General News

Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta last week helped cut the ribbon on the new Basen Polski (Polish Pool) Swimming Education Center in Atotonilquillo, the easternmost town of the municipality of Chapala. 

Just months after winning the Liga MX title with Club America, Ecuadorian striker Christian “Chucho” Benitez died suddenly at a Qatar hospital in the early hours of Monday morning.

The Jalisco state government has pulled its financial sponsorship of the nation’s flagship golf tournament, the LPGA Lorena Ochoa Invitational, held each November for the past five years at the Guadalajara Country Club.

Mexico’s new soccer season the Apertura 2013 kicks off this weekend. Local clubs Chivas and Atlas will be competing in the top division, the newly renamed Liga Bancomer MX, while Estudiantes and Leones Negros will represent Guadalajara in the second division, the Ascenso MX.

A full field of 500 scrappy runners and dozens of unregistered tag-alongs converged at Ajijic’s plaza last Sunday to prove their mettle in the annual double-header Chupinaya mountain race.

Tapatio boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s highly anticipated bout with Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. in September is on course to become the highest grossing fight in the history of boxing.

Tania Elias Calles Wolf, a daring young women who qualifies as Mexico’s sweetheart on the international sailing circuit, was warmly received Saturday, August 11 for a guest appearance at the Chapala’s Club de Yates.

America's goalkeeper Moises Muñoz turns goal poacher to help the Mexico City team defeat Cruz Azul in the Mexican soccer final.