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Uruguay lands in Miami after flight delayed by paperwork issue

Lizzy Becherano Mon, Jun 15, 3:50 AM UTC

Uruguay arrived in South Florida on Sunday night ahead of its opening World Cup match after the team's plane was delayed for a couple of hours in Mexico due to what FIFA called "an airline permitting error".

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