The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
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.
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.
For the second year in a row, Mexican jockey Victor Espinoza will head to the Belmont Stakes with a chance to win the Triple Crown.
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.
Mixed fortunes frowned upon Guadalajara’s three Liga Mx soccer teams as the regular “Clausura” season came to a close last weekend, and the playoffs got underway midweek.
Local athletes marked a fast and furious pace to earn top honors in the annual 7KM Chapala-Ajijic foot race held Sunday, May 24.
Why was the Mexican national anthem played before the recent Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather world title fight? It’s a question many boxing pundits don’t seem to have an answer to, given the fighters were from the Philippines and the United States. The ringside announcer implied it was because of the Cinco de Mayo holiday, but that was actually three days later. A more plausible reason, perhaps, was that Mexican beer Tecate was sponsoring the fight to the tune of US$5.6 million. Money talks, or rather sings.
Ten years ago an outing to a soccer game in Mexico was a peaceful pastime, perfect for the entire family. Yet it seems the violence that has marred the sport in South America has spread to this country.
Guadalajara boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has produced one of his finest performances, with a third round knockout of U.S. boxer James Kirkland in Houston last Saturday.
