Uruguay faces Peru on Tuesday in the first semi-final of the Copa America. The match will be a replay of the opening fixture of Group C, which ended in a 1-1 draw. Since then, both teams have continued to improve and grow in strength. Both arguably upset the odds in their previous ties to reach Tuesday’s game. In the Santa Fé stadium, nicknamed “The Elephant’s Graveyard,” La Celeste overcame their fierce local rivals and hosts Argentin...More

The Rioplatense rivals, Uruguay and Argentina, meet today in Santa Fe tied on a record 14 Copa America titles, with the historic adversaries looking to improve on their performances to date, both having qualified in second place from their groups with five points. This will be their 30th meeting in Copa America, and again they are tied, with 13 wins each and three draws. The last time the tournament was held in Argentina in 1987, Urugu...More

La Celeste go into today’s game against a young Mexico team, knowing this is a must win match. With two draws from their opening two fixtures, Uruguay are in danger of missing out on the knockout stage. The best two third placed teams in the groups go forward to the quarter-finals but Uruguay will be concerned that at present, this is looking like a tight race with the hosts ensuring ticket to the knock outs in their last chance amoung ...More

There were not many there, but those that attended The Aviva Stadium in Dublin last night were treated to that rarest of things – an enthralling international friendly – as an experimental Republic of Ireland team severely tested a Uruguayan side which finished fourth at last summer’s World Cup. Giovanni Trapattoni fielded a side in which his skipper Stephen Kelly, with 20 caps, was the most experienced member of the starting line-up. ...More

For only the third time in World Cup history, FIFA’s Golden Ball Award for the player of the World Cup has gone to a footballer not involved in the prestigious event that is the World Cup final. The man honoured, Diego Forlan, is a more than worthy winner. No player had more influence or more impact on his team’s fortunes than the man nicknamed ‘Cachabacha’ (after a cartoon witch, no less). While it would be unfair on the other Uruguaya...More

It is hard to believe and indeed accept that FIFA’s showpiece tournament is over, and that it will be another four years before the World Cup descends on Brazil for its 20th edition. What we can say is that despite a slow start to proceedings, the final weekend has served up some fantastic entertainment, proving a fitting end to a competition that will live long in the memory, and the last month will have done wonders for the brand of S...More