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Mario Bolatti stabbed in a late goal to give Argentina a 1-0 win at Uruguay on Wednesday and send Diego Maradona's side to the World Cup finals. Bolatti netted five minutes after coming on as a substitute to clinch Argentina...

Uruguay qualified for a play-off with a team from North or Central America or the Caribbean, which turned out to be Costa Rica after it drew 2-2 with the United States Wednesday. Brazil, Paraguay and Chile had already secured berths...

In the 69th minute, a header from veteran striker Sebastian Abreu, 33, appeared to give Uruguay a decisive lead before 65,000 spectators...Only four minutes later another veteran, Walter Centeno, 35, made the most of a rebound in the box to...

Last updated on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 11:55PM EST U ruguay came out of the testing atmosphere of the Saprissa stadium on Saturday with a 1-0 win over Costa Rica in their World Cup qualifying play-off that leaves them with...

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Maradona is criticised for his failure to mould a team out of a fine generation of Argentine players, including Lionel Messi [ Images ] who is a shadow of the Barcelona genius when he wears light blue and white. Uruguay...

The United States qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand with a 27-6 victory over Uruguay on Saturday. The Eagles, who had qualified for all but one of the previous six World Cups, followed up their 27-22...

Recent times have been marked by disappointment: of the past four editions of the World Cup, they only played one, in 2002, and even then they crashed out in the first round. On the way to South Africa, however, Uruguay...

As always, the lengthiest football tournament in the world offered up a wealth of facts and figures. No fewer than 853 matches were played across the six confederations to determine which 31 of the 200 participating countries (more than ever...

Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has a healthy respect for Argentina going into Wednesday's deciding World Cup qualifier that will guarantee the winner a place at South Africa 2010. "It's going to be a tough game because they (Argentina) are an...