2023-12-28 07:12:01
The star widely considered the best soccer player in history lies in his coffin, on the soccer field where his amazing story began in Brazil. The star whom many place in that same elite and who only won the World Cup in 2022 celebrates his goals with Argentina, in a tie through which he could reach the highest competition again.
From Pelé’s funeral to the exploits of Lionel Messi, 2023 brought mixed emotions in relation to the greatest sports figures in Latin America. And Associated Press photographers captured many of those moments.
They also portrayed the greatest multi-sports events in America. The Pan American Games were held in Santiago and left more contrasting images in memory.
A group of Mexican women celebrate behind their flag, after winning bronze in Santiago. Canadian Jean-Simon Desgagnes stars in a dramatic moment, falling into the estuary during the final of the steeplechase.
And the contrast of feelings in football was not only on the field, with images of celebrations after scoring a goal or of the rude struggle between the players. It was even more accentuated when it showed the fans, from those who cheered their teams with joy to the Boca Juniors supporter, lying face down in an emblematic area of Buenos Aires after a confrontation in which the police intervened, the night of the final that Xeneize lost to Fluminense in the Copa Libertadores.
In addition to great sports celebrities like Tiger Woods or Aryna Sabalenka, there are new images, such as those released by the Indigenous Games in Brazil, the World Cup of short-sized soccer in Argentina or the women’s teams of the same sport, in a year in which women They continued to conquer spaces with their demands for equity.
This photo gallery highlights some of the best sports images taken by AP photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean, and published in the year that is about to end.
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The images were selected by Associated Press photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City.
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