Uruguay

Football
Business

The AUF, football’s governing body in Uruguay, has insisted that its national team’s participation in the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil is not under threat despite the national association being suspended by Conmebol, the sport’s governing body in Latin America.

Football

The president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has dismissed suggestions Uruguay could be expelled from the forthcoming 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil following the mass resignation of the country’s national football association board.

Football
Business

Four Argentinian football clubs and one Uruguayan club have been sanctioned by football’s world governing body, Fifa, for breaching transfer regulations.
Events

Argentina and Uruguay’s proposal to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup has received heavyweight political backing from the Presidents of the two countries.
Events

The governments of Argentina and Uruguay have confirmed that they will support a joint bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
Business

Temporary and permanent pool manufacturer Myrtha Pools has become an Official Partner of the first World Aquatics Convention, in a deal that it says reinforces its commitment to the International Swimming Federation (FINA) and the development of aquatic sport around the world.
Events

FINA, the international swimming federation, will provide insight into how cities can work more effectively with their national federations to host FINA Championship events during the first FINA World Aquatics Convention from September 27 to 29 this year. The Convention takes place at the Conrad Resort in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Stadia

FIFA will release 5,000 tickets for the first knock-out stage of the World Cup that had been reserved for fans of teams including France and South Africa, following the knocking out of those teams in the first round.
Business

Australia football officials predict a 100,000 sell-out crowd when the national team plays a World Cup warm-up against European champions Greece at the revamped Melbourne Cricket Ground on May 25.
Events

TelefC3nica S.A. has agreed a package of new media broadcast rights covering all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup for almost all territories in Latin and South America.
Events

After its first five races A1GP is reaching an average audience of more than eight million viewers per race in more than 120 countries.
Media

The NBA’s 2005-06 season will reach an all-time high 215 countries and territories through 164 international broadcasters in 43 languages.
Business

Argentina is set to launch a South American Super 10 rugby competition involving its own provincial sides and teams from Chile and Uruguay.
Stadia

Chinese Special Event Management Group and their International agency, RAMP Management Group, have launched the first European/South American soccer tournament in Nanjing and Suzhou, China.
Media

The IRB’s weekly magazine programme ‘Total Rugby’ has increased its global reach to more than 77 million households worldwide, and arrived in a fifth continent.
Business

Infront Sports & Media has reached agreement with OTI (OrganizaciC3n de Telecomunicaciones Iberoamericanas) for the broadcast rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup across Central and South America.
Media

Terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired the UK TV rights to soccer tournament Copa Libertadores 2004, South America’s equivalent to Europe’s Champions League.
Business

UK commercial network ITV has reported an audience of more than 70 million viewers for its coverage of the opening rounds of the Rugby World Cup from Australia.