NOBSA, Colombia (AP) — It was a not so baaad performance for Colombia’s wooly warriors.

To celebrate the country’s return to the World Cup after a 16-year absence, artisans in the high Andean town of Nobsa put on what they billed as the first soccer match played by sheep Sunday.

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