General News

The Charros de Jalisco are gearing up for the start of the 2020/21 Mexican Pacific League (LMP) season, kicking off Thursday, October 15, with an on-the-road series against the Sultanes de Monterrey.

After more than 70 years of history and to the disgust of local fans, the Morelia Monarchs professional soccer team is upping its roots and relocating to the Pacific coast resort of Mazatlan, Sinaloa.

Mexico’s professional basketball league (Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional – LNBP), is back – without spectators, of course – with Guadalajara’s Astros de Jalisco, one of the highly fancied teams to make an impact this season.

Fed up with watching reruns of famous championship games? Fans might not have to wait too long for live sports to return, reports suggest.

Superstar Guadalajara-born boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is claiming to be another “victim” of the pandemic, although his virus is a financial rather than health related one.

The 2020 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship, to determine which men’s under-23 national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games soccer tournament, will be held in Guadalajara from March 20 to April 1.

Despite various players, coaches and referees testing positive for Covid-19 in recent weeks, Mexico’s top soccer league, the Liga Mx, will kick back into action next week.

Mexican soccer fans have a top quality league of their own to enjoy and rarely take much interest in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States – often considered a “retirement home” and “final pay day” for once great, but now over-the-hill players.