The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Both of Guadalajara’s Liga Mx soccer teams, Atlas and Chivas, will be involved in the playoffs of the Clausura 2022 tournament, which get underway this weekend.
The Guadalajara-based Astros de Jalisco basketball team are well placed in their first season in the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA)
Guadalajara basketball fans will have little to complain about over the coming months, with the city’s pro team, the Astros de Jalisco, competing in two men’s leagues, as well as debuting a team in the LMBP Femenil (women’s league).
The capacity of the Pan Americano Stadium in Zapopan, used by both the Jalisco Charros and Mariachis de Guadalajara baseball teams, will be increased to more than 16,000, allowing it the possibility of hosting a Major League Baseball series in the future.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put in doubt the next big fight for Guadalajara boxing superstar and quadruple world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
Guadalajara native Lorena Ochoa was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame after the circuit lifted a 10-year requirement for players to be eligible for the honor.
After competing in last week’s Zapopan Open, Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (world number 20) headed north to the WTA Monterrey Open to discover that she had been drawn against Russia’s Anastasia Potapova in the first round of the tournament.
Canada has a new group of sporting heroes! The Canadian men’s soccer team qualified for the 2022 World Cup for only the second time in the country’s history, after beating Jamaica 4-0 in Toronto March 27.
Number six seed Sloane Stephens of the United States defeated Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic in three sets to win the Akron Zapopan Open, her first title in four years.
