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Uruguay's under-20 team parade through the streets of Montevideo on an open top bus followed by a motorcade, a day after Uruguay won its first Under-20 World Cup title by beating Italy 1-0 in the final. IMAGES
Jubilant Morocco fans in Brussels celebrate their national football team's win against Portugal to reach the semi finals of the World Cup in Qatar. It marks the first time an African team has reached the World Cup semi finals. IMAGES
Uruguay fans watch the last minutes of the match against Ghana hoping for the third goal that would take them to the last 16 of the World Cup. The game ended with Uruguay winning 2-0, but it was not enough to advance to the next stage, as South Korea's last-gasp victory over Portugal sent the Uruguayans home. IMAGES
Supporters of the Morrocan national football team gather in the streets of Brussels to celebrate their progression into the 2022 World Cup knockout phases, the first time this has happened since 1986. Morocco secured an unexpected victory against Belgium - now eliminated from the competition - last Sunday, before topping Group F with a win over Canada on Thursday. IMAGES
The countdown clock that launches the beginning of the 2022 FIFA World Cup strikes 0, on the Doha Corniche in Qatar. IMAGES
"We believe that it is very important and deserving that the world recognises that South America has contributed and continues to contribute to world football," says CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez in an event at Montevideo's Estadio Centenario as Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile launch a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, 100 years on from the first tournament which was played in Uruguay. SOUNDBITE