de Cali, enabling it to play in the USA and receive US corporate sponsorship.

By The Newsroom

Published 4th Apr 2013, 02:08 BST

Cali suffered financial trouble after their Cali drug cartel patrons were jailed in 1995, ending a windfall of cocaine-tied wealth that helped it assemble one of South America’s priciest line-ups. The mayor of Cali launched a campaign several years ago to have the club removed from the US blacklist. The team regularly draws crowds of up to 18,000.

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