By MARK LORENZANA After Club América and the Monterrey Rayados both punched their tickets to the Liga MX semifinals on Saturday, Oct. 15, CF Pachuca and Deportivo Toluca FC followed suit on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 16, to complete the protagonists that will compete for the two finals slots. Toluca fended off Santos Laguna, 2-1, while Pachuca eliminated the
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By MARK LORENZANA Club América and the Monterrey Rayados both punched their tickets to the Liga MX semifinals on Saturday, Oct. 15, after dispatching their respective opponents — Club Puebla and Cruz Azul — in convincing fashion. América defeated Puebla 5-1 on the evening of Saturday, in a match that came after the Mexico City-based club similarly humiliated their foe,
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexican Formula 1 (F1) racer Sergio “Checo” Pérez took first place in a rain-soaked Singaporean Grand Prix, even after receiving a five-second penalty after the race. F1 race stewards launched an investigation hours later for an alleged safety-car violation by Pérez. Checo led most of the way the entire race, which was not only delayed and marred
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By MARK LORENZANA The Mexican National Men’s Soccer Team squandered an early 2-0 lead and ended up suffering a painful defeat, 2-3, against Colombia in their friendly match on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. El Tri scored two goals early — winger Alexis Vega on a penalty kick six minutes into
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexican winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano saved his heroics for the last minute, scoring a late goal as the Mexican National Men’s Soccer Team overcame Peru, 1-0, in their international soccer friendly on the night of Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. Lozano, who also plays for Italian Serie A club Napoli, anticipated
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By MARK LORENZANA The third and final fight between Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez and Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin on the night of Saturday, Sept. 17, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas wasn’t as close as their first two fights, but still provided a lot of fireworks, and ended in a unanimous-decision victory for the Mexican IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO
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By MARK LORENZANA Ana Gabriela Guevara, head of Mexico’s National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (Conade), has filed a lawsuit against five-time world racquetball champion Paola Longoria. Conade filed the civil lawsuit against Longoria on Monday, Aug. 29, with Guevara publicly declaring that Longoria had to repay unliquidated expenses that the athlete had incurred from 2015 to 2018, to
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Mexicans Prepare for the Soccer World Cup in Qatar
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexican Formula 1 (F1) driver Sergio “Checo” Pérez picked up his seventh podium finish this year as he finished second behind teammate and fellow Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen in another one-two finish for Red Bull on Sunday, Aug. 28, at the Belgian Grand Prix. It was a particularly impressive win for Verstappen, who had the
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By MARK LORENZANA It hasn’t been a good stretch for Mexican soccer lately, and that’s putting it mildly. On the night of Thursday, July 7, the Mexican national women’s soccer team was dealt a painful loss, 0-3, by regional upstart Haiti in the group stages of the Concacaf W Championship. The crushing blow came several days after losing 0-1 to
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