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☆ Chile chasing Pan Am Games soccer golden double
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SANTIAGO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - It was a deja vu double celebration for Chile at the Pan American Games on Wednesday as Martina Weil powered to women's 400 metre gold and the men's soccer team took a 1-0 win from the United States. The gold on back-to-back nights at the Estadio Nacional, where the 1962 World Cup final was played, were joyous achievements but it is a double opportunity at soccer gold that really has Chilean hearts pounding. The Chilean men have never won Pan Am Games gold and only once before, in 1987, appeared in the final losing to Brazil while the women have never before got to the semi-finals. Andrea Vargas gave Costa Rica their first gold of the Games successfully defending her 2019 Pan Am title in the 100m hurdles while Brazil's Eduardo Rodrigues won the men's. Led by double Olympic champion McLain Ward the U.S. won the equestrian team jumping gold ahead of Canada and Brazil.

Persons: SANTIAGO, Martina Weil, Santiago Adolfo Ford, Cesar Perez's, Weil, Brazil's Lucas Conceicao, Deanna Price, Andrea Vargas, Pan, Brazil's Eduardo Rodrigues, McLain Ward, United States Andrew Doddo, Venezuela's Eliecer Jose Parra, Argentina's Clara Isabel Di Tella, Olivia Fiechter, Amanda Sobhy Peru's Diego Elias, Colombia's Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Tyler Berger, Zane Richards, Mason Parris, Kyle Snyder, Steve Keating, Robert Birsel Organizations: Pan American Games, Estadio Nacional, Pan Am, Brazil, FIFA, Argentina, South, Pan, Costa Rica, Games, U.S, Paris, Canada, Mexico, Thomson Locations: Chile, United States, Brazil, Mexico, Chilean, Uruguay, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, United, Costa, Canada, Paris, U.S, Santiago

☆ Pan Am Games triggers dreamy talk of Chile Olympics bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"All the lights are green for an excellent Pan American Games in Santiago 2023," said Bach. "And among them could be the Olympic Games or other events of this nature." Brazil parlayed the 2007 Rio de Janeiro Pan Am Games into a successful bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Bubka seemed to indicate Chile and Santiago could do the same. "I think these Pan American Games are a really big step for future goals," Bubka told reporters. UNDER CONSTRUCTIONWhile Olympic talk is flattering it is premature with Santiago yet to prove it can successfully deliver a Pan American Games that in some places still appear under construction.

Persons: Dylan Martinez, Sergey Bubka, Thomas Bach's, Bach, Bubka, Eric Myles, Myles, Steve Keating, Ken Ferris Organizations: Estadio Nacional, Pan, Rights, Pan American, Olympic Committee, Games, Olympic Games, de Janeiro Pan Am, Olympic, Argentina, South, Pan American Games, Parque Estadio Nacional, Canadian Olympic Committee, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, Chilean, Brazil, de Janeiro, Uruguay, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal, Morocco

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Television crews at the Pan American Games had equipment stolen this week from the compound of Estadio Nacional, the site of Friday's opening ceremony, heightening concerns about crime at the tournament hosting over 6,800 athletes. A contractor, and not local police, was in charge of security at the Estadio Nacional compound when the incident took place. The Pan American Games, the largest multisport event in the Americas, are held one year before the Olympics. Police presence at Estadio Nacional was greater Thursday than at the beginning of the week. Organizers of the Pan American Games had previously told The Associated Press they had increased their attention in check points at the gates of every sporting venue.

Persons: Harold Mayne, Nicholls, “, ” Mayne, Gabriel Boric, Chile's goverment, Eva Vergara, ___ Organizations: — Television, Pan American Games, Estadio Nacional, Police, Associated Press Locations: SANTIAGO, Chile, Americas

☆ Christiane Endler: Chile’s football federation criticized for handling of star player’s 100th appearance
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The Chilean football federation (ANFP) has been criticized for its handling of a star player’s 100th appearance for the women’s national team. On Tuesday, Endler, the team’s captain and goalkeeper, made history by becoming the first player to reach 100 caps for the Chile women’s national team in a 2-1 victory over New Zealand. One more for you guys,” Chile national team player Daniela Pardo replied to the graphic on Instagram. Endler captained Chile at its first ever Women's World Cup in 2019. That she has been able to achieve so much is remarkable, coming from a country whose federation has sometimes overlooked its women’s national team.

Persons: Christiane Endler, Endler, “, Edgar Merino, Pablo Milad, ” Milad, Justin Tallis, Tiane, Daniela Pardo, Claudio Bravo, Endler hasn’t, Michael Chow, ” Endler, Germain, Harold Cunningham, FIFPro, Gabriel Boric, ” Camila Garcia, ” Organizations: CNN, Chilean, women’s, Chile women’s, New, New Zealand, Lyon, Women's Champions League, Getty, Chile’s Sports Commission, La Tercera, Chile national, Chile men’s, South, Estadio Nacional, Argentina, Santiago’s, USA, Network, Reuters, ADN, FIFA, Paris Saint, Champions League, America Femenina, Ministry, Labour Locations: Chile, New Zealand, France, La, South American, Santiago’s La Florida, La Florida, Paris, Lyon, Chilean, Haiti

☆ Chile right-wing parties win majority in vote to draft new constitution
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] A citizen casts their vote at a polling station during elections for a new assembly to draft constitution, at the Estadio Nacional, in Santiago, Chile April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ivan AlvaradoSANTIAGO, May 7 (Reuters) - Chilean right-wing parties won a majority of votes on Sunday to elect advisers to draft a new constitution, marking a sharp shift from a progressive majority that drafted a failed first constitutional rewrite. With 95.13% of ballots tallied, Chile's Republican Party, led by former conservative firebrand presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, secured nearly 35% of the vote. A separate coalition of traditional right-wing parties gained just over 20% of the vote, while President Gabriel Boric's left-wing coalition garnered about 29%. "I want to invite the Republican Party, that's won an unquestionable majority, to not make the same mistakes we made," Boric said.

"This is the right's best chance for people to pick a Pinochet constitution without Pinochet's signature," said Patricio Navia a political scientist at New York University. "The political climate in Chile isn't the same as in 2019 or 2020," said political analyst Cristobal Bellolio. An estimated 3,200 Chileans were murdered and another 28,000 tortured by the state during Pinochet's rule. Many of the victims were affiliated with the socialist government of Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a 1973 coup. "The issue is that if it's more right then Pinochet's constitution, people are going to reject it," Navia added, who added the loss for Boric left the leader who once promised to bury Chile's market-led model sorely wounded.

☆ Brazilia a câștigat meciul cu Venezuela. Ultimul gol a fost marcat de Gabriel Barbosa
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Echipa națională de fotbal a Braziliei a început „en fanfare” turneul Copa America, pe care îl găzduiește. „Seleção” a învins fără drept de apel reprezentativa Venezuelei, scor 3-0, într-un meci disputat pe Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha din orașul Brasilia. Ultimul gol a fost marcat de Gabriel Barbosa, care a profitat de pasa aceluiași Neymar. Edwin Cardona a înscris singurul gol al partidei. În grupa A vor evolua Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay și Bolivia.

Persons: Gabriel Barbosa, Edwin Cardona Organizations: națională, fotbal, America, Marquinhos Locations: Braziliei, Venezuelei, Brasilia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia

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