The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Guadalajara-born boxing WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez faces WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout on Saturday, April 20 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The fight will be for the unification Ring Light Middleweight belt.
Quarter final action at the ATP Jalisco Open continued Thursday at the Telcel Tennis Center in Guadalajara.
Troubled local basketball team Osos de Jalisco, which owes money to its players and to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), was disqualified from the Americas League on Monday.
Despite recently suffering a first home defeat of the season to Santos Laguna, local soccer team Atlas remains just two points behind Tigres at the top of the Liga MX.
Tennis great Rafael Nadal made another giant leap to regaining his top form after crushing fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2 in the final of the Mexican Open in Acapulco on March 2.
Guadalajara native Sergio “Checo” Perez, 23, will make his debut for top British Formula One team McLaren at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday, March 17.
The 2013 World Baseball Classic got underway in four nations this week, with 16 countries taking part in a 17-day festival that culminates March 19 at the AT&T Park in San Francisco. Mexico, the United States and Canada are drawn in Pool D with underdogs Italy.
Just days after Canadian Ambassador Sara Hradecky spoke at Lakeside about the strength of her country’s relationship with Mexico, players and staff from both nations were involved in a mass brawl at the World Baseball Classic.
Guadalajara did not make the final short list to host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Wednesday.