General News

Scrappy runners signed up for Ajijic’s July 19 Chupinaya mountain race will take home stunning commemorative t-shirts from what has become one of the nation’s most popular athletic challenges. 

Back from Europe  for his summer vacation, Tapatio soccer idol Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez opened the eighth National School Olympics (Olimpiada Nacional Escolar) this week to the delight of some 9,000 excitable children at the Auditorio Telmex.

The Jalisco government is giving financial incentives to its top sportsmen and women to make sure this state maintains its supremacy over its 31 rivals Mexico.

Just 30 months on the cycling racing circuit has netted a San Juan Cosala teen enough medals to cover his chest and ignite a dream of one day becoming a professional cyclist.

The opening ceremony of the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be broadcast live on CBC on Friday, July 10, from 5 p.m., Central Time.

With the majestic backdrop of the Cathedral, the seventh annual homeless soccer tournament was held in downtown Guadalajara on Thursday, May 28 and Friday, May 29.  The event is sponsored by the Street Soccer Organization and the Telmex Foundation and is designed to bring together people over the age of 15, who are homeless, suffer from addiction problems or belong to other vulnerable groups. The winners of the tournament will qualify for the next stage of the competition, with a chance to play in the finals in Amsterdam, Holland. 

Chapala’s Boca Laguna water ski club will be the venue for the opening round of competition in Mexico’s 2015 National Wakeboard Championship circuit, set for this weekend.

Local athletes marked a fast and furious pace to earn top honors in the annual 7KM Chapala-Ajijic foot race held Sunday, May 24.