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What sports do they play in Uruguay?
Soccer
Uruguay national football team/Sport
Uruguay has captured more world titles than any other nation, and its players are recruited around the world. Other popular spectator sports include basketball, rugby football, boxing, and horse racing, the latter notably at Las Piedras. Tennis, bicycling, and fishing are also widely enjoyed.
What is the most played sport in Uruguay?
Football
Football (Spanish: fútbol) is the most popular sport in Uruguay. Uruguay has won an Olympic gold medal in 1924, and another one in 1928, which were considered the most important tournaments in football, before the FIFA World Cup began in 1930, hence the four stars on the Uruguayan jersey.
What sports are most popular in Uruguay?
Football (Spanish: fútbol) is the most popular sport in Uruguay. Uruguay has won an Olympic gold medal in 1924, and another one in 1928, which were considered the most important tournaments in football, before the FIFA World Cup began in 1930, hence the four stars on the Uruguayan jersey.
What are the three major sports in Uruguay?
Football. The national past time is played and practiced everywhere across the country by people of all ages.
What sports are played in Uruguay?
Popular sports in Uruguay are: Football (soccer), basketball, rugby and tennis. The most popular and favorite is football.
What is the national sport of Uruguay?
Football (soccer) is a national obsession in Uruguay, and the country holds one of the most storied histories in the game. Uruguay first competed at the Olympic Games in 1924 in Paris, where it won the gold medal in football. In 1930 Montevideo’s Centenario stadium hosted the inaugural World Cup, which was won by Uruguay.