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Uruguay vs Brazil starts in a few minutes.

In football, the women's national team is playing the Copa América Femenina. They lost 1-0 against Venezuela. Today they play Brazil.

In taekwondo, Federico González was silver at the Costa Rica round of the Pan American Series, and won the Copa Olímpica in Puerto Rico. In judo, Rodrigo Gamou was 3rd aand Mikael Aprahamian was 5th at the Guayaquil Open. In athletics, the World Championship will feature five Uruguayans: Emiliano Lasa (long jump), Déborah Rodríguez (800m), Santiago Catrofe (1500m), Nicolás Cuestas and Andrés Zamora (marathon).

In rowing, Bruno Cetraro was 3rd and Felipe Klüver was 6th in lightweight singles at the Lucerne round of the World Cup. Their times were 6'49.81 and 7'00.29. In swimming, Nicole Frank improved her national record in 400 m medley with 4'54.13. In rugby, the Teros lost to Romania 30-22. I couldn't attend the match. At the Beach Handball World Championship, the men's national team lost to Denmark, defeated Spain and lost to Qatar, ranking 5th overall. Meanwhile, the women's national team defeated Vietnam and lost to Thailand and Norway, ranking 12th overall.

Los Teros lost to Romania 30-22, despite our rivals getting an early red card. I couldn't attend the match. Also, Los Pumas lost to Scotland 29-6, and Canada lost to Spain 57-434. Bad week for the Americas.

My favourite announcer duo ever is ESPN Latin America's Andrés Agulla and Alex Pombo, which did IndyCar for over a decade. Sadly Agulla was forced to stay doing football.

Meanwhile, the Africa Cup is underway... in France? The semifinals will be Namibia vs Zimbabwe and Algeria vs Kenya. Also, the Americas 2 team will be decided in a two-leg between United States and Chile. And the Asian team will be decided in a single match between South Korea and Hong Kong.

Mid-year international tours: New Zealand vs Ireland Australia vs England South Africa vs Wales Argentina vs Scotland Japan vs Uruguay (we got crushed) Japan vs France Also, Portugal had a narrow 38-31 loss versus Italy.

In the FIBA Americas qualifier, four teams are out: Chile, Paraguay, Cuba and US Virgin Islands. For the second phase, the two groups will be: Group E: Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, Panama, Dominican Republic, Bahamas. Group F: United States, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Colombia.

I seriously dislike using world rankings as qualifying criteria for team sports. How can a small country like Uruguay or Chile qualify, if Argentina and Brazil get free points by getting invited to several major championships? In my opinion, all continents (at least four) should get guaranteed spots through either a continental championship or standalone qualifier. World championships should give not more than four spots. And one or two extra spots for world repechage, to encourage intercontinental play for smaller teams.

The playoffs will feature Brazil, United States, Italy, Japan, China, Turkey and Serbia. The 8th place will be contested between Thailand, Dominican Republic, Canada and Poland.

Tsitsipas vs Kyrgios is heating up as expected...

Argentina's matches air here on ESPN, I watched one quarter of today's. The other matches air on streaming service Star+, which here in Uruguay costs US$ 25 per month (or 12 months of minimum wage).

UFC 276 is this weekend at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It will feature two championship fights: Israel Adesanya vs Jared Cannonier (middleweight), and Alexander Volkanovski vs Max Holloway (featherweight). Other fighters include Sean Strickland, Sean O'Malley and Uriah Hall.

The final window of the first round is underway. Yesterday Uruguay lost to Brazil 73-60. I couldn't watch the match because it was exclusive to DirecTV, whereas I have cable TV. State internet provider Antel didn't buy any rights.

This weekend: Formula 1: Silverstone Formula E: Marrakech IndyCar: Mid-Ohio Nascar Cup & Xfinity: Road America SRX: Stafford ARCA West: Irwindale IMSA: Mosport Park Peter Auto: Le Mans Classic European Le Mans Series: Monza DTM: Norisring GT World Challenge Europe: Misano WTCR: Vila Real World of Outlaws Sprints: Ceda Lake USAC Silver Crown: Homecoming at IRP World Rallycross Championsip: Höljes European Rally Championship: Latvia

In sailing, Felipe Klüver got the bronze medal at the Poznan round of the World Cup with 6'46.86. Bruno Cetraro was 7th. In boxing, Chris Namùs lost against Mary Spencer by TKO at the first round after falling three times. In wheelchair racing, Eduardo Dutra got the national marathon record at Minnesota with 1:35'26. In beach handball, the men's national team lost to Croatia and Argentina and defeated United States, Greece, Spain and Ecuador. The team advanced to the quarter-finals, where they will play Denmark. Meanwhile, the women's national team defeated Australia and lost to Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Argentina and Brazil. They will play the 9th place bracket.

At the Swimming World Championship: Clara De León got 74.2252 points (18th) in technical solo and 77.5333 points in freestyle solo (15th). She and Agustina Medina got 72.7254 points in technical duo. Nicole Frank did the 200 m medley at 2'17.78 and the 100 m breaststroke at 1'10.48. Micaela Sierra did the 200 m breaststroke at 2'39.05 and the 50 m breaststroke at 34.25. Pedro Chiancone did the 200 m freestyle at 1'54.08.

In triathlon, Federico Scarabino was third at the Accra round of the African Triathlon Cup, doing the 26 km in 55'05.98. In athletics, Emiliano Lasa finished fourth in long jump at the Norway round of the Diamond League with 7.90 m. In sailing, the national team was 3rd out of four South American countries at the Star Sailors League qualifier, and did not advance to the Gold Cup. In field hockey, the national federation made a bid to host the 2026 Women's World Championship, rivalling Australia and South Africa. In rugby, the Teros lost to Japan 34-15 at Chichibunomiya. The second match will be held at Kitakyushu.

In basketball, Biguá is leading the finals 3-1 over Peñarol. In athletics, Santiago Catrofe won the 1500 m run at the Manchester Continental Tour with 3'40.58.

Uruguay's Cimarronas won an invitational women's Hockey5s tournament held in Lausanne. They had five straight wins over Switzerland (twice), South Africa, India and Poland.

An invitational Hockey5s tournament was held in Lausanne. Uruguay's Cimarronas won the women's event with five straight wins over Switzerland (twice), South Africa, India and Poland. India won the men's event, defeating Poland in the final. Pakistan, Switzerland and Malaysia were the other teams.

UFC 275 is this weekend in Singapore, using the same venue as ONE Championship. The main fight is Glover Teixeira vs Jiří Procházka for the light heavyweight title. Both have long winning streaks. The two preliminary fights are Valentina Shevchenko vs Taila Santos (women's flyeight title) and Zhang Weili vs Joanna Jędrzejczyk (women's straweight). All four haven't fought this year, and Jędrzejczyk makes her post-covid debut.

In karate, Maximiliano Larrosa was bronze in under 60kg at the Pan American Championship in Curaçao.

In rugby, Peñarol won the South American Super League, defeating Selknam in the final. I couldn't attend the match. In basketball, Biguá has won the first two finals matches versus Peñarol. In beach football, Uruguay lost to Brazil 6-4 and defeated Colombia to rank 7th at the Copa América. In rowing, Felipe Klüver was 5h at the Belgrade World Cup in lightweight singles with 7'18.92. In swimming, Uruguay will have 8 competitors at the World Championships: Indoor: Martín Melconian, Nicole Frank, Micaela Sierra and Pedro Chiancone. Outdoor: Maximiliano Paccot and Angela Maiza Cardozo. Artistic: Clara De León and Agustina Medina.