Some of the popular
Uruguay Sports include football, basketball, rugby and tennis. Among these, football is a favorite sport of Uruguay people.
Uruguay has received wide acclaims for winning Olympic gold medals twice in football. It also emerged triumphant in the World Cup of 1930 held in Montevideo. There is also a stadium in Uruguay for the footballers. It is known as Estadio Centenario. It also won the World Cup title in 1950 beating Brazil in the final. Some of the eminent football players of Uruguay are Diego Forlan, Alvaro Recoba, Gonzalez De Los Santos, Walter Pandiani and others.
Basketball Federation of Uruguay has got a great history. One of the notable basketball players of Uruguay is Esteban Batista. It became 6th in the first Olympic Games held in Berlin. It also achieved the following ranks in the other Olympic Games:
- 5th in London
- 3rd in Helsinki
- 3rd in Melbourne
- 8th in Rome
- 8th in Tokyo
- 6th in Los Angeles
Rugby is another popular sport in Uruguay. Its national team is called Teros. It achieved 15th rank in the World Cup held in Wales in 1999 and also participated in the World Cup of Australia in 2003. Two very eminent players of tennis in Uruguay is Marcelo Filippini and Pablo Cuevas. These were some of the Uruguay Sports that are played over there.
