With the presence of the President of Panam Sports, Neven Ilic, the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, authorities of the 41 member countries, and representatives of the Pan American Confederations, the General Assembly of the Pan American Sports Organization will be held on October 2 and 3 in Asuncion, Paraguay.

The event, which will be held at the Conmebol Convention Center in the Paraguayan capital, will be of utmost importance, since the authorities who will have the mission of leading Panam Sports for the next 4 years will be elected.

For the position of President, the current head of the Organization, Neven Ilic, will seek reelection after two terms at the helm of Panam Sports.

Unlike the last election four years ago where he had no contenders and was unanimously elected by the 41 member countries, this time he will have an opponent.

It is the Second Vice President of the Organization, Keith Joseph of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The election is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Wednesday, October 2.

There will not only be an election of the President, as the Assembly must elect the Executive Board members and the 3 Vice Presidents of Panam Sports, who are elected according to the three zones determined for the elections: Group 1, North America; Group 2, Central America and the Caribbean; Group 3, South America.

At the Assembly, in addition to the elections, the traditional progress reports of the last 4 years from President Neven Ilic, Secretary General Jimena Saldaña, Treasurer Richard Peterkin and the different Panam Sports Commissions will be presented.

The President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, who will participate for the last time in the Assembly of the continent before leaving office in March of next year, is also expected to make a speech.

It should be noted that the two days of the LXII General Assembly of Panam Sports will be broadcasted live for the whole world through the Panam Sports Channel.

Aleksander Ceferin has announced he will not stand for a further term as UEFA president in 2027.

Changes to the UEFA statute which were approved at Thursday’s Congress in Paris made a further term that would extend to 2031 possible, but Ceferin has now ruled that out.

“I decided six months ago that I would not run any more. The reason is that after some time every organisation needs fresh blood, but mainly because I was away from my family for seven years now,” the Slovenian said at a press conference after the Congress.

“I intentionally didn’t want to disclose my thoughts before, because firstly, I wanted to see the real face of some people, and I saw it.

“I have a beautiful life in football, I have a beautiful life outside of football as well.”

England’s Football Association had been the only federation to vote against the change to the statutes during Congress, with its chief executive Mark Bullingham holding up a red card in opposition to it.