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Bolivia beats Suriname 2-1 to advance in World Cup playoffs

Bolivia produced a second-half fightback to shatter Suriname’s unlikely dream of World Cup qualification with a 2-1 victory in their FIFA playoff game in Mexico on Thursday. A 79th-minute penalty from Santos striker Miguel Terceros following an equalizer from teenage substitute Moises Paniagua fired Bolivia into a winner-take-all final playoff against Iraq next Tuesday. Suriname, […]

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Pellegrino Matarazzo leads Real Sociedad into Copa del Rey final

Hired less than three months ago, American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo has turned Real Sociedad’s fortunes around, leading it into the Copa del Rey final.  Mikel Oyarzabal slotted home a late penalty to secure a 1-0 win over Basque rival Athletic Bilbao for a 2-0 aggregate semifinal triumph. Sociedad will face Johnny Cardoso‘s Atletico Madrid in the Seville final on […]

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