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He was the golden boy of the 2014 World Cup but after a decade of disappointment at club level and at the age of 33, James Rodriguez is back and starring again on the international stage. The Colombian ‘number ten’ has been fundamental to his team’s run to the final of the Copa…
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Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez unleashed a flurry of punches at Colombian supporters.© X (Twitter) Liverpool star Darwin Nunez and other Uruguay players were involved in a brawl with Colombian fans which erupted after their 1-0 Copa America semi-final defeat on Wednesday. Television footage showed Uruguay striker Nunez unleashing a flurry of punches at…
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Ten-man Colombia defeated Uruguay 1-0 to reach the final of the Copa America for the first time in 23 years after an ill-tempered semi-final on Wednesday. A 39th-minute Jefferson Lerma header sealed victory for the Colombians, who will now face holders Argentina in Sunday’s final in Miami. It was an anarchic semi-final played…
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Carbon credits are bought by corporations to offset their greenhouse gas emissions. (File) Bogota: Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial carbon credit deal in the Amazon rainforest, which six local tribes said had been signed without their consent. Indigenous communities living in the remote area of Pira Parana had accused US-based Ruby Canyon…
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Colombia came from behind to grab a 1-1 draw with Brazil on Tuesday, ensuring their qualification to the Copa America quarter-finals as group winners. An equalizer from Daniel Munoz in first half stoppage time was enough to earn Colombia a share of the spoils after Raphinha had fired Brazil into the lead with…
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Colombia marched into the quarter-finals of the Copa America on Friday with a confident 3-0 victory over Costa Rica in Arizona. Goals from Luis Diaz, Davinson Sanchez and Jhon Cordoba sealed all three points for the Colombians, who are now guaranteed a top-two finish in Group D. Colombia will qualify for the quarter-finals…
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James Rodriguez rolled back the years with a vintage performance to help Colombia open their Copa America campaign with a 2-1 victory over Paraguay in Houston on Monday. Rodriguez, whose club career has languished in the decade since he rose to prominence with a dazzling performance at the 2014 World Cup, created both…
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The incident occurred in a region where a FARC dissident group operates (Representational) Bogot, Colombia: Three people died, including a policeman, and eight others were wounded in a car bombing in a region of Colombia where a leftist rebel group remains active, officials said Saturday. “An explosive charge placed in a private vehicle was detonated,…
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More than 34,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October in Israeli retaliation against Hamas. Bogota: President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that Colombia will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, whose leader he described as “genocidal” in its war in Gaza. “Tomorrow (Thursday) diplomatic relations with the state of Israel will be severed… for having…
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9 Colombian soldiers died after helicopter crashed in the northern Bolivar department. (Representational) Bogot: Nine Colombian soldiers died Monday when their helicopter crashed in the northern Bolivar department, where the military is battling the biggest cocaine cartel, authorities said. The crash happened as the helicopter was delivering new troops for operations against the Gulf Clan,…