Tag: Colombia
Plane carrying Brazilian football team crashes in Colombia
A chartered aircraft with 81 people on board, including a Brazilian first division football team heading to Colombia, has crashed…
Pope not involved in Colombian peace deal- Vatican
Pope Francis has turned down a request to play a role in the peace deal between the Colombian government and…
Man confesses to killing 25 people
An alleged serial killer, detained over the weekend in Colombia has confessed to murdering 25 people, including his romantic partner…
Nigeria face Colombia, Sweden, Japan in Rio Olympics
Nigeria’s U-23 Dream Team have been drawn against European nation, Sweden, South America’s Colombia and Asian nation of Japan in…
PICTURES: Gallant Gen. Buratai visits Colombia
Nigeria’s Chief of army staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai is on a visit to Colombia’s army headquarters in Bogota.…
Nigeria needs to learn how Colombia survived insurgency, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that Nigeria needs to learn how Colombia survived insurgency for more than 50 years.…
Argentina down Colombia to reach Copa America semis
Viña del Mar (Chile) (AFP) – Carlos Tevez fired Argentina into the semi-finals of the Copa America here Friday, scoring…
Woman, 22, with cocaine in breast implants arrested
Colombia police said on Monday that a Honduran woman, carrying 1.5 kg of liquid cocaine in her breast implants, was…
Potato grows in woman’s vagina
Nurses in Colombia were shocked when they found potato growing in a woman’s vagina. A 22-year-old woman had placed a…
Ten feared dead in Colombia plane crash
Colombian authorities said there was little chance of finding survivors after a small plane with 10 people on board crashed…
Neymar lifts Brazil over Colombia in friendly
Neymar scored on a second half free kick as Brazil beat Colombia 1-0 Friday in their first game since their…
Colombia president supports allowing medical marijuana
President Juan Manuel Santos signalled his support Thursday for a bill that would allow the medical use of marijuana in…
James Rodriguez signs for Real Madrid
Real Madrid on Tuesday signed Colombian striker James Rodriguez, the top scorer at the World Cup, from Monaco on a…
Arsenal close to deal for Nice keeper Ospina
Arsenal are close to reaching an agreement to sign Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina from Nice for a reported four million…
Spanish couple arrested in Colombia baby trafficking case
A Spanish couple was arrested trying to leave Colombia with a five-week-old girl they allegedly bought from her parents, Colombian…
FIFA set to punish Zuniga for Neymar’s injury
Brazil grappled with the injury blow which ruled Neymar out of the World Cup on Saturday as FIFA said it…
Luiz fires Brazil to semi final with a screamer
David Luiz’s screaming free kick gave Brazil a 2-1 win over Colombia on Friday to seal a World Cup semi-final…
Brazil a step up for Colombia, warns Pekerman
Colombia coach Jose Pekerman believes his side’s stunning form will count for little as they face hosts Brazil in their…
Monaco says Colombia’s Rodriguez not for sale
Monaco said Thursday that World Cup revelation James Rodriguez is not for sale and there have been no talks over…
Woman murdered after Colombia World Cup victory
Officials said a 25-year-old woman was murdered Saturday in Bogota following Colombia’s World Cup win over Uruguay in what they…
Rodriguez of Colombia World Cup sensation
Step aside Lionel Messi, Neymar. The main discovery of Brazil World Cup is AS Monaco’s James Rodriguez of Colombia as…
Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay kick off q/final race
Host nation Brazil will kick off qualifications for the FIFA World Cup on Saturday 28 June, as the tournament goes…
Colombia dump Japan out of World Cup after rout
Jackson Martinez scored twice as Colombia beat Japan 4-1 to end World Cup Group C with three straight wins and…
31 children burn to death in bus accident
Thirty-one children were burned to death when their bus caught fire and exploded in northern Colombia on Sunday, the Red…
World Cup 2014: Kagawa, Honda to lead full-strength Japan
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has said the Asian champions will fear nobody at the World Cup as he named a…
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Farewell To The Magic Muse
By Niyi Osundare Gone, the Magic Muse of Aracataca. In a manner similar to his wondrous tales, I can see…
Godfather of magic realism, Garcia Marquez dies at 87
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship…
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Nigeria’s Flamingoes edge Colombia for quarter final
Nigeria’s Flamingoes have qualified for the quarter finals of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup tournament in Costa Rica, after…
U-17 Women World Cup: Flamingoes Promise Goal Feast
Flamingoes forward, Chiwendu Ihezuo has assured that Nigeria will achieve a goal feast against Colombia in Thursday’s second group game…