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The rising soccer star who doesn’t exist

Slate.com has a fascinating piece about Masal Bugduv, the teenage soccer phenom from Moldova who doesn’t exist.

The article’s sub-title says it all: “Inside the ingenious hoax that fooled the British sports press.”

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