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I don't have to apologize for my 2010 handball against Ghana, says Uruguay's Suarez as they meet Black Stars again today at 6pm

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Uruguay's Luis Suarez sits on the grass during the World Cup group H soccer match between Uruguay and South Korea, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan , Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Ghana and Uruguay meet at the World Cup on Friday in a repeat of one of the tournament's most contentious games, and Luis Suarez still isn't apologizing for his central role in the controversy 12 years ago.

Uruguay striker Suarez's deliberate handball on the goal-line at the end of extra time in the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa denied Ghana a certain goal and a place in history as the first African team to reach the semis. Suarez was sent off for the handball but celebrated wildly on the sidelines when Asamoah Gyan hit the penalty off the crossbar. Uruguay won the ensuing penalty shootout.

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