Tag: colombia
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4 missing children believed to be alive, 17 days after plane crash
Colombian authorities were believed to have found three children and a baby alive 17 days after a plane crashed with them on board in the jungle in the south of the country. President Gustavo Petro made this known on Wednesday evening.
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India 2022: Gallant Flamingos bow out to Colombia 6-5 on Penalties
Nigeria’s under-17 women’s football team the Flamingos were edged out by Colombian U-17 side at the ongoing FIFA WorldCup hosted by India. The Bankole Olowookere tutored side gave their all but succumbed to the Colombian girls 6-5 on Penalties
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FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup: Colombia to face Nigeria’s Flamingos
Colombia on Saturday booked a semi-finals place against Nigeria’s Flamingos at the ongoing FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in India.
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Shakira finally speaks after break-up with Barcelona player Pique
popular Colombian singer, Shakira has finally spoken months after breaking up from Barcelona defender, Gerald Pique. Both Shakira and Pique met at the 2010 World Cup held in South Africa, Shakira performed at both the opening and closing ceremony of the South Africa 2010 World Cup while Gerald Pique’s Spanish team played in the final…
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Colombia: Signalling right, to turn left – By Owei Lakemfa
Two quite unlikely persons will be taking over the Colombian Presidency on August 7, 2022. Gustavo Petro, 62, a former guerrilla fighter of the M-19 revolutionary group who suffered incarceration and torture, won the presidential election rerun this Sunday June 19, 2022 with 50.5 per-cent of the votes. It was his third presidential race. His…
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Brazil named Copa America hosts after Argentina and Colombia dropped
The upcoming Copa America tournament will be played in Brazil, the South American football confederation CONMEBOL said on Monday after original hosts Argentina and Colombia were dropped. CONMEBOL tweeted that the dates are confirmed and venues to be named later in the day. “The oldest national team tournament in the world will thrill the entire…
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Colombia dropped as Copa America co-host
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) says Colombia will no longer co-host this year’s Copa America amid civil unrest and surging coronavirus cases. The tournament — which was due to be held jointly by Colombia and Argentina — is slated to begin on June 13, having been postponed by a year because of the pandemic.…
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Video: Woman who went missing for 2 years found floating alive in ocean
A Colombian woman, identified as Angelica Gaitan, who went missing two years ago has been found alive floating in the ocean. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the 46-year-old woman was found alive floating in the ocean by fisherman Rolando Visbal and his friend. She was found around two kilometres away from the shore of Puerto Colombia at…
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7 killed, 4 injured iñ ‘massacre’ in south-western Colombia
Seven people were killed and four others injured in an attack in south-western Colombia on Sunday, local media reported. “Seven young people … were massacred with grenades and gunshots,” Senator Temistocles Ortega told broadcaster Caracol. The attack happened in Munchique, in the south-western state of Cauca. “You have no alternatives in Cauca,” Ortega said, adding…
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World Cup: Maradona apologises for saying England ‘robbed’ Colombia
Argentina legend Diego Maradona has apologised to Fifa for saying England committed a “monumental robbery” in beating Colombia in the World Cup last 16. Maradona accused referee Mark Geiger of bias towards England. Fifa said his comments were “entirely inappropriate” and insinuations about the referee “completely unfounded”. “I said a couple of things and, I…