Former Sports Illustrated and ESPN sports columnist Rick Reilly called LIV Golf an attempt by “Saudi Arabia to ‘sportswash’ its murderous human rights record by buying off pro golfers with stupid money”
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By MARK LORENZANA Fans of Mexican basketball have a lot to celebrate lately. On the morning of Sunday, Sept. 4, the Mexican National Basketball Team defeated Panama, 65-60, in the group stages of the ongoing 2022 FIBA AmeriCup Tournament in Recife, Brazil. Previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship, the FIBA AmeriCup takes place every four years between national teams
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By MARK LORENZANA There has been a lot of soccer news lately. Two columns ago, I wrote about a particularly bad stretch for Mexican soccer: how the Mexican Women’s National Soccer Team went winless in the recently concluded CONCACAF W championship despite hosting the tournament here in Mexico, about how Mexico’s U-20 National Men’s Soccer Team suffered a shocking defeat
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XINHUA Mexico will begin operating a digital currency issued by the Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) in 2025, the bank’s governor, Victoria Rodríguez Ceja, announced Thursday, April 21. The new digital currency, which will be known as Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), is intended to generate alternative means of payment and providing greater financial inclusion. The social benefits derived from
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Pierre Cardin: An Out-of-this- World Designer By KELIN DILLON Though legendary Italian-French designer Pierre Cardin passed away this past Dec. 29, his legacy remains forever cemented in the hallowed halls of bygone fashion titans with his iconic, larger-than-life designs and ambitious business choices. Born in 1922 in Italy, Cardin’s parents settled in France after the First World War, with him
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