Argentina is now the champion of Copa America 2024 . It is their 16th Copa America title and more than any other nation . They achieved the crown by defeating Columbia in the final by 1-0 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on 14th July, 2024 . It was the 48th edition of Copa America which was organised by CONMEBOL and co – organised by CONCACAF . This year the tournament was hosted in the United States of America. The mascot of the tournament was an eagle named Capitan ( the Spanish word of Captain ) . Total 16 teams participated. Among which Argentina, Columbia, Canada and Uruguay reached the Semi – finals. In the Semi – finals Argentina beat Canada and Columbia defeated Uruguay to reach the final. Uruguay defeated Canada to achieve the third place position . The final was very exciting and no team was able to score within the regulation time. Lionel Messi was injured during the first half and he left the field in the second half in the 66th minute of the match. Lautaro Martinez scored the only goal for Argentina in the 112 th minute of the match which separated the two sides. Argentina won the trophy for two consecutive times. Lautaro Martinez of Argentina scored 5 goals in the tournament and became the top scorer to achieve the Golden Boot Award . James Rodriguez of Columbia achieved the Best Player of the tournament Award . Emiliano Martinez of Argentina achieved the Best Goalkeeper Award. Columbia achieved the Fair Play Award.
Read the passage and answer the questions below –
A . Answer the questions in single
sentence – 1×3=3
1 . Who scored the goal in the final ?
2. Which nation achieved the third position in the Copa America 2024 ?
3. Who is the mascot of the tournament?
B. Complete the sentences with information from the passage – 1×3=3
1 . The final was played at ———————–.
2. The tournament was hosted —————–.
3. The tournament was organised by —————————.
C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements and provide supporting statement for your answers – 2×4=8
1 . No other nation owns more Copa America titles than Argentina.
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2. The only goal was scored in the final within the regulation time .
Supporting Statement –
3. More than sixteen nations participated in the Copa America 2024.
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4. Argentina started the tournament as the defending champion .
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D. Answer the questions in short –
1 . What are the different types of awards given in the tournament and to whom these were distributed?   4
2. Give a suitable title to the passage and provide reason to choose the title.   2
Writing Skills –
1 . Write a newspaper report based on the final of the Copa America 2024.    10
2. Write a paragraph on Copa America
2024 .   10
3. Write a Summary of the passage given above .      10
4. Write a conversation among friends about the achievement of Argentina in football of recent times.  10
5. Suppose you are a big fan of Lionel Messi. Write a letter to your friend describing your happiness after seeing Messi winning another international trophy for his country.   10
