
Soccer fans in tiny Bhutan celebrated Wednesday after the country's national team - ranked last in the world - pulled off an unlikely win over Sri Lanka to advance to the next round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup alongside Asian giants like Japan and South Korea. Bhutan, ranked 209th by FIFA, defeated the Sri Lankans 2-1 in the capital Thimphu on Tuesday for an aggregate 3-1 victory and a pass to the second round of qualifying beginning in June. Chencho Gyeltshen, known as the ''Ronaldo of Bhutan'' in the landlocked Himalayan kingdom, scored both goals in the home victory. ''We're totally overwhelmed with the win,'' Needrup Zangpo, a former editor of Bhutan Observer, told The Associated Press by phone on Wednesday.
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