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SANTIAGO: Hosts Chile sent nine-man Uruguay crashing out of the Copa America on Wednesday, winning a stormy quarter-final 1-0 to edge closer to their dream of a first South American crown.    An 81st-minute strike from Juventus  defender  Mauricio Isla settled a pulsating encounter at Santiago’s Estadio Nacional as holders Uruguay saw striker Edinson Cavani and defender Jorge Fucile sent off. Fucile’s  dismissal  for a second yellow card in the closing minutes triggered a mass  confrontation  involving players and officials from both sides, with even Uruguay’s veteran coach Oscar Tabarez coming onto the pitch. Brazilian referee Sandro Meira Ricci had already incurred the wrath of Uruguay’s players after his decision to show a second yellow card to Cavani in the 61st minute. Cavani, booked in the first half for a foul on Arturo Vidal, saw red after flicking a hand into the face of Chile defender Gonzalo Jara. Jara re...

It has taken 16 years however at last USA and China PR will meet again on the FIFA Women's World Cup™ stage. The 1999 Final remains a development minute for ladies' football, with two all around coordinated groups doing fight before a 90,185 group; a figure which remains a world record for a ladies' football match. USA triumphed by the slimmest edge that day – 5-4 on punishments following 120 scoreless minutes – and now Ottawa will have the two countries on Friday with a compartment in the last-four at Canada 2015 the rich prize anticipating the victor.  The sun-filled recollections of that notorious July evening in Pasadena's hot Californian sun still summon warm reactions all through both the United States furthermore the globe's most populated country. Furthermore, the stream on influences of the match still resound almost two decades later, with a few young people of that period now lead entertainers in the most recent part of this storied contention...

Departing Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has pin-pointed his omission against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League as the moment he decided it was time to leave. The 35-year-old had already been told by manager Brendan Rodgers his game-time would be managed, but the midfielder was desperate to play against the defending European champions at the Bernabeu. However, he had to settle for a 21-minute substitute appearance and it was the pivotal moment in ending his 27-year association with the club. "It was Real Madrid and I wanted to play," he said in an interview with BT Sport. "When I was told I wasn't playing for the sake of the team, because of my relationship with Brendan I took it and I accepted it. "But I sat on that bench devastated because I wanted to play. It pushed me into making a decision to move on and try something different." That turned out to be a new challenge with Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, which st...