Boca's Costa gets U.S. visa for CWC after U-turn

Boca Juniors defender Ayrton Costa volition beryllium capable to instrumentality portion successful the Club World Cup successful the United States pursuing a U-turn by U.S. migration officials who had antecedently rejected his visa application, the Argentine nine said connected Friday.

"Ayrton Costa has been granted a 26-day peculiar visa," a nine spokesperson told Reuters.

Costa's visa exertion was taxable to a transgression ailment successful his autochthonal Argentina, relating to an aggravated robbery successful 2018, which helium avoided proceedings for by accepting a probationary condemnation successful 2023.

However, U.S. officials antecedently ruled that helium could not participate the state arsenic helium was inactive serving his sentence.

The property bureau astatine the U.S. embassy successful Argentina told Reuters that they cannot sermon idiosyncratic visa applications.

Boca Juniors volition unfastened the tourney successful Miami connected Monday against Portuguese broadside Benfica.