The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Guadalajara boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez made a successful return to the ring last weekend after his disappointing loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September 2013.
Leading international tennis professionals will be looking to earn valuable ATP points at the fourth Zurich Jalisco Open, scheduled at Guadalajara’s Centro Panamericano de Tenis from Tuesday, March 25 to Sunday, March 30.
Mexico's second-largest broadcaster TV Azteca has purchased Guadalajara soccer club Atlas in a deal reportedly valued at almost 50 million dollars.
Major League Soccer (MLS) has assumed control of the troubled Chivas USA franchise in Los Angeles, founded in 2005 by Guadalajara nutrition supplements magnate Jorge Vergara.
Lexi Thompson sank a six-foot birdie putt on the final hole of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational to edge Stacy Lewis by one stroke and win her second LPGA trophy of the season.
For several years, this newspaper has been charting the steady rise to international stardom of three young Guadalajara-born sportsmen: boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Formula One racer Sergio “Checo” Perez and soccer ace Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez.
Guadalajara racer Sergio Perez will leave Formula One team McLaren after a single season that he spent struggling in an uncompetitive car.
A disastrous season for Guadalajara’s top two soccer teams, Chivas and Atlas, has been offset by the change in fortunes for the Universidad de Guadalajara’s Leones Negros (Black Lions), who won the Ascencio MX league crown last weekend and are within one playoff game – to be held next May – of returning to the Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican soccer.
Mexico’s national soccer team defeated New Zealand 5-1 on Wednesday to virtually guarantee a place in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. El Tri now travel to New Zealand for the return leg on November 20, a game that will surely be a formality.
