The English Football Association panel banned Edinson Cavani for three matches despite accepting the Manchester United striker was not racist and had not known his language was...

Luis Suarez and Diego Godin are among the Uruguay soccer players backing calls for the English Football Association to reverse its decision to ban Edinson Cavani for using a Spanish term for Black...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's first socialist president, Tabaré Vázquez, who rose from poverty to win two terms as leader, died Sunday of cancer, a disease the physician dedicated much of...

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona and Atlético Madrid will meet in the Spanish league on Saturday after both facing setbacks during the international break.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Two Uruguay players and five team staff members tested positive for COVID-19 after the 2-0 home loss to Brazil in South American World Cup qualifying, the country's soccer...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil extended its winning streak to four matches by beating Uruguay 2-0 on Tuesday to lead South American World Cup qualifying. Argentina will end 2020 two points behind in...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Luis Suárez and goalkeeper Rodrigo Muñoz have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Uruguayan Football Association said on Monday.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Despite the political crisis in Peru, Argentina’s final World Cup qualifying match of the year is expected to be played as scheduled in Lima on Tuesday.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil unconvincingly beat Venezuela 1-0 at home, but that was enough for coach Tite's team to take the lead in South American World Cup qualifying with nine points from three...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar has been ruled out of Brazil's World Cup qualifier against Uruguay next week because of a groin injury he sustained playing for Paris-Saint-Germain in a Champions League...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay are all facing injury problems ahead of upcoming World Cup qualifying matches.

For Brazil, forward Philippe Coutinho is out. Argentina will be...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar will come to South America for World Cup qualifying matches despite a groin injury he picked up in a Champions League match for Paris Saint-Germain.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil has lost two more players for this month's World Cup qualifying matches against Venezuela and Uruguay.

Defenders Felipe and Diego Carlos were called up Tuesday to...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil called up striker Gabriel Jesus and goalkeeper Alisson on Friday for two World Cup qualifying matches in November even though both players are recovering from...

Edinson Cavani has posted only two updates to his 2.1 million followers on Twitter over the last 11 days, both of them showing him hard at work — first on a running machine and then on the...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar and Luis Suárez rewrote some record books and Argentina is breathing easier thanks to Lionel Messi.

In South American qualifying for the World Cup on Tuesday night,...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil and Argentina did not have much trouble in the opening round of South American World Cup qualifiers. On Tuesday, both expect a different story away from home.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil and Colombia had no trouble on Friday beating two of the weakest South American teams to score their first wins in the opening round of World Cup qualifiers. The matches...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Striker Luis Suárez said Thursday his former club Barcelona treated him so unfairly that he spent days in tears before his departure to Atlético Madrid.

SAO PAULO (AP) — In their first matches in almost a year, Argentina and Uruguay won their South American World Cup qualifying openers on Thursday without doing much to impress their fans watching...

Manchester United's search for a striker ended with the signing of veteran free agent striker Edinson Cavani, while Arsenal secured midfielder Thomas Partey from Atlético Madrid before the summer...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Striker Edinson Cavani is the most notable absentee in Uruguay's squad announced on Friday for the two opening rounds of World Cup qualifiers against Chile and...

MADRID (AP) — Luis Suárez was emotional when he was introduced by Barcelona six years ago, and again on Thursday when he had to say goodbye after being told he wasn’t wanted by the club...

MADRID (AP) — Luis Suárez is staying in Spain after all.

Barcelona said late Wednesday that it reached a deal with Atlético Madrid for the transfer of the Uruguay striker for 6 million euros...

ROME (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether Barcelona striker Luis Suárez was illegally helped to pass an Italian language exam last week in order to receive a European passport that could...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — The final 15 passengers, including six Americans, were evacuated Wednesday from an Australian cruise ship that has been anchored off Uruguay’s coast for almost three...

SYDNEY (AP) — More than 100 Australian and New Zealand passengers of the Antarctic cruise ship the Greg Mortimer, most of whom infected by the coronavirus, arrived in Melbourne early Sunday on a...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay evacuated 112 Australians and New Zealanders Friday from a cruise ship that has been anchored off the South American country’s coast since March 27 with more...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Nearly 60 percent of 217 people — many from Australia, Europe and the United States — on board a cruise ship off the coast of Uruguay have tested positive for the new...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Sharing the mate beverage is an old tradition in parts of South America. The new coronavirus is changing that.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A right-of-center president took office in Uruguay on Sunday, promising to crack down on crime and tighten government finances after a 15-year string of left-leaning...

ZURICH (AP) — Former FIFA Council member Wilmar Valdez was banned from soccer for one year on Tuesday for breaking his duty of loyalty.

FIFA said its ethics committee judges also imposed a...

Pope Francis has chosen a Uruguayan priest who has worked with street children to be one of his two personal secretaries.

The Vatican said Sunday that Francis has known the Rev. Gonzalo...

Barcelona says Uruguay striker Luis Suárez will be sidelined for four months after having surgery on his injured right knee on Sunday.

The Spanish club made the announcement three days after...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says Uruguay striker Luis Suárez will have surgery on Sunday for a right knee injury.

The Spanish club made the announcement on Saturday - two days after...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Flamengo striker Gabriel Barbosa has been named “King of the Americas."

The 23-year-old Barbosa easily won the South American player of the year in a poll of...

MIAMI (AP) — David Beckham’s new MLS team finally has its first coach, with Inter Miami hiring Diego Alonso.

The Uruguayan, who has coached two different teams to CONCACAF Champions League...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Four people were arrested for possible ties to the more than $1 billion worth of cocaine seized in recent days in Uruguay, the largest drug bust in the history of the...