President Gustavo Petro has once again failed to honour his commitments, further diminishing the chances of winning back the Pan American Games, which were cancelled on 3 January due to breaches of contract.

The United States breathes a sigh of relief after securing a last-minute equestrian jumping ticket for Paris 2024. They risked everything on the last opportunity available to them, the Pan American Games. Their success allows them to defend many of the achievements they obtained in the last Olympic events.

Despite the absence of some of their star athletes, the United States showed their dominance and reaffirmed their position as a global sporting powerhouse. This marks the eighteenth time that the United States has topped the medal table at the Panam Games, the only exception being in 1991, when a meticulously prepared event in Havana led to a stellar performance by Cuban athletes, by the Cuban athletes, who won 140 gold medals to the United States' 130.

Colombia is a tremendously important country for us in the development of sports. We are on track to have a great event in Barranquilla 2027,' stated sources from the organization. Mayor Jaime Pumarejo leads the Barranquilla delegation that will receive the flag in Chile as the host of the 2027 Pan American Games during the closing ceremony of the 'Santiago 2023' sports event.

On 20 October, the 19th edition of the Pan American Games kicked off in Santiago, Chile, concluding a long process that began in April 2017 when Buenos Aires withdrew its bid, leaving the Chilean capital as the sole candidate to host the event. 

With fewer fans in attendance at the Pan American Stadium in Nuñoa due to the women's football final and the men's handball and basketball semi-finals taking place at the same time, athletics had another remarkable penultimate day at the Pan American Games with several star performances.

Argentina reaffirmed its title in field hockey, a sport it completely dominates, by defeating Chile 3-1 in the final of the 2023 Pan American Games, held at the National Stadium Hockey Field in Santiago, the capital of Chile.

Chile paid tribute to its oldest Pan American Games medallist and first Olympic champions in a Santiago 2023 Opening Ceremony at the National Stadium which also remembered one of the darkest times in the nation’s history.

Panam Sports has launched the official commercial starring its team of athlete ambassadors for this year's Pan American Games in Santiago.

Former football star Jaime Pizarro has been sworn in as Chile's new Sports Minister and given special responsibility for the final preparations of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games by President Gabriel Boric.

Panam Sports President Neven Ilic has said he expects work on venues here to be completed "very close" to the Opening Ceremony of next year's Pan American Games.

Panam Sports President Neven Ilic has admitted there are "shortcomings" in the region but vowed to help Olympic officials as they prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympics.