General News

Soccer, take a back seat. A Guadalajara-born athlete is drawing global attention in a sport rarely associated with Mexico.

Donovan Carrillo, who first laced up his skates in this city, has soared into the men’s figure skating final at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. 

The Astros de Jalisco, the current Pacific Coast Basketball Circuit (Cibacopa) champions, are representing Mexico in the 2025-26 Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA), the premier club competition organized by FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Americas. 

The Charros de Jalisco women’s professional softball team is contending for the 2026 Liga Mexicana de Softball title.

With the Mexican Pacific League (LMP) playoffs looming, scheduled to start January 1, 2026, the Charros de Jalisco are playing out the final games of the regular season.

Charromania broke out Sunday evening as the full-throated roar of a packed Panamerican Stadium celebrated more than just a championship.

It heralded the start of a dynasty, some local media outlets suggested. 

Kenyan athletes claimed victory in both the men’s and women’s categories at the 2025 Guadalajara International Marathon, held on Sunday, November 30. The 41st edition of the race saw 7,400 runners take to the streets of Guadalajara, with African athletes sweeping the podiums in both events.

The world’s greatest soccer rivalry is set for a historic revival in March when Guadalajara’s Akron Stadium hosts an exhibition match pitting legendary former stars of Real Madrid against icons of Barcelona.

The troubled return of Javier “Chicharito” Hernández to his boyhood soccer team, the Guadalajara Chivas, took another turn for the worse this week.