Sports
Super Bowl shatters viewership records with 123.4 million tuning in for Chiefs’ victory
The Super Bowl last Sunday, where the Kansas City Chiefs emerged victorious with a 25-22 win over the San Francisco 49ers and featured Taylor Swift as a star spectator, achieved a record-breaking audience of 123.4 million viewers, setting a new benchmark for television broadcasts in U.S. history.
This spectacle surpassed the previous record held by last year’s Super Bowl, in which the Chiefs also clinched the title, this time against the Philadelphia Eagles, gathering 115.1 million viewers.
The 2024 Super Bowl ranks just behind the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, which had an estimated viewership of between 125 and 150 million people in the U.S. However, the comparison is somewhat imprecise since the moon landing was broadcast across various networks, whereas the 2024 Super Bowl was exclusively aired on CBS and its affiliated channels and platforms.
Data from Nielsen Fast National and Adobe Analytics, released by the NFL in a statement on Monday, showed that 120 million people watched the game on CBS.
The remaining viewers tuned in through Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Univision, CBS Sports, and NFL+. Notably, the 2.2 million viewers on Univision set a new record for a Super Bowl broadcast on a Spanish-speaking network.
Central America
Defense Minister commends salvadoran soldier for Central American Cross Country victory
The Minister of Defense, Francis Merino Monroy, congratulated soldier Idelma Lizeth Delgado Juárez, the Central American Cross Country Champion of 2024.
The minister explained that this weekend the III Central American Cross Country and Race Walking Championship took place in the Republic of Guatemala, where members of the Salvadoran team had an outstanding performance.
“In addition to our champion, the national team includes three more members from the Armed Forces, who brought honor to the name of El Salvador,” he added.
Sports
Águila midfielder Darwin Cerén detained over sexual assault allegations
The National Civil Police reported the arrest of soccer player Darwin Cerén, a midfielder for Águila in the Major Soccer League.
“We have arrested Darwin Adelso Cerén, 34, for the crime of other sexual assaults against a woman,” the Police stated.
The arrest was made with a warrant issued by the Attorney General’s Office following an investigation, added the PNC.
The arrest took place in San Miguel.
Sports
Bob Beamon’s “leap of the century” gold medal sold for $441,000
The gold medal from the “Leap of the Century” in the long jump, won by American athlete Bob Beamon at the 1968 Olympic Games, was sold in New York on Thursday for $441,000.
“It’s time to pass it on to someone else,” said the 77-year-old former athlete to AFP before the auction organized by Christie’s.
Beamon’s historic jump at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics measured 8.9 meters, a world record that stood until the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo.
In a thriving market for sports memorabilia, Christie’s experts had valued the gold medal between $400,000 and $600,000.
“This auction is an excellent way to showcase the medal but also to preserve its memory,” said the former athlete, now a musician, hoping that the buyer “understands the significance of this sporting achievement.”
The auction house has not disclosed the buyer’s name, who bid $350,000, plus taxes and the sales commission, bringing the total price to $441,000.
Beamon recalls October 18, 1968, as “an extraordinary day” because “everything was perfect, the wind was perfect, the weather was perfect.” “It rained just after.”
“To my great surprise, it wasn’t just a (successful) jump; it was an incredible moment in history,” he remembers.
In Christie’s auction of “exceptional” items, a unique 1966 Beatles painting created by the four British musicians was also sold for $1.74 million.
“We are thrilled to see another magnificent performance by The Beatles,” said Casey Rogers, the head of this sale, in a statement.
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