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Suárez plays for Nacional in Copa Sudamericana home loss

(AP) — Luis Suarez went put Juan Ignacio Ramirez in Cup along with Portugal,
on as a substitute in his a good position to finish, but Ghana and South Korea.
first match since returning the ball hit the post.
to Nacional, but couldn't Another South American
help his Uruguayan club The return leg will be played soccer star had his debut
avoid a 1-0 home loss to next Tuesday in Goiânia, in for Brazil's Flamengo in the
Brazil's Atletico Goiani- Brazil's heartland. Copa Libertadores. Arturo
ense on Tuesday in the Vidal of Chile went on as a
first leg of the Copa Su- Winning the Copa Sudamer- substitute in the 73rd minute
damericana quarterfinals. icana, the second most pres- of his team's 2-0 win at Cor-
tigious club tournament in inthians in the quarterfinals
The 35-year-old Suárez South American soccer, is a of the region's top club tour-
joined Nacional after his key objective for Suárez and nament.
contract with Atletico Ma- his club.
drid expired in the hope of The 35-year-old Vidal had al-
remaining fit enough to play Suárez' previous stint with ready played for Flamengo in
for Uruguay at the World Nacional was in 2005-06. He the Brazilian championship
Cup, which kicks off No- also played with a lot of suc- after joining from Inter Mi-
vember in Qatar. cess for Ajax, Liverpool and lan on a free transfer earlier
Barcelona during his time in this month.
Luiz Fernando scored the European soccer.
only goal of the match in The second leg between the
Montevideo in the 23rd min- The veteran striker has scored two Brazilian teams will be
ute. Nacional almost equal- 68 goals in 132 matches for played in Rio de Janeiro next
ized near fulltime after a play the national team. Uruguay Tuesday.
by Suárez on the left flank is in Group H at the World

Osaka wins at San Jose in 1st match since May

match she's played since May, and 2020.
beating Zheng Qinwen 6-4,
3-6, 6-1 on Tuesday night at the Next up for Osaka is Coco Gauff,
Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. who won her match 6-0, 6-1 over
Anhelina Kalinina. Osaka leads their
Osaka hit 11 aces and saved 7 of 8 head-to-head series 2-1, including a
break points in the hard-court tour- victory over Gauff at the 2019 U.S.
nament that serves as a tuneup for the Open. Gauff was the runner-up at
U.S. Open. this year's French Open.

Osaka had not played anywhere since Another past champion at Flushing
a first-round loss to Amanda Anisi- Meadows, 2019 winner Bianca An-
mova at the French Open on May 23. dreescu, lost Tuesday in San Jose,
beaten 6-4, 6-2 by Shelby Rogers.
The former No. 1-ranked player was
bothered by her left Achilles tendon In other first-round action, qualifier
during that defeat, then cited that lin- Elizabeth Mandlik won her WTA de-
gering injury when she pulled out of but, defeating Alison Riske-Amritraj
Wimbledon in June. 6-3, 6-3, and No. 9 seed Veronika
Kudermetova beat Camila Giorgi 7-6
(AP) — Four-time major cham- pion Naomi Osaka won the first Osaka won the U.S. Open in 2018 (2), 4-6, 7-5.

Europe starts unique soccer season split by Qatar World Cup

(AP) — In the 134 years the latest planned date since
since league soccer started the inaugural European Cup
in England, the European final was on June 13, 1956.
game has never scheduled It will also force the domes-
such a disrupted season. tic leagues to have lengthy
midseason breaks, from six
FIFA's decision to move the weeks in the English Premier
World Cup in Qatar from the League to a 10-week shut-
normal offseason months to down in Germany's Bundes-
November and December in liga and three months in Aus-
order to avoid the desert heat tria, where the World Cup
will slice into the European extends the country's usual
domestic season in a way not winter break.
seen outside of international
traumas like war or pandem- Closing for peak commer-
ic. cial weeks is the compromise
reluctantly accepted by Eu-
As a result, the unusual 2022- ropean leagues and clubs in
23 European season has had 2015. Then, FIFA inevitably
to start early, will cram in shifted its marquee event out
more midweek games and of the usual June-July slot
end with the Champions that is part of soccer's global
League final on June 10 -- rhythm.