Politics · Mexico · 16 hrs ago
Mexico’s Conade named 12 winners for the 2026 National Sports Award
Mexico’s Conade announced 12 winners for the 2026 National Sports Award, the country’s top state sports honour.
The awards cover seven categories, including professional sport, coaching and sporting careers.
The award call says there should be one winner in each category, but four categories exceeded that limit.
The 2026 rules also say a woman should be chosen for each male winner, creating a conflict with the one-winner rule.
The published list includes both men and women, but the rules’ requirements were not fully reflected in the outcome.
A similar breach was reported in 2025 under Conade head Rommel Pacheco, and no next step is stated.
Mexico’s National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (Conade) announced 12 winners of the 2026 National Sports Award across seven categories.
Infobae reported that four categories exceeded the one-winner limit stated in the award rules.
The article said the 2026 call also required a woman to be selected for every male winner, creating a conflict with the one-winner rule.
The reported winners include athletes, coaches, a referee and a sports promotion association.
The article noted that the award also had an unusually large number of winners in 2025.
- Who
- Conade named 12 winners of the 2026 National Sports Award.
- What
- The winners were selected across seven categories. Infobae said four categories exceeded the limit in the award call.
- When
- Conade announced the winners on the Thursday before Infobae published its article on November 1, 2026.
- Where
- Mexico.
- Why
- The award recognizes people for sporting achievements and contributions to sport. The sources do not state why Conade selected 12 winners.
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At the end of Ana Gabriela Guevara’s administration, 14 people were recognized, which the article linked to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic year.
Conade selected 16 National Sports Award winners, according to Infobae.
Conade announced 12 winners across seven award categories.
- Total winners
- 12
- Award categories
- 7
- Categories exceeding the stated limit
- 4
- 2025 winners
- 16
- 2024 winners
- 14
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