Uruguayan players to go on strike to demand better wages

MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay's players have threatened to take strike action unless clubs agree to pay them higher wages, the nation's players' association said on Tuesday. 

Nacional, Penarol and Fenix would refuse to play in the Libertadores Cup and local teams would decline to take part in the domestic championship unless players were better paid, the head of the Uruguayan players' association Pablo Hernandez said.