Local soccer idol traded to Germany
Guadalajara’s hometown soccer hero, Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, has signed a three-year deal for his third European club – Bayer Leverkusen from Germany’s Bundesliga – for a reported fee of US$11 million.
Guadalajara’s hometown soccer hero, Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, has signed a three-year deal for his third European club – Bayer Leverkusen from Germany’s Bundesliga – for a reported fee of US$11 million.
Mexico is launching its very first professional football league (the American variety, that is).
Although not confirmed officially, it appears Mexico will host regular season NFL games once again.
There was a moment during the third round of last week’s Barclays Championship when the CBS commentators seemed to hesitate when they saw an unfamiliar name at the top of the leaderboard.
Guadalajara’s two teams in the Liga MX soccer league, Atlas and Chivas, both lost their opening games in the 2015 Apertura tournament last weekend.
Another round in the fierce Mexico-Puerto Rico boxing rivalry will play out at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on November 21 when Guadalajara’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez takes on WBC middleweight world champion Miguel Cotto
Less than 24 hours after winning the regional CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament, Mexican soccer coach Miguel “Piojo” Herrera was removed from his job after allegedly punching a journalist at the Philadelphia International Airport.
Guadalajara’s Formula One racing driver Sergio”Checo” Perez took time off from the track last week to open a new therapy center for physically disadvantaged children on the outskirts of Guadalajara.
More than 700 hard-core runners congregated in Ajijic Sunday, July 19 to tackle the rocky, rain-slicked trails of the back-to-back 2015 Chupinaya mountain races. At the end of the day, Guadalajara’s Fernando “Dory” Mejia Gonzalez sailed through as the overall champion on the 13.8-kilometer long route.