LUQUE, December 4, 2023 – The 20th National Sports Journalism Congress in Paraguay took place from November 30 to December 2 in Luque. The event, organised annually by the Circle of Sports Journalists of Paraguay (CPDP), featured insightful speeches from prominent media and sports personalities.
 

THURSDAY The programme began on Thursday evening at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee (COP) with journalist and lawyer Andrés Riquelme sharing his rich experience with more than 80 sports journalists from different parts of the country.

FRIDAY On Friday,  the auditorium of the Paraguayan Football Association (APF), located at the same address, hosted a discussion titled Women in Sports Journalism, which was led by journalist Ondina Cantero. Other highlights of the day include the discourse on current football news by 1986 World Cup winner with Argentina, Nery Pumpido, CONMEBOL deputy general secretary for football and director of development; the COP president Camilo Pérez López Moreira speaking on everything related to Olympic sports and a speech by Enrique Sánchez, member of the APF Executive Committee.
 

SATURDAY The last day, Saturday, December 2, featured conversations with veteran sports media personalities, first with  journalist Arturo Máximo Rubín and then with commentator Benicio Martínez. The president of Paraguay’s Interior Football Union (UFI), Óscar Ramírez, spoke about The Reality of Interior Football before the Congress concluded with participants receiving certificates.