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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

URUGUAY defeated England 1-0 while Germany easily beat the United States 3-0 at the Under-20 World Cup yesterday.Also, Ghana and Cameroon won their opening games.Uruguay’s Tabare Viudez scored in the 84th minute, beating goalkeeper Elliott Parish with a skillful scissor-kick.England was strong on possession but short on scoring chances despite an impressive starting lineup including [...]