The final draw of the FIFA World Cup 2026 will take place on Friday at Washington, DC, the capital of co-hosts USA.

The United States scored their most impressive win of Mauricio Pochettino's reign with a 5-1 thrashing of Uruguay in an international friendly on Tuesday.

Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay have all booked their spots at the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Cameras caught Luis Suarez appearing to spit at a Seattle security staff member after a post-match altercation during the Leagues Cup final.

For Uruguay, a draw or more in front of 80,000 fans in a packed-out Estadio Monumental in Montevideo would be a fitting achievement for the 70-year-old Bielsa.

Uruguay edged closer to qualification for the 2026 World Cup with a 2-0 win over Venezuela on Tuesday as Chile's elimination was confirmed with defeat to Bolivia.

Argentina edged to the brink of qualification for the 2026 World Cup on Friday after a superb strike from Thiago Almada earned them a 1-0 victory over Uruguay in Montevideo.

FIFA are set to confirm the hosts of the 2030 and 2034 World Cups on Wednesday.

Jefferson Savarino scored twice as Brazil's Botafogo crushed Uruguay's Penarol 5-0 in their Copa Libertadores semi-final, first-leg on Wednesday.

Suarez retires as Uruguay's highest-ever goalscorer, with 69 goals in 143 games.

Uruguay icon Luis Suarez announced his retirement from international football on Monday, confirming that he will hang up his boots following Friday's 2026 World Cup qualifier against Paraguay

Darwin Nunez's punishment was the most severe of those handed out with the others given four matches or less along with fines.

Luis Suarez rescued Uruguay with an injury-time equaliser before the South Americans defeated Canada 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out to win the Copa America's third place playoff match on Saturday.

Darwin Nunez and other Uruguay players were involved in a brawl with Colombian fans which erupted after their 1-0 Copa America semi-final defeat on Wednesday

Colombia, despite having Daniel Munoz sent off just before the interval and facing plenty of Uruguay pressure, hung on for a famous victory to the delight of their massive following of fans.

Uruguay will be without injured central defender Ronald Araujo for Wednesday's Copa America semi-final against Colombia, coach Marcelo Bielsa confirmed on Tuesday.

Argentina face Canada while Uruguay take on Colombia in the 2024 Copa America semi-finals.

Eder Militao and Douglas Luiz missed penalties for Brazil, after the game finished 0-0 in 90 minutes.