Mexico President Sheinbaum Gifts Her World Cup Ticket to Indigenous Athlete
Sheinbaum said the winners will represent Mexico, not officials, after awarding tickets to four young women selected in a ball-juggling contest.
- On Friday, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum donated her World Cup opening-match ticket to Yolett Cervantes Cuaquehua, a 21-year-old Indigenous woman from Veracruz who won a national ball-juggling contest.
- Sheinbaum launched the contest three months ago to identify a young woman to represent Mexico at the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony, stating she wanted to highlight young female talent rather than attending herself.
- Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada and Tourism Minister Josefina Rodríguez also donated tickets as prizes; three other juggling-contest runners-up received passes to matches in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey.
- Mayor Brugada declared, "Football has no gender, no owner," while announcing the capital will host 18 football festival sites during the tournament where fans can watch matches and participate in cultural activities.
- Preparations continue across the capital, including near-completion of renovations at 20 Metro stations, while a Guinness World Record wave attempt is scheduled for Saturday, June 6, on Paseo de la Reforma.
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Mexico president Sheinbaum gifts her World Cup ticket to Indigenous athlete
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has given away her ticket to the World Cup opening match. The first female president in Mexico’s history donated her ticket to Yolett Cervantes Cuaquehua, a young indigenous woman from Veracruz. Cervantes Cuaquehua was chosen for…
Mexico City, May 29 (EFE).- Mexican authorities announced this Friday to the four young winners of the contest ‘Represents Mexico at the opening of the World Cup’, promoted by President Claudia Sheinbaum to have women footballers attend matches of the World Cup 2026, including the inaugural meeting in Mexico City. Karla Itzel Peña, Daira Yaretzi Díaz, Brianna Ameli Medina and Yolett Cervantes were chosen as the young footballers who will represe…
Ticket No. 00001: Head of State Sheinbaum renounces the opening ceremony of the World Cup. After a competition, it is clear who will receive their ticket.
President Claudia Sheinbaum has given her entry to the opening ceremony of the World Cup to the young Mexican Yolett Cervantes, 21 years old, originally from Tlaquilpa, in the mountainous area of the Highlands of Veracruz. The president decided months ago that she would not attend one of the most important dates of the tournament and instead launched a contest for a soccer fan to occupy the seat corresponding to the 001 ticket that FIFA presiden…
President Claudia Sheinbaum handed her ticket for the inaugural World Cup match to Yolet Cervantes, 21, from Tlaquilpa, Veracruz. The young woman was the winner of a mastered contest and will attend the Mexico-South Africa party on June 11 at Mexico City Stadium. In addition, another ticket for the inaugural match was for Briana Medina Cortés, 18 years old from Iztapalapa. Karla Itzel Peña, 22, will go to the game South Korea-Czech Republic at G…
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