Having purged his nine-match ban for biting at the 2014 World Cup, star Uruguay and Barcelona striker Luis Suarez is both nervous and excited ahead of a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Brazil in Recife on Friday.... more »
Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez will make a long-awaited return to World Cup duty this week when South America's marathon qualifying competition for the 2018 finals in Russia resumes.... more »
Atletico Madrid defender Jose Maria Gimenez looks set to join club and international teammate Diego Godin in missing Uruguay's World Cup qualifiers with Brazil and Peru later this month.... more »
Uruguay are looking forward to their star striker Luis Suarez's return to international football next month after his nine-match ban for biting an opponent, coach Oscar Tabarez told AFP on Tuesday.... more »
Argentina and Brazil reignited their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaigns with important victories on Tuesday as Copa America champions Chile crashed to defeat in their grudge match with Uruguay.... more »
Ecuador defeated Uruguay 2-1 to maintain their 100 percent start to South American World Cup qualifiers on Thursday with a third consecutive victory.... more »
Uruguay will be without suspended star strikers Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani for their opening World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Colombia.... more »
Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani has been suspended for two matches over his flare-up with Chilean defender Gonzalo Jara at the Copa America, the South American Football Confederation announced.... more »
Alcides Ghiggia, the former Uruguay striker who scored the goal which won the 1950 World Cup against hosts Brazil, died Thursday -- 65 years to the day after his famous strike in the Maracana Stadium that traumatized a nation.... more »
Players and coaches lined up to condemn Chilean defender Gonzalo Jara Thursday after he apparently attempted to shove his finger in an opponent's backside during the stormy Copa America quarter-final win over Uruguay.... more »
Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez leapt to the defence of dismissed striker Edinson Cavani on Wednesday as footage appeared to show a Chilean player attempting to provoke the star by inserting a finger into his anus.... more »
Hosts Chile sent nine-man Uruguay crashing out of the Copa America on Wednesday, winning a stormy quarter-final 1-0 to edge closer to their dream of a first South American crown.... more »
Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani could miss his country's Copa America quarter-final against Chile after his father was involved in a fatal traffic accident in his homeland, reports said Tuesday.... more »
Holders Uruguay made sure of their place in the Copa America quarter-finals here Saturday after battling to a 1-1 draw with Paraguay in a rematch of the 2011 final.... more »
Sergio Aguero got Argentina's Copa America campaign back on track Tuesday, scoring the only goal as the tournament favourites battled to a 1-0 victory over historic rivals Uruguay.... more »
The absence of Luis Suarez is casting a shadow over Uruguay's Copa America preparations but the reigning champions are in defiant mood as they attempt to defend their crown without the suspended Barcelona star.... more »
Luis Suarez was "a victim" of the alleged widespread corruption roiling FIFA so his international suspension for biting should be lifted, Uruguay's football players' union said Thursday.... more »
Barcelona's Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani of Paris Saint-Germain were the spearhead of the Uruguay squad called up Wednesday by coach Oscar Tabarez for friendlies with Costa Rica and Chile in November.... more »
Controversial striker Luis Suarez struck his first goal since being suspended for biting as Uruguay took on Oman in an international friendly on Monday.... more »
Luis Suarez set up Uruguay's goal in a 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia in Jeddah on Friday in his first appearance in the sky blue shirt since his disgraceful exit from the World Cup for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini.... more »
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