The Superior Audit of the Federation purports that the Mexican Social Security Institute handed out more than a billion pesos to PM Soluciones Group for technical services that were never rendered
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Guevara had announced funding cuts to the Mexican synchronized swim team at the start of the year, an arbitrary act that most outside analysts considered petty revenge against the athletes
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Guevara’s cutting of the swimming team’s budget and her subsequent combative stance earned swift backlash
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The Mexican team finished second only to Spain, an impressive feat considering its members had to sell swimsuits and towels to pay for their preparations for the tournament
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López Hernández promptly issued a statement about the video, thanking the three for their show of “affection and solidarity,” but asked them “to abide by the constitutional and legal framework”
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By MARK LORENZANA Ana Gabriela Guevara, head of Mexico’s National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (Conade), has filed a lawsuit against five-time world racquetball champion Paola Longoria. Conade filed the civil lawsuit against Longoria on Monday, Aug. 29, with Guevara publicly declaring that Longoria had to repay unliquidated expenses that the athlete had incurred from 2015 to 2018, to
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By MARK LORENZANA I was only supposed to write about an update on WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner, who is still detained in Russia. I have covered Griner extensively in this column, and I’ve regularly heard and read negative comments about the WNBA star, even from some friends. One of the biggest arguments I’ve read — and heard from friends
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican diver and two-time Olympic medalist Paola Espinosa announced Monday, May 9, that she is retiring from the sport after more than two decades in competitions. The first and only Mexican to win a World Swimming Championship, both in individual and synchronized events, Espinosa said in a video conference Monday that she was withdrawing
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite having qualified for the finals in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and being the first Mexican to compete in his sport in more than three decades, figure skater Donovan Carrillo could see his monthly government stipend drop from 30,000 pesos a month to just 6,000 pesos a month. According to new tabulators of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Olympic silver- and bronze-medal diver Paola Espinosa has accused National Sports Commission (Conade) head Ana Guevara of intentionally blackballing her from participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Earlier this week, Conade issued a list of Mexican participants in the games, replacing Espinosa, known for her synchronized three-meter springboard, with Carolina Mendoza and Dolores
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