Martino declines Colombian job offer
Published
Aug. 25, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

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Argentine coach Gerardo Martino has turned down an offer to take charge of Colombia.
Martino, who stepped down as Paraguay coach in July, was offered the job at a meeting with Colombian Football Federation president Luis Bedoya on Wednesday.
The federation says Martino has declined the offer and leaves Colombia still needing to find a coach before World Cup qualifiers start in October.
Colombia has been without a coach since Hernan Dario Gomez resigned this month after reports he struck a woman in a Bogota bar.
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Martino was nominated for the job after guiding Paraguay to the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup and the final of the Copa America in July.
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