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Sports Mole / South Africa desk · South Africa · Canada eliminate South Africa with a stoppage-time winner, reach a first knockout round
From the Bafana Bafana side, frames a late, narrow exit in South Africa's first World Cup appearance since hosting in 2010, a campaign that promised more before the stoppage-time defeat.
“Bafana's first World Cup since 2010 ended with a late sucker-punch, sent home in the Round of 32 by a stoppage-time goal.”