Uruguay have one foot in South Africa after claiming a 1-0 win over a spirited ten-man Costa Rica side, courtesy of a first-half strike from captain Diego Lugano in World Cup play-off action.
The proceedings began with plenty of niggling fouls by either side as they felt each other out in the first ten minutes.
The first [...]

River Plate, with a good tactical game, generated a good amount of play and was only the Ecuadorian team, Liga de Quito. The Uruguayan team started winning after the goal done by Richard Porta.
Ecuadorians tie the only time in which they reached the bow of Dos Santos. But River did not change its game and [...]

San Jose: Uruguay took a big step towards reaching the 2010 World Cup finals on Saturday with a 1-0 win away to Costa Rica in the first leg of their qualifying playoff.
A 22nd-minute goal from defender Diego Lugano secured the win for Uruguay, who finished fifth in South American qualifying and had to play-off with [...]

SAN JOSE, California: Uruguay took another step towards the 2010 World Cup with captain Diego Lugano’s first-half strike proving enough for a 1-0 victory in the first leg of their qualifying play-off against Costa Rica.
The second leg of the tie will be held on Wednesday in Montevideo, where Costa Rica can expect to struggle to [...]

Uruguay Under-17 was eliminated in their quarterfinal match, after loosing to powerful Spanish national team in the penalty shootout. It was an exciting game with penalties, controversial moves, ejected players, six goals, and an electrifying additional time, but the final result was a victory to Spain 4-2 in the penalty shootout.
Ronald Marcenaro, Uruguayans head coach, [...]

The disciplinary hearing related to Diego Maradona and the incidents following the 2010 World Cup qualifying match between Uruguay and Argentina on October 14, 2009 will be held in Zurich this coming Sunday, according to fifa.com.The outspoken Argentina coach was delighted to hit back at all the criticism that had been aimed at him following the squad’s [...]

The youngest Uruguayan football team reached the quarter finals of Nigeria tournament when it knocked out Iran after extra time. Uruguay scored two goals through Sebastián Gallegos. It was a tough match. Unlike the Uruguayan team, Iran did not have many good chances to score goals.
The extra time found Uruguay playing very well and this [...]

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – An apology for spending the day at the beach while his Costa Rica team mates were training has earned defender Gilberto Martinez a recall for the World Cup playoff against Uruguay.
A spokeswoman for the Costa Rican Football Federation told Reuters on Wednesday that Martinez had said sorry.
“Now we have to see [...]

Costa Rica have included three of their under-20 team in a 32-man squad for next month’s World Cup playoff against Uruguay.
Defenders Cristian Gamboa, Bryan Oviedo and Jose Mena, who helped their country finish fourth at the World Youth Cup in Egypt this month, were promoted to the senior side by Brazilian coach Rene Simoes.
“The great effort these [...]

Atletico Madrid defender Leandro Cabrera has finally returned to the club after a three-week hold up in Uruguay.According to Marca, the 18-year-old’s three-month Spanish visa expired while he was away at the Under-20 World Cup.After Uruguay were beaten by Brazil on October 7, Cabrera travelled back to his homeland in order to gain a permanent visa.Sources inside [...]

MONTEVIDEO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) — Defensor Sporting defeated Cerrito 1-0 on Sunday to take the top spot of Uruguay’s Opening Tournament.
The team won thanks to a spectacular goal from Pablo Gaglianone in the 76th minute.
Defensor now has 15 points, one more than Liverpool, which defeated Rampla Juniors in its seventh round match on Saturday. Danubio [...]

San Salvador – Honduras qualified Wednesday for the 2010 World Cup while Costa Rica will have one last chance to secure a place in South Africa in a play-off against Uruguay.
Honduras got a vital 1-0 away win against already-eliminated El Salvador, while Costa Rica drew 2-2 against the United States in Washington.
Mexico and the United States [...]

ontevideo – Argentina qualified Wednesday for the 2010 World Cup with a 1-0 win over Uruguay in Montevideo in the last round of the South American qualifiers.
Ecuador’s loss to Chile kept Uruguay alive for a last chance to earn a ticket to South Africa 2010 by qualifying for a play-off with a team from [...]

Police are working to ensure safety for today’s match between Uruguay and Argentina. There will be 800 police personnel deployed and an Air Force helicopter will patrol the area. About 4,000 fans are expected to arrive at Centenario Stadium to gather in the Colombes section.
Argentine fans will be surrounded by 15 meter-wide moat like area, [...]

Brazil U-20 ended Uruguay U-20’s dream of making it to the final of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.Brazil started the match the better side of the two and picked up a deserved lead after about twenty minutes. The Uruguayan defence allowed Vasco da Gama attacker Alan Kardec too much space in the area and the young [...]

After being tracked by the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United, it seems the commanding performances of Fernando Muslera between the Lazioposts have also been spotted by his national side, as the Uruguayan gets set to make his debut start for the La Celeste Olimpica.“I believe,” Muslera declared to Lazialita.it, ahead of the crunch tie for the [...]

Argentina are favourites to come out on top of Wednesday’s three-way race for South America’s remaining World Cup place and a playoff berth.
When the Argentines meet Uruguay at the iconic Centenario in Montevideo needing a draw to secure their place at the 2010 finals they will, however, be no sure thing.
Ecuador, who visit qualified Chile, [...]

BRAZIL advanced to the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup, scoring three first-half goals in 10 minutes yesterday to beat Uruguay 3-1.The Brazilians now face Germany, which clinched a 3-2 win over Nigeria with an injury-time goal. Also, the United Arab Emirates scored a late goal to beat first-time qualifier Venezuela 2-1.Alan Kardec scored for [...]

London, Oct. 7 : Football legend Diego Maradona has revealed that he may resign as the Argentina coach next week unless certain conditions are met.
Argentina will play their final two World Cup qualifiers next week against Peru and Uruguay.
But even if Argentina qualifies for South Africa, Maradona will meet with national football association president Julio [...]

Ghana U-20 coach Sellas Tetteh will play three new players in his starting line-up for Friday’s clash with Uruguay in Group D at the World Cup in Egypt.
With the Black Satellites through to the second round of the tournament, Tetteh can now afford to try the other players in his squad.Real Madrid defender Daniel Opare [...]