For second time in Puerto Vallarta there will be the 'Warrior Race'. This event will be for a cause, as food will be gathered for the San Juan Diego Asylum.The race is programmed for February 2nd and consists of running 5 kilometers in the land known as Mother Earth. The contestants will have to confront 16 obstacles such as crossing a mud pool, crawling, cross the ice swimming pool, force, resistance and ability.

World Cup bound South Americans made their mark in the Mexican Clausura championship as Cruz Azul kept a firm grip on top place with a 4-0 rout of Veracruz.

Goals from Ecuador's Joao Rojas and Colombia defender Luis Perea put the Blue Machine firmly in the driving seat in Saturday's match at the Estadio Azul in Mexico City.

Argentine striker Mariano Pavone, unlikely to break into his country's star-studded World Cup attack, put them three up on the stroke of halftime.

Mexican Olympic goal medal winner Marco Fabian rounded off the victory 11 minutes from the end with his first goal for the club after joining on loan from Guadalajara in the mid-season break.

Cruz Azul, celebrating 50 years in the top flight, are unbeaten with 10 points from four matches.

America kept in close touch one point behind with a 2-1 away win over Atlas at the Jalisco in Guadalajara thanks to a double from their former Colombia defender Luis Gabriel Rey.

Title holders Leon, winners of the Apertura in the first half of the season, crashed to a second consecutive defeat going down 3-1 at home to Pachuca.

Ecuadoreans Enner Valencia, with a brace, and Alex Colon scored for Veracruz with Argentine striker Mauro Boselli pulling back a late consolation from the penalty spot.

UNAM Pumas, who finished bottom of the Apertura standings, upset 10-man UANL Tigres 2-1 away with a second half brace from Argentine-born Mexico striker Martin Bravo for only their second win in 21 matches this season.

Tigres had taken an early lead through Argentine Guido Pizarro but were reduced to 10 men in the 38th minute when Jose Rivas was sent off for elbowing an opponent.

Argentine defender Javier Gandolfi scored the only goal as Tijuana beat Morelia 1-0 on Friday. The border town team are on seven points with Pachuca, Queretaro and Toluca, who can join Cruz Azul on 10 if they beat Monterrey at home on Sunday.

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The Municipal Council of Sports, headed by Juan Rincón Flores, makes an invitation to all the young Vallartan women who were born in between 1995 and 2004 and who have aptitude for football, to participate in the tryout to be carried out on the next January 23rd in the sports unit Agustín Flores Contreras, to be part of the team of Jalisco, The tryout will be carried out starting at 16:00 hours in the field number one and the youngsters who attend should wear white clothes and football shoes, so that they can be observed by the coaches in the categories 1995-1996, 177-1998, 1999-2000, 2001- 2002 and 2003-2004; of which some of them could be part of, according to their birth date.

"Any woman who feels that she has enough skill to do a tryout with the coaches can attend, all of the team directors who represent us in the National Olympics are coming" pointed out Rincón Flores.

He also pointed out that when finalizing the tryout, there will be a list with the youngsters who were selected, who should fill a form so that they can later attend the training sessions at the State Council of Sports and Youth Support (CODE) in Guadalajara.

It should be noted that the Municipal Council of Sports supports the selected women with the transportation to the city of Guadalajara, while the CODE will give them the food and lodging that they need.

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The program includes the completion of activities in sports initiation vulnerable to anti-social behavior in our town colonies, basketball, soccer and volleyball, where the best known sports such as are given.

Program: FREE

Description:
This program is intended for children aged 6 to 12 years old, with the premise developing coexistence and respect between them through teaching the sport of your choice. The program takes place from Monday to Thursday at 16:00 pm in the colonies according to their programmed calendar.
The staff in charge of developing sports promoters who will be in charge of the Municipal Sports Council, to participate in the program only need to go to the nearest court and register with the promoter in the assigned times and days set multiple uses.
Hours: Monday to Thursday from 16:00 to 18:00 pm in the spaces mentioned
Objective: To promote and encourage the sport among children vulnerable colonies municipality through the Sports Initiation

Specific Objectives:
1. Strengthen the integral formation of children and youth.
2. To assist in their social integration.
3. Provide opportunities for leisure time.
4. Promote interest in the sport.
5. Detect sporting talents.

Place of implementation:
The program will be implemented in various colonies of the municipality according to the original
Schedule, being the following:

Requirements:
1 - Appear sportswear.
2 - Count from 6 to 12 years old.
3 - Signing parental consent (directly with the instructor).
3 - Introduce the instructor assigned to the sports space.

Mansur Kiadeh international photography exhibit is kicking off January 18 from 1:30PM to 3:300PM in Vallarta Botanical Gardens, A.C.! His work is magical, captivating and beautiful. Take a look at his BIO and some of his work! 

The 3rd. National Charro Championship will be carried out from January 30th to February 2nd of 2014 in the Vallarta Arena in the city of Puerto Vallarta.

The most important event in Nayarit has sucessfully started, developing the champions of the nation.

Tepic-Editorial Staff.- The state Olympiad 2014 was launched in Nayarit, with a ceremony held in the skating ring skate on wheels Nayaritan Institute of Physical Culture and Sport.

On behalf of the Governor Roberto Sandoval Castañeda, the teacher David Aguilar Estrada, director of the Institute Nayarita of Physical Culture and Sport (INCUFID), inaugurated in the state the most important event of the country, where the champions that tomorrow will represent Mexico are forged.

The event was carried out within the framework of the Skates on Wheels Nayarit Cup, which attended by athletes from the states of Jalisco, Aguascalientes and Chiapas; played the president of the association of this discipline, Carlos Resendiz, welcomed  participants, time that I take this opportunity and by the way delivered a recognition to Mike Páez Cuellar, skater of Jalisco  who has represented the country in international events.

The national and international weightlifting multi-champion from Nayarit, Gladis Bueno Placencia was in charge of the Sports Oath, while on behalf of the judges it was the foreigner David Chávez Castellanos, who came to certify the Nayarit Cup competitions.

The lighting of the cauldron corresponded to the skater José Carlos Resendiz Olivares, gold medalist in the last national Olympiad in Ensenada, Baja California.

Before representatives of the education sector, presidents of associations, coaches and athletes, in the inaugural declaration, Aguilar Estrada congratulated the parents who make an effort to accompany and support their children while inducing them to practice sports, as instructed by the governor Roberto Sandoval Castañeda to promote a society that is healthy and committed to its state and country.

With the event, the State Olympiad 2014 competitions officially begin where hundreds of children and young people, men and women struggle athletically to earn the right to represent Nayarit the next national Olympiad this year hosted in Veracruz, Jalisco, Puebla, UNAM and Mexico State

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This Friday, starting at five in the afternoon, in the facilities of the “Niños Héroes” State Gym of the Paseo de La Loma, in Tepic, three basketball teams of triqui boys will show up. These teams have worldwide recognition for their effort in the court and for representing Mexico in competitions of international character.

This news was made known in a press conference by the head of the Nayaritan Institute of Physical Culture and Sport, David Aguilar Estrada, as well as by the president of the Association of Basketball in Nayarit, Arturo Pacheco Benítez, and by Enrique Alejandro Zúñiga Castro, who was the link for the realization of this activity.

“It is an important visit; it is a group of sportsmen that is standing out at an international level for its characteristics, for its origins, and is an example of getting things done. Their trainer has encouraged them to come out from their natural surroundings, which is the southern zone of Oaxaca, and these boys, who have an age of in between 9 and 12 years, stood out by giving an example to the Mexican children and youths”, commented Aguilar Estrada.

For his part, Zúñiga Castro said that the players will have a kind of interaction with the people who assist the exhibition games; “the entrance will be free, thanks to the Government of the People, headed by Roberto Sandoval Castañeda; those who assist will receive a surprise from the triqui boys, besides being able to be and even play with them prior to the official matches”.

The three teams of triqui boys that will be in Nayarit will measure themselves against combined Nayaritans of the same age group of the municipalities of Tepic, Ruiz, Xalisco and Acaponeta, among others. The next day, they will travel to Banderas Bay to present themselves in the Sports Unit of San José and measure themselves against teams of the southern coast, he informed.

Finally, he thanked Roberto Sandoval Castañeda and the Government of the People for supporting this type of show, "I think that the visit of the Triqui children will continue feeding what has been done in terms of basketball in Nayarit. There is a substantial change regarding the mentality of the player, the fan, and even of the media. Now the basketball of our country is another, thanks to players like the Nayaritan Gustavo Ayón and these boys who, definitely, will leave us with a great teaching”, finalized Zúñiga Castro.

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The Golf Tournament organized by Casa Magna Marriott Resort, Puerto Vallarta and Navy League PV to collect toys for children in needy communities in PV and Banderas Bay, was very successful.

Guadalajara.- The Club Guadalajara informed today that, as it was announced last July when purchasing its federative rights, the player Omar Bravo is joining the Chivas team, which will contest the Closure Tournament 2014 in the MX League and the MX Cup.

He pointed out that from the quarry of the “Holy Herd”, Omar Bravo is an emblematic player of Chivas, in addition to being the second best goal-maker in the history of the Guadalajara team with 108 goals, only underneath the legend Salvador “Chava” Reyes.

He stressed that the commitment, prowess and love for the T-shirt from Omar Bravo, will be an example for his team mates and for the future generations of the Guadalajara.

Omar Bravo Tordecillas was born on March 4 1980 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, and played in Guadalajara (2001-2008 and 2009-2010), Soprts Center La Coruña (2008-2009), Tigres (Closure 2009), Sporting Kansas City (2011), Cruz Azul (2012) and Atlas (2013).

Also he has been champion in the Opening Tournament 2006, goal champion in the Closure 2007, runner-up of the Libertadores Cup 2010, runner-up of the League in the Closure 2004, runner-up of the Concacaf 2007 and runner-up of the MX Cup in the 2013 Opening.

He underlined that in the First Mexican Division he has played 374 games, 314 games as leader, 209 complete games, 28 thousand 31 minutes played, 127 goals, 21 goal passes, 97 yellow cards and five expulsions.

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Her name is Karen Jacobson, she is 17 years of age and was born in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

With constant support from her parents, Sandra Castañeda and Michael Jacobson, Karen became involved with the world of surfing at the age of 13.

Although Puerto Vallarta is her birthplace and her parents live in this city, Karen spends much of her time in Sayulita, Riviera Nayarit, which is well-known as one of the best regions for the practice of surfing. It was there where she became acquainted with the sport and the people of this town received her with open arms and they have always given her support in growing her surfing expertise.

Karen competes in Stand-up Paddle (SUP) races, and continues exercises to maintain herself 100% physically in order to be at her best level for any time the opportunity presents itself to attend a tournament, either inside or outside Mexico.

One of her most important accomplishments in her short career was to conquer third place in the last World Championship in Peru.

In Mexico, Karen has already won the title of National Champion two times and has won the right to represent Mexico in the month of May for the second consecutive year. Her first National Championship title was awarded in Sayulita, where she learned to surf. Her second National Champion title took place three weeks ago in Los Cabos.

To date, Karen has been able to compete in tournaments with the support of her family and some local sponsors, such as Las Adelitas Restaurant Bar Galeria (Rio Amazona #234, Colonia Fluvial Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta).

As the challenges increase with the level of tournaments Karen needs to attend to further her career, the expenses increase as well. She is in search of additional support from the Government and from private and business sponsors.

For Karen Jacobson, it is vital to attend the major tournaments in Mexico and in locations such as Australia and Hawaii. To accomplish this goal, she is seeking to establish a team of sponsors who will support travel, accommodations, tournament registration fees, equipment costs and more.

You can follow her success and tournaments on Facebook.

If you feel moved to get involved with Karen's career as a sponsor or for more information, please email Michael at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The winners of the Riviera Nayarit Half Marathon were David Gutiérrez Miranda from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato in the male open category; and Dinora Pérez Sánchez from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, in the female open category.

The fifth edition of the Riviera Nayarit Half Marathon 2013 was a complete success with approximately 800 runners of all ages participating. It’s currently ranked among the top 10 marathons on a national level.

“This is an event that plays on the world stage and generates tourism,” said Arturo García, director of the Half Marathon. “If you consider that each of the participants brought three companions, then you can extrapolate that it brought in over three thousand visitors. We’d like to thank the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau for their unwavering support.”

First place in the 21k female open category went to Dinora Peña Sánchez of Puerto Vallarta, with a time of 1 hour and 29 minutes.

“This is the best-organized race out of all the races that take place in Vallarta or the Riviera throughout the year,” said the winner. “We invite people to come help grow the Half Marathon, to make it better so there are more prizes. We need even more people to participate.”

The first male participant to reach the finish line was David Gutiérrez Miranda, from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, a veteran of marathons and triathlons, with a time of 1 hour 20 minutes. This was his first time running the Half Marathon.

“This is a great place to run and the event is very well organized,” said the winner. “The advantage of having the host hotel so close to the finish line is more time to relax, take a shower and eat breakfast.”

“It’s very calm and a great venue for the race. This is a place that can definitely grow for this type of event,” he added.

He asked for more publicity and support to increase the number of participants, that the invitation needs to reach out to the runners in the heart of the country that participate on a national level. He hopes to return next year to uphold his title.

A total of 78 prizes were awarded; the 10K winners took home a trophy, while the 21K winners took home a trophy and prizes in kind.

As a proud sponsor of the event, the Riviera Nayarit CVB reaffirms its commitment to position the destination as a location for sports competitions on a national and international level.

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