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It's beyond midnight and the drivers are still locked down in a meeting room at the racrtrack, presumably discussing if and how to boycott the race.

Have you seen the controversy at the Uruguay vs Perú match? Peruvians are furious.

The South American Women's Under-17 Championship is in the final stage. I attended the Uruguay vs Chile match, here's my photos.

The South American Women's Under-17 Championship is underway here in Uruguay. I attended the Uruguay vs Chile match, here's my photos.

Governments from 37 countries asked sports federations to ban Russian athletes from all international competitions. The list includes United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1120290/govs-russian-ukraine-sanctions

Massive brawl and pitch invasion in a Querétaro vs Atlas match in Mexico.

Nicaraguan boxer Román "Chocolatito" González defeated Mexican rival Julio César Martínez by a solid unanimous decision, and extended his career record to 51-3. Mexican icon Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez was set to fight Russian light heavyweight fighter Dmitry Bivol (19-0) at Las Vegas, but the worldwide boycott to Russia could block it.

In tennis, the Uruguayan men's team lost 3-1 versus New Zealand at the Davis Cup World Group 1. The big problem was that the matches were not televised at all in Uruguay

Meanwhile, the South American Women's Under-17 Football Championship continues the group phase.

In cycling, Jorge Giacinti (a 47-year-old Argentine) won the Rutas de América. Runner-up was Agustín Moreira, also from the Cerro Largo team. In swimming, Nicole Frank and Micaela Sierra got multiple medals at the Piranhas Senior Invitational. Frank improved her national record in 400 m medley with 4'56.59. In football and basketball, the referee associations suspended they activities for repetitive \insults and threats from the crowd and team executives.

If international federations start banning national federations because of their national governments, there will be few countries left in world cups. The South African boycott was different, because the national federation itself was racist.

Uruguay lost to Brazil and won over Chile, both away. As we love to say, "we still have mathematical chances" to qualify.

At the Sevilla Marathon, Nicolás Cuestas broke the men's national record with 2:11'03. Andrés Zamora did 2:11'26, so both runners qualified to the World Championship in August. At the South American Indoor Championships is closing today. Deborah Rodríguez won gold in 800 m with 2'18.23. Emiliano Lasa was silver in long jump with 8.10 m. Lorena Aires could not do above 1.70 m and ranked fourth. María Pía Fernández missed for coronavirus. Also in athletics, Santiago Catrofe wn the 3000 m in the Sabadell indoor meeting with 7'50.03, the second best South American mark ever, and just missing the mark for the Indoor World Championship. Meanwhile in basketball, Argentine-born and current Biguá player Diego Pena García has been authorized by FIBA to play for the Uruguay national team.

In rugby, the Teros are planning two test matches versus Japan abroad in late June and two matches at home in early July versus European tier 2 teams (as Scotland refused to cross the river). Rivals for the November tests are still open.

In athletics... Santiago Catrofe got the national record in 3000 meters indoor at the Catalonia Meeting with 7'54.36. The South American Indoor Championships will feature Deborah Rodríguez, Emiliano Lasa, Lorena Aires and María Pía Fernández. Fernández signed with Peñarol. Today it's the Doble San Antonio, the iconic road race in Piriápolis up and down the San Antonio hill.

In futsal, Uruguay defeated Venezuela on penalty shootouts 7-6 after a 1-1 in regular time, and finished 5th at the Copa América. In athletics, Emiliano Lasa won at Bragança Paulista with a best long jump of 8,11 m.

At the Copa América Futsal, Uruguay also lost to Brazil 2-0, and defeated Chile 2-0 and Ecuador 6-0. The team finished third in the group, and will play Venezuela for 5th place. In sailing, Uruguay's national team for the SSL Gold Cup (in June) will have Ricardo Fabini as captain, and sailors including Pablo Defazio, Dominique Knüppel, Hernán Umpierre and Fernando Diz.

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Uruguay crushed Venezuela. Out confidence is up for the final two matches.

The 24 Hours of Daytona were claimed by the Meyer Shank Acura, with drivers Tom Blomqvist, Oliver Jarvis, Simon Pagenaud and Hélio Castroneves. The LMP2 winner was DragonSpeed with drivers Devlin DeFrancesco, Eric Lux, Colton Herta and Pato O'Ward. The GTD Pro winner was the Pfaff Porsche with drivers Matt Campbell, Mathieu Jaminet and Felipe Nasr.

The Americas deserve a third spot.

Uruguay didn't play very well, but Paraguay was even worse.

South and Central American Men's Handball Championship: 1. Brazil 2. Argentina 3. Chile 4. Uruguay 5. Paraguay 6. Costa Rica 7. Bolivia The top four qualified to the World Championship.

The Copa América Futsal is underway. Uruguay lost the first match against Colombia 4-0. Emiliano Lasa did a 8.18 m long jump at the Sao Paulo Summer Tournament to claim the gold medal. Santiago Catrofe was third at the Spanish Cross Country Running Championship with a 28'28 at the 10 km race.

Uruguay finished fourth at the South and Central American Men's Handball Championship. The team defeated Bolivia 42-9, and lost the remaining matches with Argentina 43-18, Brazil 48-20, and Chile 29-21.