The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Tough security measures were in put place Saturday when the Chivas faced America at the Omnilife Stadium a week after fans had been involved in a violent confrontation during a game with hometown rivals Atlas.
Former world number 42 Gilles Muller won eight matches in eight days as a qualifier to claim his seventh ATP Challenger Tour title at the Jalisco Open held at Guadalajara’s Polideportivo Metropolitano de Tenis last week.
Major League Soccer (MLS) has assumed control of the troubled Chivas USA franchise in Los Angeles, founded in 2005 by Guadalajara nutrition supplements magnate Jorge Vergara.
A mass brawl left more than 50 injured, two of them seriously, after police officers waded into a crowd of volatile soccer fans attending the Chivas-Atlas game at the Jalisco Stadium Saturday evening.
For several years, this newspaper has been charting the steady rise to international stardom of three young Guadalajara-born sportsmen: boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Formula One racer Sergio “Checo” Perez and soccer ace Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez.
Guadalajara boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez made a successful return to the ring last weekend after his disappointing loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September 2013.
A disastrous season for Guadalajara’s top two soccer teams, Chivas and Atlas, has been offset by the change in fortunes for the Universidad de Guadalajara’s Leones Negros (Black Lions), who won the Ascencio MX league crown last weekend and are within one playoff game – to be held next May – of returning to the Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican soccer.
Leading international tennis professionals will be looking to earn valuable ATP points at the fourth Zurich Jalisco Open, scheduled at Guadalajara’s Centro Panamericano de Tenis from Tuesday, March 25 to Sunday, March 30.
Mexico's second-largest broadcaster TV Azteca has purchased Guadalajara soccer club Atlas in a deal reportedly valued at almost 50 million dollars.