The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
While women’s soccer in Mexico has never caught on in the same manner as in the United States or Canada, great strides are nonetheless being made south of the border.
A Zapopan city councilor wants his municipality to take a lead in trying to eradicate the homophobic chant of “eeeeh puto” that many Mexican soccer fans yell every time an opposition goalie takes a goal kick.
An enthusiastic record crowd turned out to welcome motor racing back to the Guadalajara region Sunday after an absence of six years.
Stands at the Autódromo Bernardo Obregón in Cajititlan were packed to the rafters with 15,000 fans for the fourth round of the NASCAR Peak Mexico Series, one of the country’s most prestigious racing events.
Futbol, as Mexicans call soccer, is a passionate business south of the border. It’s the country’s most popular sport by a country mile and fans love to have their say when things aren’t going well.
The return to Guadalajara (or more specifically, Cajititlán) of the NASCAR Peak Mexico Series after a six-year absence is great news for local auto racing fans.
Ajijic will be the focal point for hard core runners this summer with two rough and tumble mountain races scheduled exactly four weeks apart.
Chapala’s soccer team Charales made history this year, bringing home a giant trophy as the under-20 third division champions of Group X zone. Losing 4-3 in a May 27 playoff match against Group 9 winners Mineros de Fresnillo (Zacatecas), Charales narrowly missed out on advancing to the national quarterfinals.
Team captain Kevin Cano Basulto and seven other star players expect to be picked up by other teams next season to compete in the next age level.
Guadalajara-based team Los Charros de Jalisco will host the 60th Serie del Caribe de Beisbol 2018, an annual tourney that sees teams from Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and other countries in the region try to plant their flags at the summit of the Caribbean baseball mountain.
Junior tennis players will be bouncing in from all corners of Mexico to compete in a national tournament June 15 through 19 at Chapala’s Cristiania Park.
