General News

Guadalajara diver Alejandra Orozco, 17, has won a gold medal the Youth Olympics taking place in Nanjing, China – Mexico’s first ever in a Youth Olympics.

Tickets to watch the newly reconstituted Charros de Jalisco play ball in next season’s Liga Mexicana del Pacifico will range in price from 100 to 600 pesos (There will be some restricted view seats on sale for 25 pesos.)  

The avid young athletes associated with the Salvajes Ajijic running club have been gaining fame as they have steadily burnt up tracks in every race they have entered since the group was formed just over a year ago.

Around 360 million dollars from public and private funds will be splashed to bring Formula One racing back to Mexico for the first time in 23 years.

Organizers of Jocotepec’s Primera Carrera Panorámica met with the press last week to announce details of the 12.6-kilometer race to be held on Sunday, October 12, with backing from the Federation of Mexican Athletics Associations  (FMAA). 

Brandy Erholtz blazed to glory at the July 20 Chupinaya-North American Central American Caribbean (NACAC) Mountain Championship, capturing first place in the women’s field with a new record time as she led Team USA to gold medal standing.

If the recent soccer World Cup whetted your appetite to see more of Mexico’s national sport then Guadalajara provides plenty options.

Ground conditions should be perfect on Sunday, July 20 for off-road vehicle enthusiasts (right) who will mix it up Chapala’s Festival de Lodo mud-bogging free-for-all to be held at the lake’s edge on the northeast outskirts of town, starting at 11 a.m.