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Former Nigeria Coach 'Big Boss' Keshi Dies

Former Nigeria football coach Stephen Keshi died Wednesday aged 54 of a suspected heart attack, his family said in a statement.

The charismatic coach, dubbed "Big Boss" by fans, died in Benin City in southern Nigeria from "cardiac arrest", the statement said.

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Colombia into Last Eight, U.S. Bounce back at Copa America

Colombia became the first side to reach the quarter-finals of the Copa America Centenario on Tuesday, while the United States thumped Costa Rica 4-0 to get their campaign back on track.

Goals from AC Milan's Carlos Bacca and Real Madrid star James Rodriguez secured a 2-1 win for Colombia over Paraguay in front of a vocal crowd at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California.

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Ball-Making Mexico Town Fights to Get back in the Game

A shirtless man sits under a tree in a town in southern Mexico, stitching together a football. At the central square, several women congregate to make balls for the national pastime.

Others toil in workshops or inside their ramshackle homes: A grandmother sewing on a chair in her dirt-floor home, or a pregnant woman pulling threads in her kitchen while her six-year-old niece hands her panels of synthetic leather.

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Portugal Seek Support for Ronaldo's Genius at Euro 2016

Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal tower above their rivals and should ease into the knockout stages at Euro 2016, but the illustrious team cannot underestimate a blossoming Austria side.

Ranked eighth in the world, Portugal cruised towards a sixth straight appearance at the finals -- in Group F against Austria, Hungary and Iceland -- by reeling off seven straight qualifying wins after an opening defeat to Albania.

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Teenager Mor Excites Turkey ahead of Euro 2016

Emre Mor is just 18, has lived all his life in Denmark and only received Turkish citizenship this year after receiving authorization from his jailed father.

Yet the fleet-footed winger, unknown to most Turkish football fans at the start of 2016, has in just weeks become one of the great hopes for Turkey at the European Championship finals.

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Germany Blow as Rudiger Limps out of Euros

Germany center-back Antonio Rudiger is out of Euro 2016 after tearing ligaments in his right knee, the German football federation announced on Tuesday.

The AS Roma defender was expected to start for the world champions in their opening Group C game against Ukraine on Sunday.

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Ibrahimovic Takes a Swipe at French President

Former Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said Tuesday he did more for France than President Francois Hollande simply by paying the top rate of tax on his earnings.

"Ibra came and took power in France," the Swede, who is preparing for Euro 2016 after winning won four league titles, three League Cups and two French Cups in four seasons at PSG, told Le Monde newspaper.

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Tearful Di Maria Inspires Argentina at Copa

A grieving Angel Di Maria was the inspiration as Argentina shrugged off the absence of Lionel Messi to defeat holders Chile 2-1 in their opening Copa America Centenario game here Monday.

Paris Saint-Germain star Di Maria -- reeling from the death of his grandmother only hours earlier -- scored one goal and set up another as the two-time world champions avenged their defeat to Chile in last year's Copa America final.

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Swimming: Aussie 'Missile' Magnussen Gets Olympic Relay Spot

Two-time world champion James Magnussen was Tuesday added to the Australian team for the Rio Olympics, securing a place in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay after initially being omitted.

Magnussen, 25, missed out on the 34-strong squad announced in April after he failed to finish in the top two places in the 50m and 100m at the Australian swimming trials.

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Danger Awaits Reigning Champions Spain at Euro

Spain are bidding to win a third consecutive European Championship but a difficult draw awaits a team whose coach Vicente del Bosque admits are in transition.

The 2008 and 2012 champions are looking to avoid a repeat of their disastrous showing at the World Cup in Brazil two years ago and they come up against Croatia, Turkey and the Czech Republic in Group D.

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