State withdraws funding for Ochoa golf tournament
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- Published on Friday, 23 August 2013 12:05
- Written by Michael Forbes
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.
Local contestant steals thunder in Chupinaya race
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- Published on Friday, 16 August 2013 11:33
- Written by Dale Hoyt Palfrey
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.
Star of Mexican soccer league dies of sudden heart failure
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- Published on Monday, 29 July 2013 13:36
- Written by Duncan Tucker
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.
Mexican sailing whiz drops anchor at Chapala yacht club
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- Published on Friday, 16 August 2013 11:23
- Written by Dale Hoyt Palfrey
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.
New soccer season to begin
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- Published on Friday, 19 July 2013 13:53
- Written by Duncan Tucker
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.