General News

Mexican cyclist Isaac del Toro etched his name into the history books on July 26, becoming the first rider from Mexico ever to stand on the final podium of the Tour de France. 

If you woke up to the delights of soccer during the long World Cup, you might want to take the experience further by catching one of Guadalajara’s two Liga MX teams, Chivas or Atlas, in person over the next five months. 

If World Cup soccer failed to rock your boat, there’s plenty of America’s favorite pastime, baseball, to enjoy, with the Charros de Jalisco competing in the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (LMB) and looking on course for the playoffs, which begin the second week of August.

In the span of four dramatic days, the 2026 World Cup lost the one storyline organizers had probably hoped to avoid: Canada, Mexico and the United States — the three co-hosts of the tournament — were all eliminated in the round of 16, leaving the rest of the competition to play out without a home team on the field.

Iva Jovic, the 18-year-old U.S. tennis sensation who has risen to world No. 17, will defend the title she won last year at the Guadalajara Open WTA 500.

Scenes of unbridled joy swept Mexico on Tuesday night as El Tri reached the knockout stage for the first time in 40 years, breaking a drought that had haunted the nation since 1986. Reaching a “quinto partido” — a fifth game — had felt like an unreachable quest for a generation of fans; when it finally arrived, the relief was as palpable as the celebration.

The National Professional Basketball League (LNBP) tips off its 2026 season this week, with the Astros de Jalisco setting their sights on their first championship in Mexico’s premier basketball circuit.

International diving competition returns to Jalisco from Thursday, July 16 to Sunday, July 19 at the Centro Acuático in Zapopan’s Parque Metropolitano.