In 1930, the first football World Cup winners were crowned when hosts Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in the final. After the ...

Before capturing World Cup glory in 1930, Uruguay celebrated wins in the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games. Those games, a 3-0 win over Switzerland in 1924 and a match that assuredly kickstarted a ...

The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in July 1930. It was the only time that there was no qualification for the tournament, with FIFA inviting countries to compete. Because of the costs ...

Only 13 nations took part in the inaugural World Cup in Uruguay, with a majority of seven coming from south America, but it proved a huge success. The Home Nations were all ineligible, having ...

Uruguay defeated Argentina at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo on July 30, 1930, to lift the 1930 FIFA World Cup. The hosts won the game by a score of 4-2 to be crowned the first World Cup ...

As the spotlight falls on Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, we tell the story of how the world's biggest sporting spectacle began, in Uruguay in 1930. How did a small South American nation of ...

This article may have Spanish-language video from our Telemundo sister station. Get the latest World Cup news in Spanish from Telemundo. NBC Universal, Inc. Uruguay has enjoyed a nice taste of ...

This is the fourth in a series on The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup. Previous articles have looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and then again in 1938.

Mexico were back in World Cup action in the first post-war edition staged in Brazil. As per their 1930 debut, they endured a miserable tournament, once again falling to three defeats as Uruguay ...

Lille, France Oct 4 (Reuters) - The inaugural soccer World Cup in Uruguay in 1930 featured 13 teams, after a desperate late push to persuade any Europeans to attend and after Egypt missed their ...

Uruguay has only won two FIFA World Cups. So why are there four stars above its uniform? Before capturing World Cup glory in ...