The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
After a 14-year absence, the Mexican men’s national soccer team is returning to Guadalajara. On October 15, El Tri will face their closest regional rival, the United States, at the Akron Stadium in the city.
Eleven athletes from Jalisco are heading to Paris to participate in the 2024 Paralympic Games, scheduled from August 28 to September 8.
Chapala’s neighbors Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos failed at the last hurdle in its bid to win the Copa Jalisco soccer tournament, losing to Ameca in a penalty shootout in the men’s final last Sunday at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara.
The knives had been out for Ana Guevara, the outgoing head of the National Sports Commission (Conade), long before the 2024 Olympics. Mexico’s rather mediocre medal haul only seems to have further inflamed her critics.
The finals of the Copa Jalisco soccer tournament for amateur teams from all the state’s municipalities will take place Sunday, July 28 at the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara.
Although none of the 19 athletes from Jalisco in the 109-strong Mexican delegation won Olympic medals, all performed creditably, with some delivering exceptional performances, noted Carlos González, coordinator at Code Jalisco (State Sports Council), upon their return home.
Chapala are out of the running in the Copa Jalisco men’s soccer tournament after back-to-back losses to Tomatlán in the quarter final round.
Bookending two weeks of fierce sporting rivalry at the 2024 Paris Olympics were two contrasting ceremonies:
Local baseball fans get 12 opportunities to see the Charros de Jalisco in action in July.
