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Latin America's Heroes: Paralympic Glory in Paris 2024

The Paralympic Games have brought more than 4,000 athletes from around the world, and Latin America. Here's a breakdown of great Latin American achievements...

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Latino Heat: The Stars of the 2024 Olympics

As the world tunes in to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics, the spotlight shines brightly on Latin American athletes who are set to leave an indelible mark on the global stage. These athletes, hailing from various countries across…

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Pele & Maradona: Contrasting Greatness

Among the claims to football greatness, those of Pele and Maradona, who died within just over two years of each other, will endure as a contrast in character and iconography, defining between them the developing story of modern…

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Messi is the greatest, so was Diego

Argentina’s well-deserved victory in Qatar means that this South American nation has not only won two World Cups as a democratic country (a third under dictatorship), but each have been achieved thanks to the greatest player of…

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Top 10 Latin American Sportswomen

Forget Guillermo Vilas, Gustavo Kuerten or Juan Martin del Potro, did you know that Latin America’s most successful tennis player - World No. 1,19 Grand Slam titles, including three Wimbledon singles crowns - was a woman? And yet…

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End of an Era? The Rise and Fall of Maradona, Messi and Barcelona F.C.

With the death of Maradona and the wane of Messi and Barcelona FC as infallible forces in football, it feels like the end of an era. Who better to talk to about it than Jimmy Burns; biographer of all three. As Financial Times…

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The Greatest Boricua Boxers of all Time

We head to ‘la isla del encanto’ Puerto Rico, an island that moves beat of reggaeton, to have a look at some of the best boxers to have danced around the ring.

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Top 10 Colombian Football Players

As the 10th best team in the world according to the official FIFA ranking, the Colombian flag has become one of the most recognisable in football’s modern era. With an exorbitant overflow of talent, there can be little doubt as…

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Top 10 Argentine Footballers

As one of the biggest football teams in South America and the world, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) has had some of the best players to have ever graced the sport. For fans of the game there exists a constant debate as…

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Top 10 Mexican Boxers

Globally, Mexico is known as a boxing powerhouse, boasting some of the greatest champions in the sport’s history, something which continues today. Here we present 10 of the greatest Mexican boxers of all time

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Things You Should Know About...Inspiring US Afro-Latinxs

Changing the world in everything from Poetry to Baseball, from Politics to Hollywood, here, in no particular order, are just some of the US Afro-Latinos who have helped shape the American landscape and who you should definitely…

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The Hand of God – Argentina’s Peculiar Blessing and Burden

Argentines will both mourn and celebrate the death of Maradona as they haven’t since the death of Evita, for it is love-hate with him, just like Argentines with their own self-image. As with all its other famous people, the…

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Latin American Tennis Greats

Dominated by a superb tennis tradition, at any given time there will be more Argentine tennis players in the top 100 than British, American and most other European countries. Other countries, like Chile, Brazil and Ecuador have…

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Latin Sports Stars To Watch out for In 2020

You may have heard of some of these megastars before and there may be some new names on the list, but they all have one thing in common – 2020 is going to be a big year for these Latin Sports stars.

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Diego Maradona (Dir. Asif Kapadia)

In the Shakespearean tragedy that is the movie 'Diego Maradona', master documentary story-teller Asif Kapadia offers football's most revered and loathed protagonist a chance for redemption

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10 Cyclists To Look Out For in 2019

In 2018, Latin cycling soared, with the first edition of the new race 'Colombia: Oro y Paz' (this year 'Tour Colombia'), a Spanish world champion in Alejandro Valverde and 11 Grand Tour stage wins by Latin…

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Sports Personalities of 2018

In a world of ever increasing Sports feats and competition, the variety in this list demonstrates the far-reaching expanses of Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese athletes at a global level. It is clear sport is at the heart…

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Football Personalities of 2018

With a fantastic World Cup to remember and the Premier League well under way, we review the most exciting Latin and Spanish Football Personalities of 2018

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Latin American Record Breakers

From giant comic books to ‘Despacito’, which incredible Guinness World Records titles were set in 2018? Latino Life takes a look at some of this year's stand-out achievements.

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Things That Matter to...Roberto Carlos

Nicknamed ‘el hombre bala’ (the bullet man) for his powerful free-kicks, Roberto Carlos is undoubtedly one of the most iconic footballers of all time. Having made a name for himself in Brazil, Carlos began his European career…

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Creating Colombia’s Tennis Legacy

So you thought Latin American tennis players only came from Argentina? Think again. Enter Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, last year's doubles Wimbledon and US Open champions, the world’s #1 doubles pair. Amaranta…

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Stars of Summer ‘18

As part of our series of profiles on the Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese teams who have qualified for this year’s World Cup finals, Lewis Blakeman picks out the players he expects to star on the world's stage this…

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World Cup Profile: Will it be a glorious goodbye for the legendary Andrés Iniesta?

In the seventh of our profiles on the Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese teams who have qualified for this year’s World Cup finals, Lewis Blakeman focuses on 2010 champions Spain, who will hope to give Andrés Iniesta the…

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World Cup Profile: Fourth time lucky for Messi and Co?

In the sixth of our profiles on the Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese teams who have qualified for this year’s World Cup finals, Lewis Blakeman questions whether this could be the year that Argentina captain Lionel Messi…

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World Cup Profile: Peru’s long-awaited World Cup return

In the fifth of our profiles on the Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese teams who have qualified for this year’s World Cup finals, Lewis Blakeman looks at Peru’s chances of making an impression following their 36-year absence…

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World Cup Profile: Can dark horses Uruguay cause an upset?

In the fourth of our profiles on the Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese teams who have qualified for this year’s World Cup finals, Lewis Blakeman considerers two-time champions Uruguay’s chances of adding another star to the…

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World Cup Profile: Mexico Look to End 24-Year Curse

In the third of our profiles on the Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese teams who have qualified for this year’s World Cup finals, Lewis Blakeman looks at World Cup regulars Mexico and their chances of putting an end to the 24…

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World Cup Profile: Colombia look to build upon successful 2014 campaign

In the second of our profiles on the Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese teams who have qualified for next year’s World Cup finals, Lewis Blakeman looks at Colombia – nicknamed ‘Los Cafeteros’ – and their chances of repeating…

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World Cup Profile: Brazil back on course for glory

In the first of our profiles on the Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese teams who have qualified for next year’s much anticipated World Cup finals, Lewis Blakeman admires how the world’s most famous team, known affectionately…

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Peru's World Cup Fever Begins

As Peru qualifies for the World Cup finals for the first time in 36 years, David Wright reports from Lima, where the sniff of glory has uplifted a population

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World Cup Wisdom

Ever wondered what it’s like to be a football icon? Latinolife talks to four World Cup legends of Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese football about their life and passions.

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Ten Golden Moments for Latin America at Rio 2016

‘Rio 2016’ marked Latin America’s first hosting of the Summer Olympic Games since Mexico City was awarded the honour in 1968. Despite some concerns in the build-up to the games, Brazil succeeded in putting on a glorious show full…

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LATIN LONDONER #17: Juliano Fiori - rugby player

If anyone epitomises the uniqueness and strength that comes from being bi-cultural it is Juliano Fiori. Not only is he a West Londoner who is playing rugby for Brazil in the Olympics, but to do so, he’s had to juggle a full time…

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El Chacal comes to England with a point to prove

Even among boxers, Guillermo Rigondeaux's story is pretty incredible. Once Cuba's pride and joy, the twice Olympic gold medalist and twice world champion was exiled in his own country for two years after caught trying…

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Football’s Bohemian

After a very successful career in the Spanish and Italian football leagues for Valencia, Lazio and Barcelona, Gaizka Mendieta felt the urge to experience the most acclaimed league in the world. At 29, the Bilbao-born Spanish…

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