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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) Ronaldo scored less than a minute into the game, and Brazil rolled over Bolivia 3-1 in World Cup qualifying Sunday.

Ronaldo volleyed in a rebound just 50 seconds in, and Ronaldinho and Adriano followed with first-half goals for Brazil, which moved past Argentina and back to the top of the South American standings.

''We have every reason to be happy,'' Ronaldo said. ''It was marvelous. We played excellent soccer and we're the leaders.''

Bolivia scored four minutes after halftime on defender Edmilson's own goal.

Brazil (4-0-4) has 16 points after eight games; Argentina (4-1-3) has 15.

Bolivia (2-6-0) remained at the bottom of the 10-team group with six points.

Elsewhere, Uruguay beat Ecuador 1-0 in Montevideo on Carlos Bueno's goal in the 57th minute, and Paraguay beat Venezuela 1-0 in Asuncion.

Chile and Colombia played a scoreless tie in Santiago.

In African qualifying, Egypt held on to upset Cameroon 3-2 for its first win over the Indomitable Lions in a non-exhibition game since 1987. Goals by Mohammed Shawki in the 45th minute, Ahmed Hassan in the 71st and Tarek al-Sayed in the 90th gave the hosts a 3-0 lead.

Samuel Eto'o scored twice during injury time for Cameroon.

Egypt, Cameroon and Libya are tied for second in Group 3 with seven points, two fewer than Ivory Coast, which crushed visiting Sudan 5-0 behind Aruna Dindane's hat trick.

Mali settled for a 1-1 tie with Senegal, which twice rallied from a goal down. Togo beat the Republic of Congo 1-0.

Togo, Senegal and Zambia have seven points each to lead Group 1.

Nigeria beat Zimbabwe 3-0. The Super Eagles have a narrow lead in Group 4 with nine points, one ahead of unbeaten Angola, a 1-0 winner over Rwanda.

Gabon beat Algeria 3-0 for its first win.

The Democratic Republic of Congo beat South Africa 1-0 on Kamamba Musasa's 88th-minute goal, and Ghana beat the Cape Verde Islands 2-0.

Guinea beat Botswana 4-0.

In the North and Central American and Caribbean region, Guatemala beat Costa Rica 2-1.

The win put Guatemala at the top of Group B. Costa Rica, which played in the 2002 World Cup, is in last place in the same group.
 

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BUCHAREST - Romania striker Adrian Mutu and midfielder Florentin Petre, who are banned and injured respectively, will miss Wednesday's World Cup away qualifier against Andorra, team officials said on Monday.

A team spokesman said Mutu did not travel to Andorra after being booked twice in previous matches. Romania head Group One with six points from their two games.

The spokesman said team doctors had asked Petre to stop training for the next week after he strained a leg muscle during the 2-1 win over Macedonia.

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