The FIFA U-20 World Cup, world championship of soccer for men under the age of 20 starts Friday in Colombia. Twenty four teams from five continents will compete around the country in eight different cities. It’s widely considered the largest sports tournament ever held in the Andean nation. Approximately 35,000 international tourists are expected to attend the tournament aside from the locals.
The spectacle will be watched on television by 500 million fans around the world. But as Colombia deals with rising violence and a deteriorating security situation, police are making extra preparations to make sure that everything goes smoothly for visitors during the event.
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