General News

The Mariachis de Guadalajara debut season in the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) gets under way Friday, May 21, 9 p.m., with the home opener against the Durango Generals at the Estadio Panamericano (Charros) on the northern rim of the metro area.

Just days away from the start of the season, the Mariachis de Guadalajara, one of two expansion teams in this year’s summer Mexican Baseball League (LMB), has finally received the authorization to play its home games at the Charros Stadium in Zapopan, several reports confirm.   

The northeastern Jalisco town of Tepatitlan is on the verge of something truly special, locals believe. If the town’s soccer team defeats Morelia in the final game of the  Liga de Expansión Mx (Mexico’s second tier pro league) on Saturday, May 15, it will represent the finest hour in this humble club’s 77-year history.

Two more Jaliscienses have booked their passage for the Tokyo Olympics: Úrsula Sánchez and José Luis Santana (right), who will participate in the women’s and men’s marathons. 

Don’t get Tapatio champion boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez mad.

The Liga Mx pro soccer season has entered the playoff stage with both of Guadalajara’s teams, Chivas and Atlas, still involved.

Atlas, usually the bridesmaids and rarely the bride, are one step from the Liga Mx semi-finals after defeating Puebla 1-0 in their quarter-final home leg Wednesday.

When the engines rev up on Sunday, March 28, for the first Formula One race of 2021 in Bahrain, one driver — probably positioned somewhere near the front of the grid — will have his thoughts focused firmly on the objective he has had in mind ever since he was a prodigious teen taking checkered flag after checkered flag at Mexican go-karting competitions.