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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 09:01 UTC

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  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 08:56 UTC

    Paris 2024 apologizes for opening ceremony hurting Christian feelings

    The representation was said to be of a pagan feast featuring Olympic deities in no way connected to The Last Supper

    Certain parts of Friday's opening ceremony at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games were deemed to have a religious connotation that hurt the feelings of Christians and prompted an apology from the organizers.

  • Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 08:31 UTC

    Rain fails to mar opening ceremony at Paris 2024

    Athletes paraded down the Seine on boats

    The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics was held Friday for over four hours at the French capital amid constant downpours that were not enough to cloud the magnificence of the artistic display.

  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 19:54 UTC

    Argentina lose “unusual” Olympic opening game

    Moroccan fans threw firecrackers at Argentina's bench forcing a 2-hour interruption after which Medina's goal was overturned

    The 2024 Paris Olympic Games kicked off Wednesday with some men's football in addition to rugby and other games, while the opening ceremony is to take place later this week.

  • Saturday, July 20th 2024 - 12:23 UTC

    Argentine VP's comments said to be a personal view

    Things between Villarruel and Milei have been mercurial since the beginning of the Libertarian administration

    Argentine Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni said Friday that Vice President Victoria Villarruel's posting on X in support of international footballer Enzo Fernández over his controversial video celebrating the Copa America victory with a chant that could be interpreted as homophobic and racist “was an unfortunate comment” that in no way represents the views of Casa Rosada and showed only the Senate Speaker's personal views.

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    Gibraltar furious with Euro2024 chants, mixing sports celebration with politics “disgusting”

    During celebrations, Spanish player Rodri, who plays for Manchester City, called on the crowd to sing “Gibraltar Español”, with the rest of the team following suit

    The Gibraltar Football Association will make a formal complaint to UEFA against the Spanish national team following Monday’s Euro 2024 champions parade in Madrid, where the team sang “Gibraltar Español” on stage.

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 10:21 UTC

    French rugby players granted house arrest pending rape trial

    Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou were transferred to an undisclosed residence in the area wearing tracking devices

    Mendoza Judiciary authorities Wednesday granted French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou the right to wait for their rape trial under house arrest in the Argentine province's capital after Prosecutor Cecilia Bignert acquiesced to a request filed by defense attorney Rafael Cúneo Libarona, a brother and former law firm partner of federal Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona.

  • Tuesday, July 16th 2024 - 19:32 UTC

    Argentine footballer angers French with Copa America celebration chant

    French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra said the Argentine players' attitude was “pathetic”

    French authorities said Tuesday they would be seeking a reponse from football's governing body FIFA after a video of Argentine international Enzo Fernández went viral. The Chelsea midfielder filmed himself chanting offensive remarks about the ethnicity of France's players in addition to other comments concerning star Kylian Mbappé's sexual preferences.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 19:50 UTC

    French international rugby players held incommunicado in Mendoza pending hearing in rape case

    Under no circumstance will Auradou and Jegou be allowed to fly back to France

    French international rugby players Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, who have been arrested in the Argentine province of Mendoza to face rape charges, spent the weekend separated from each other incommunicado before being transferred to another detention facility. For the time being, visitors are not allowed except for their legal teams after being formally charged Friday with “the crime of sexual assault with penetration, aggravated by the participation of two people.” A 39-year-old woman accused them of raping her multiple times and beating her in a Mendoza hotel room after a rugby match on July 7. The defendants claim it was consensual sex. If found guilty, they face between eight and 20 years in prison.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Injured Messi still lifts Copa America trophy for the second time in a row

    Messi had to leave the pitch through injury but returned to lift his 2nd Copa America

    Despite lacking megastar Lionel Messi for almost half of Sunday's duel, defending champions Argentina retained the Copa America with a 1-0 victory over Colombia. Lautaro Martínez scored the only goal during extra time and only eight minutes from the end following a through ball from fellow substitute Giovani Lo Celso.

  • Sunday, July 14th 2024 - 04:27 UTC

    Luis Suárez steers Uruguay to Copa America third place

    Suárez scored both the equalizer and the decisive penalty during the shootout

    Striker Luis Suárez was man of the match Saturday at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, South Carolina, by rescuing Uruguay from a 1-2 deficit during stoppage time, thus bringing the match with Canada for the football Copa America third place to a pk decision in which he also scored the decisive shot marking the South Americans' 4-3 win.