Daniel Sturridges late first half goal was enough to lead Great Britain to a 1-0 victory over Uruguay, booking the home teams place in the quarter-finals. Uruguay was eliminated with the loss. Just before the referee blew his whistle for halftime, Sturridge crashed into the box and slid a ball, delivered by midfielder Joe Allen, past keeper Martin Campana to vault Great Britain into the lead. Great Britain head coach Stuart Pearce was impressed by the effort put forth by his team. "I thought we played some outstanding football, especially in the first half," said Pearce. "Second half we tired and they came into the game. They have some outstanding players in the offensive half of their team so I was pleased we did not concede a goal." Uruguays best chance to tie the game came well into second half injury time. In the 95th minute, midfielder Gaston Ramirez found room on the left side and fired a shot off the crossbar just above goalkeeper Jack Butland, preserving the clean sheet for Great Britain. Butland was also forced to make some big saves in the victory. He was called into action in the 54th minute as forward Luis Suarez had three point blank chances during a goal mouth scramble but wasnt able to beat the Bristol, England native. "We did all we could," said Uruguay midfielder Egidio Arevalo. "We tried our best but their goalkeeper had a great night and he stopped everything we threw at him." Suarez had another good chance blown dead for a handball, he also given a yellow card on the play. "We are over the moon that weve won," said British midfielder Aaron Ramsey. "This team (Uruguay) had some good quality. Weve come so far, so quickly as a team. We were under pressure for the last 20 minutes, but now were looking forward to the quarterfinals." The victory takes Great Britain to the top of Group A with seven points, Senegal will place second after a 1-1 draw with United Arab Emirates. Great Britain will face South Korea, who finished second in Group B, in the quarter-finals, Saturday at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Veteran forward Craig Bellamy, who served as the captain for this game with Ryan Giggs on the bench, was not interested in looking forward to a possible semi-final showdown with Brazil. "There is no potentially," said Bellamy. "We cant talk about potential rivals. Spain are out and I think thats tells you anything can happen in this tournament." Coach Handbags Outlet . Miller was injured early in the second quarter on Saturday night after getting hit by Terrence Wheatley and Kamerion Wimbley. Miller was woozy on the field and walked off with a trainer at his side. Coach Outlet . That was more than Peyton Manning could say. During a stunning first quarter, Manning was picked off once, then twice, then a third time. [url=http://www.official-coach-shop.com/]http://www.official-coach-shop.com/[/ur... . Karstens (5-3) gave up seven hits, did not walk a batter and struck out four for his first victory in nine career starts against Milwaukee. Karstens also had an RBI single and scored during Pittsburghs four-run fifth inning. VALENCIA, Spain -- Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt knocked out Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round of the Valencia Open on Monday, ending a 10-match losing run against top-10 opponents. The Australian wild-card entry broke the 10th-ranked Monaco twice in the opening set and three times in the second at the indoor hard-court tournament. The loss makes it difficult for the Argentine to qualify for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London. Hewitt will face Ivan Dodig after the Croattian qualifier beat Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-2, 7-6 (6).dddddddddddd John Isner outlasted Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5 for the American to stay in the hunt for a spot at the World Tour Finals. The 11th-ranked Isner plays Albert Ramos of Spain, who defeated Rajeev Ram of the United States 6-3, 6-3. Fernando Verdasco beat Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-4 in an all-Spanish match and will play Marin Cilic of Croatia. David Goffin of Belgium beat Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-2, 6-2. ' ' '