Posted on 15 April 2011. Tags: 2011 Pan-American Games, Emilio González, Estadio Omnilife, Odepa, Paralympic American Games
This year’s most important sports event in Mexico is, without doubt, the 2011 Pan-American Games, scheduled for the 14th to the 30th of October in Guadalajara, state capital of Jalisco, the ninth state to join the Federation of Mexico’s present-day 31 state Republic, and home to Mexico’s world-famous tipple: Tequila. The town of Tequila is [...]
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Posted on 03 February 2011. Tags: 7 New Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza, Cobá, Kukulkan Pyramid, Mayakoba Golf Classic, PGA Tournament, Tulúm
Located close to the popular Caribbean resort of Playa del Carmen, the Mayakoba Golf Classic is held later this month, for its 5th anniversary, at the first location outside Canada and the US chosen by the Professional Golf Association (PGA) to host a PGA Tournament. This year, the golfers will swing into action on February [...]
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Posted on 18 December 2010. Tags: Chichen Itza, Guadalajara, Kukulkan Pyramid, Lonely Planet, New Wonders of the World, Pan American Games 2011, Top-Ten Best Things to Do in 2011
The Pan American Games 2011 are to be held in Guadalajara, in the Tequila producing state of Jalisco, and the event has been chosen among the ‘Top-Ten Best Things to Do in 2011,’ by the renowned travel-guide series, Lonely Planet. The Games, scheduled for the 13th to the 30th of October, are expected to gather [...]
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Posted on 23 November 2010. Tags: Chankanaab, Cozumel, Ironman, tourism promotion
Cozumel, the island paradise in Mexico’s Caribbean Sea, is once again to play its part as the location of one of the ‘Ironman’ qualifying rounds, sheduled to kick off on November 28th, against this back-drop of white sands, coral reefs and turquiose waters, in the run up to the event’s 2011 final. In this race, [...]
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Posted on 31 August 2010. Tags: Alejandro Rojas Díaz-Durán, Daniel “Tremendous” Estrada, Erick “Terrible” Morales, Gala Boxística del Bicentenario
As part of the country’s Bicentennial Independence Celebrations, on September 11th, the world’s largest bullring, the Plaza Monumental in Mexico City (50,000 capacity), will play host to an impressive line-up of bouts in a spectacular organised by the World Boxing Council (WBC) under the name of the Gala Boxística del Bicentenario. Without doubt, boxing is [...]
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