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Las Cimarronas lost to Chile 4-0, then lost to Canada on penalty shootout. They finished 5th after Trinidad and Tobago withdrew after too many players got coronavirus.

The South and Central American Men's Handball Championship is underway. The tournament was supposed to have 8 teams, with two groups of 4 teams, where the two two teams advance to the semifinals and qualify for the World Cup. However Colombia withdrew, so group A has Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia, and group B has Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Costa Rica. Uruguay defeated Bolivia 42-9, therefore we qualified to the World Cup. Good for us, but probably unfair to the group B teams.

Two men's and three women's continental cups are underway.

Las Cimarronas are playing the Women's Pan American Field Hockey Cup, They lost against Argentina 6-0.

María Eugenia Cruces and Cecilia Verocai were signed by Italian club Calvisano, becoming Uruguay's first ever female rugby union professional players. Cruces was raised at Círculo de Tenis, and Verocai at Vaimaca de Salto. Cruces is a biochemist (she was on road for a doctorate). Verocai was a coach at Trébol de Paysandú.

Remember that Djokovic wrote incorrect information on his visa application.

Nine Olympians have been given solidarity scholarships: Rowing: Bruno Cetraro and Felipe Klüver. Sailing: Lola Moreira Athletics: Déborah Rodríguez, Emiliano Lasa, María Pía Fernández. Swimming: Martín Melconian and Nicole Frank. Also, 15 competitors have been selected for military support: Navy Sailing: Lola Moreira Rowing: Bruno Cetraro and Martín Zócalo. Swimming: Martín Melconian Gymnastics: Víctor Rostagno Army Athletics: María Pía Fernández, Emiliano Lasa, Santiago Catrofe. Beach volley: Marco Cairus, Hans Hannibal. Air Force Athletics: Lorena Aires Canoeing: Sebastián Delgado Judo: David Prestes Taekwondo: Federico González Karate: Maximiliano Larrosa

At the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, a French racecar had a bomb blast outside an hotel. https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220104-france-opens-terror-probe-after-paris-dakar-rally-team-hit-by-blast-in-saudi-arabia

Why on Earth does South America have just 2 teams, whereas Africa has 3 teams and North America has 5?

On February 2-6 it's the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup for men and women. Australia and New Zealand will be absent

Amílcar Vidal got his 14th professional boxing win versus Martín Bulacio in Buenos Aires to retain his WBC Latin middleweight title. It was a very controversial unanimous decision according to the press and fans.

Nahitán Nández, a national team football player, was accused by his former wife Sarah García of domestic violence. When the authorities went to capture him, he had just flown to Italy, where he was detected coronavirus. Nández denied the accusations, whereas his mother accused García for faking it.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/story/4561855/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-biennial-world-cup-means-euros-every-two-years These folks are crazy. Having the World Cup or continental championships every year would be chaos.

Uruguay will host a round of the Extreme E, FIA's electric off-road rally championship

Uruguay hosted the South American Canoe Championship at Calcagno lake, just south of the Carrasco airport near Montevideo. We had 57 competitors and won 78 medals, with four golds (none in senior classes), 66 silver (13 in senior classes) and eight bronze (four in senior classes). https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/el-canotaje-uruguayo-brillo-por-su-organizacion-y-por-ganar-la-cifra-record-de-78-medallas-en-el-sudamericano-202112202060

Kast is a supporter of Pinochet and an anti-gay.

At the South American Rowing Championship: Bruno Cetraro was gold in single lightweight and silver in single open. Martín Zócalo annd Marcos Sarraute were gold in doubles. Luciano García was silver in youth singles. Valentín De Mattos, Luciano García, Joaquín Vásquez and Santiago Salgado were bronze in youth quads.

Víctor Rostagno got the vault silver medal at the South American Artistic Gymnastics Championship with an average score of 13.967. Guillermo Maclean got the sabre bronze medal at the South American Fecing Championship. It's our first continental medal since 1999.

Yesterday I attended the last round of the Uruguayan Circuit Auto Racing Championships at El Pinar. Here's some photos: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gran_Premio_Autojuntas_AUVO_2021

I would love to post highlights videos on Reddit, but the IHF rarely upload them...

FIA tilted the race in favour of Verstappen. They were desperate for a new champion.

Uruguay's 10th place is excellent. Swimming and rowing are clearly not national projects, but individual efforts by a limited number of coaches.

Both Verstappen and Hamilton played dirty. I have the opinion that drivers should be penalized for pushing rivals off the track. They should give each other room.

Dramatic Czech Republic vs Finland match right now.

Uruguay has 14 medals so far, with 8 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze. Rowing got 9 medals out of 10 events, with 6 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronze. In swimming, Nicole Frank won the women's 200 m medley with a national record of 2'17.46. She and Luna Chabat broke multiple national records. In sailing, Lola Moreira won the women's Laser Radial event. In canoeing, Santiago Melo was silver in the kayak individual 200 m race with 0'28.37. In athletics, Santiago Catrofe was silver in men's 1500 m with 3'44.71. In taewkondo, Sofía Lieghio was bronze in women's 49 kg. In weightlifting, Ezequiel Almeida broke an 91 kg under-23 national record with 134 kg.