The Nigeria U-17 women’s team, the Flamingos, will face Mexico in a friendly game as preparation for the U-17 World Cup gets underway, according to PUNCH Sports Extra. Nigeria are one of the 16 countries that will take part in the World Cup, which will be hosted by the Dominican Republic. The tournament will be held from 16 October to …

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday a death was caused by the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with a subtype of avian influenza. WHO said the 59-year-old resident of Mexico had died on 24 April after developing a fever, shortness of breath, diarrhoea, nausea and general discomfort. This was the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with …

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as the first female president of Mexico in a historic landslide win. The 61-year-old former Mayor of Mexico City won between 58 per cent and 60 per cent of the preliminary results of votes cast in Sunday’s election. The result gives her a comfortable lead of almost 30 percentage points over her main rival, businesswoman …

U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation have withdrawn their joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup and will instead focus on securing the 2031 edition, the national governing bodies said on Monday. The decision comes less than three weeks before the FIFA Congress chooses the hosts on 17 May and leaves Brazil and a joint bid from …

Eclipse mania gripped North America on Monday as a breathtaking celestial spectacle observed by tens of millions of people offered a rare convergence of commercial and scientific opportunities — and an excuse to party. The Moon’s shadow plunged the Pacific coast of Mexico into total darkness at 11:07 am local time (1807 GMT) and swept across the United States at …

Gio Reyna and Tyler Adams scored as the United States beat Mexico 2-0 in Sunday’s CONCACAF Nations League final, giving the Americans all three titles in the event’s history. Adams scored a long-distance screamer in the 45th minute and Reyna fired home a loose ball from the edge of the box in the 63rd for the USA, who also won …

Mexico has abandoned its bid to host the 2036 Olympics, more than half a century after first staging the Summer Games, a senior official said. “We had a talk with the International Olympic Committee and we saw that the competition is very tough”, Mexican Olympic Committee head Maria Jose Alcala told reporters on Tuesday. Mexico was considering a bid to …

The United States and Mexico have submitted a joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, the two federations announced on Friday. The bid is expected to face opposition from Brazil and a three-nation European bid including Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Should the North American bid succeed it would extend a streak of major international tournaments being held …

More than 100 people have died due to extreme heat in Mexico in June, the government said, following a series of heatwaves in the Latin American nation. Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather, with many countries experiencing record-high temperatures. Over 1,000 heat-related emergencies were reported in Mexico between 12 and 25 June, of which 104 resulted in deaths, …

A gun battle between suspected cartel members left at least eight dead and one wounded on Wednesday in a mountainous area of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, local authorities said. The state prosecutor’s office said the violence took place in Guachochi, one of the largest towns in a mountainous area that is hard to get to, and which is …