All Things Mexico

New details emerge in sexual assault case against Dani Alves

New details of a sexual assault accusation against Dani Alves emerged over the weekend. 

The Brazilian player was jailed on remand without bail last Friday following the testimony of a woman who accuses him of raping her in the bathroom of a well-known nightclub in Barcelona. 

Here are some of the revelations.

Diego Valdés es el nuevo punching ball de la afición americanista

Le vaya bien o le vaya mal al equipo, la afición del América siempre tiene uno o dos jugadores a los que no trata con mucho cariño. Recientemente, Miguel Layún y Bruno Valdez eran los blancos preferidos, pero con la salida del defensa paraguayo una nueva presa ha emergido: el chileno Diego Valdés.

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Lo estrenó el Bofo: ¿Qué diablos hace Chivas con este cuerno gigante en el Akron?

Chivas quiso armar una fiesta para su primer partido de local en el Clausura 2023. Para eso desplegó un atractivo espectáculo en el Estadio Akron, el cual incluyó un número artístico, un show de luces y una serie de fuegos de artificio. El plato central, sin embargo, fue el estreno de un cuerno gigante para llamar y prender a toda la afición rojiblanca.

Lamentablemente, al final del partido lo que menos hubo fue fiesta.

Find out which Liga MX side your favorite MLS team will face in the 2023 Leagues Cup

The Leagues Cup this summer featuring Liga MX and MLS teams will be a historic tournament and crossover between the two leagues. For the first time every team from both leagues will compete in the same tournament at the same time.

Usually, the only time an MLS and Liga MX team faced off was in the Concacaf Champions League for just a select few. Now every team is involved and guaranteed to play at least one opponent from the rival league.

Wondering who your favorite team will play? Let’s look at the Leagues Cup draw that happened on Friday.

¿Cuánto tiempo estará Chivas sin Alexis Vega?

Con un nuevo torneo, siempre vienen nuevas ilusiones. Y en Chivas había un moderado nivel de optimismo asociado al proceso que comenzó el técnico Veljko Paunović. El entusiasmo, sin embargo, duró apenas hasta la Jornada 2.

El equipo no parece estar muy aceitado y peor aún acaba de recibir un duro golpe: Alexis Vega, su gran estrella, se perderá gran parte del Clausura 2023 debido a una lesión en su rodilla derecha.

Will Marcelo Bielsa be the next Mexico coach? Here's what we know

After the fiasco experienced in the 2022 World Cup, Mexico has been looking for a new coach. Miguel Herrera – former coach of Tigres and Club América – really wants the position and has deployed an intense PR campaign to succeed. However, according to several reports, the leading candidate for the job is none other than Marcelo Bielsa. 

We need to talk about how Pumas UNAM defends corner kicks

After a winning debut in the Clausura, Pumas UNAM is back to the life of misery that they've experienced in Liga MX the last few months. The team lost 3-0 in their away game vs. Santos Laguna this past Saturday and fans are already asking for the dismissal of coach Rafa Puente.  

USMNT and Mexico to play against Germany in 2023, USMNT vs. Mexico also in talks

The next World Cup hosts are looking to prepare themselves in the best way possible ahead of the tournament in 2026, and with much speculation over how they'll manage to do that, they might've just sealed a top-quality opponent in 2023.

According to multiple reports, the USMNT and Mexico are both in talks with Germany for a friendly to be played later this year. 

Fútbol fail of the weekend: Roger Martínez denies América's first win of the season with horrible last-minute miss

Roger Martínez has half-assed his last five years playing for América and it's come to the point where it's not even surprising to see him pull moments like this every other week.

Toluca and América faced off in the second matchday of the Liga MX Clausura at the Nemesio Diez stadium Saturday night and gave us a classic match between the two — counter attacks, skills, amazing goalkeeper saves and, most importantly, goals.

FIFA fines Mexico over $100,000 and gives fan ban for offensive chant at 2022 World Cup

MEXICO CITY — FIFA sanctioned the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) for the offensive chants the country's fans made during their matches at last year's World Cup by ordering it to play a game behind closed doors and fined it $108,000.

"The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has fined FMF with a fine of CHF 100,000 and one match to be played behind closed doors in light of chants by Mexican supporters during the Mexico v. Poland and Saudi Arabia v. Mexico World Cup matches," FIFA said in a statement on Friday.

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