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Greece heads to World Cup after morale boosting Bolivia win
Two headers gave Greece its only victory in four friendlies in 2014
Panayiotis Kone ended Greece's nearly four-game goalless streak in the first half and the Europeans beat Bolivia 2-1 on Friday night at New Jersey, in its last friendly before heading to Brazil for the World Cup.
Greece plays out another goalless draw, with Nigeria
Greece and Nigeria battled to a scoreless draw late on Tuesday at Philadelphia in the US, in an international friendly match that served as a World Cup warm-up for both teams.
Greece had its fair share of chances, but couldn't get past Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, who made a superb double save on Giorgos Samaras and Dimitris Salpingidis in the 8th minute.
Bicep injury rules Sokratis out of friendly with Nigeria
Greece defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos will miss his country's next World Cup warm-up friendly with African champions Nigeria in the United States on Tuesday after suffering a biceps injury, the team's medical team announced on Sunday.
Venezuela's Maduro Agrees to Meet Opposition
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro agreed to meet opposition leaders, after weeks of violent street protests.
The talks, which are expected to put an end to the wave of unrest which has left 39 people dead, will be held Tuesday in Venezuela's capital Caracas.
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Bulgaria Among The Authors Of UN Resolution On Crimea
Bulgaria was among the authors of the UN resolution, condemning the annexation of Crimea by Russia, said a diplomatic source, quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).
Bulgaria, together with all EU member states voted in favour of the resolution of the UN General Assembly, which called the act “illegal” and affirmed Ukraine's territorial integrity.