The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
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.
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.
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.
Guadalajara partied without reservation Sunday after its fabled soccer team, the Chivas, won a record 12th national championship, defeating the Monterrey Tigres 2-1 in the final game of the Liga MX 2017 Clausura tournament.
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.
Sometimes big sporting moments are just pre-destined.
