MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Defender Diego Lugano's physical presence and commitment to the team make him a natural to wear the captain's armband for Uruguay. "We have an impressive history of captains who ...

LUSAIL, Qatar — In what initially appeared to be the first in-game demonstration in support of LGBTQ rights at the 2022 World Cup, a protester disrupted Monday night’s game between Portugal and ...

Soccer went global 100 years ago this week. Fans watching the 1924 Paris Olympics tournament must have felt the shift as they witnessed players from tiny Uruguay appear to be running circles around ...

The World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay was briefly interrupted by a pitch invader waving a rainbow flag on the field at the Lusail Iconic Stadium on Monday. The FIFA global television feed ...

A boy wearing a protective mask waves the Uruguayan flag in Montevideo. Uruguay has recorded the lowest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths per capita in South America, if not the entire western ...