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Fighting Foreign Fakes
 Omar Millán González
Many of the National Football League and Major League Baseball items sold in Tijuana and throughout Mexico are counterfeit – a savings for consumers but a financial hit for the professional leagues and their manufacturing partners.
The Top 10 Soccer Story Lines of 2007
 Ives Galarcep
What is the best way to measure how good 2007 was for American soccer fans? Consider how easy it has been to forget the disaster that was 2006.
Surfers to Lend Santa a Hand with Baja3000 Road Trip
 Santa Cruz Sentinel
This Christmas, a group of ten surfers, mostly from Santa Cruz, is organizing a different kind of Baja surf trip, one where helping those in need is just as important as scoring the ultimate wave.
Ochoa Repeats as AP Athlete of the Year
 CyberGolf
LPGA star Lorena Ochoa is in rarified company. The top-rated golfer in the world was the overwhelming choice as the AP Female Athlete of the Year. The award was the Mexican national's second straight, and it was the fifth straight year a golfer has captured the award, the longest streak of any sport.
Jefferson Pérez is Voted Best Latin American Sportsman of the Year
 Javier Clavelo Robinson
Ecuador's three-time World champion Jefferson Perez and Brazil's FIFA World Player of the Year Kaka were selected the best Latin American sportsmen of the year as they both finished with the same number of votes in the annual Prensa Latina survey.
In Street Football, Playing Is Winning
 David Vargas
Football can cause excitement and euphoria, or anger and even aggression, but the Second South American Street Football Championship taking place this week in the Paraguayan capital puts the emphasis on solidarity, fair play and social participation.
Chavez Jr. Tries To Establish His Own Legacy
 Matthew Hurley
There are a lot of questions surrounding the young heir apparent Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. His detractors point to the quality level of his opposition and the lack of a proper amateur background while his supporters choose to observe and appreciate his slow but steady maturation in the ring and the filling out of his twenty-one year old body.
Choosing to Swim With the Sharks
 Pete Thomas
Caged divers face fears and get close, personal look at predators at Guadalupe Island off Baja coast. The experience is exhilarating, even as rumors swirl over methods used to draw out the beasts.
Lorena Ochoa to Host Her Own LPGA Tournament in Mexico Beginning in 2008
 The Canadian Press
Five years after she joined the LPGA Tour, Lorena Ochoa has her own golf tournament. The Lorena Ochoa Invitational was among four new tournaments on the LPGA Tour schedule next year, a 54-hole event for 36 players at Guadalajara Country Club, the course where Ochoa grew up.
Riviera Racing Earns 40th Annual Baja 1000
 SCORE International
Mark Post of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., capped off a sensational 2007 SCORE Desert Series Wednesday by driving his Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck to the overall victory in the 40th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, the granddaddy of all desert races.
 Cuba Hosts Domino Championships
 Reuters
A Venezuelan team upset the Cuban home team favorites when they won the title at the International World Domino Championship.
Volkswagen Develops Touareg TDI For Famous Baja 1000
 PaddockTalk
In the 2008 motorsport season, Volkswagen of America, Inc. will start contesting the popular U.S. off-road racing series SCORE with a Touareg TDI. The Touareg TDI will be developed specifically for the extremely tough demands of the Mexican peninsula Baja California, which, since 1967, has been the annual venue of the most famous event of this kind – the Baja 1000.
Cuba Names Baseball Team for World Cup
 Yao Siyan
The Cuban Baseball Federation announced a team for the next month's World Cup baseball tournament. The team, coached by Rey Vicente Anglada and, is comprised of 24 players including famed pitchers Pedro Luis Lazo and Yadel Marti.
Mexican Politician Stumbles Over ChampionChip in Berlin Marathon
 RFID News
Former Mexican presidential candidate Roberto Madrazo was disqualified from the Berlin Marathon after he failed to register on the ChampionChip timing system that registers all runners' results and split times. In an event this size, stopwatch timekeeping is a thing of the past.
Mexico's Ochoa Captures LPGA Samsung World Championship
 Agence France-Presse
World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa posted her second successful title defence of 2007 by easily winning the one million-dollar LPGA Samsung World Championship on Sunday.
2007 SCORE Baja 1000 Course Map
 SCORE International
SCORE has released the route for the 40th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. This 1,296-mile race will stretch from Ensenada to Cabo San Lucas and will include over 300 racers from 13 different countries competing for their own piece of Baja glory.
Roberto Madrazo Disqualified From Berlin Marathon
 DPA
The Mexican politician who came first among those aged 55 and over at last week's Berlin marathon has been disqualified after organizers found irregularities with his time.
US Teams Eye Canada, Mexico
 Associated Press
For NFL teams near Canada and Mexico, the proximity to another country offers unique opportunities to augment not only game attendance, but merchandise sales, broadcasting revenues and corporate sponsorships.
Argentina: Gay World Cup Tries to Level the Playing Field
 Marcela Valente
For the first time in its 10-year championship, the gay football World Cup is being held in Latin America, with teams from more than 20 countries hosted by Argentina this week.
IGFA Ends World Championship Tournaments
 Pete Johnson
After almost a decade since the creation of its two world championship tournaments, the International Game Fish Association will end its direct participation and management of the competitive events concluding with its 2008 events.
Calderon Praises Record Breaking Channel Swimmers
 Xinhua
Mexico's president Felipe Calderon on Tuesday formally congratulated a women's swimming team from that country for breaking English Channel swimming record by eight minutes on Aug. 11.
Golden Boy Wilson Glitters on Badminton Court
 Paul Burrowes
Ten-year-old Sean Wilson of El Instituto de Mandevilla delivered the goods at the 16th Pan American Junior Badminton Championships which ended Sunday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Jamaican Badminton Players Head Off to Pan Am Junior Champs in Mexico
 Paul Burrowes
Jamaica is sending a 19-member team to the September 11-16 Pan American Junior Badminton Championships in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. They are expected to better the 12-medal haul garnered at last year's championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Ochoa Provides Hope for Futures
 Pete Dougherty
If the LPGA seems like a distant galaxy to the 140 or so Futures Tour players gathered this week at Capital Hills for the I Love NY Championship, they should surf the Internet - not for MapQuest, but for a little history
Mexican National Surfing Champs to be Held in Rosarito
 Mexican Surfing Federation
For the first time in its history, the Mexican National Surfing Championships will be held in Rosarito Beach this Sept. 19 through Sept. 23, according to Alex Vega Meza, president of the Mexican Surfing Federation.
Join in the First Annual Take Moms, Wives and Daughters to Golf Month
 Scott Pierson
September 2007 kicks-off Take Our Moms, Wives and Daughters To Golf Month. This new national event is designed to rally interest among women across the country to learn and realize the benefits that golf brings to social and business success.
Cuba’s Castro Yanks Boxers from Tourney in US
 Agence France-Presse
President Fidel Castro announced Wednesday that Cuba will not compete in the World Boxing Championship in Chicago after two Cuban boxers defected in Brazil last week.
Mexico to Play Brazil on U.S. Soil
 Goal.com
Mexico's 2007 U.S. Tour continues with two upcoming matches. The Mexican National Team announced its final two stops on its U.S. 2007 Tour on Tuesday by revealing matches against both Brazil in China.
Ochoa Wins Women’s British Open by Four Strokes for First Major Title
 Canadian Press
Splashed with champagne, Lorena Ochoa was certain her first major victory would come at the home of golf. She completed a runaway four-stroke victory in the Women’s British Open on Sunday following a 1-over-par 74.
Pan-American Games End Without Positive Dope Test
 Steve Keating
Organizers hailed the 15th Pan-American Games as the cleanest yet after they closed on Sunday without a single positive dope test. With 5,500 athletes from 42 countries taking part, more than 1,400 tests were conducted without any banned substances detected.
Ain't No Mountain High Enough for Little Lorena of Guadalajara
 David Davies
Lorena Ochoa, the diminutive Mexican, is the best woman golfer in the world - allegedly. She is ranked number one and, by common consent of her peers, is number one. But there remains a still, small voice of nagging doubt.
Mexican, Cuban Set New Records in Athletics at Pan American Games
 Associated Press
Mexico's Jose David Galvan overtook Brazilian Marilson Santos in the home stretch to win the 10,000 meters in record time at the Pan American Games on Friday.
The Five Latinos That Could Stir up the Flavor of Boxing
 Antonio Santiago
Salsa. The word evokes great memories in some and hunger in others. But whether you are in Mexico, Puerto Rico or another part of the world, the word salsa always promises to stir things up.
Rio Opens-Up to Athletics at XV Pan-American Games
 Eduardo Biscayart
Rio de Janeiro is the host of the XV edition of the Pan-American Games, and Athletics competitions will commence on 22 July and shall end on 29 July, on the second and final week of the Games.
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