News tagged with 'mexico'. Found 464 tagged news.

Team USA wins World Cup qualifier

Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | about 11 hours ago

Freddy Adu scored his first international goal Wednesday as part of the United States' 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Guatemala. The Americans had already clinched a berth in the final round of qualifying, but the win allowed Team USA to complete an...

Tags: world cup, Group A. Guatemala, cup qualifiers, final round, Team USA, adu scores, U.S, cup qualified, Mexico, Honduras, United States, Jamaica, Canada, Costa Rica

500 police officers replaced in Tijuana

Tijuana :: Mexico | 1 day ago

The moves come as authorities struggle to control a brutal war among rival traffickers that has killed more than 300 people in Tijuana since late September and left residents wary of large swaths of the city. Despite past purges, the 2,200-member police...

Tags: mexico, Mexico City, Tijuana

Moment of truth for Mexico's soccer team, and coach

San Pedro Sula :: Honduras | 1 day ago

A loss at Honduras on Wednesday could lead to Mexico's elimination from World Cup qualifying, which in turn could lead to the end of Sven-Goran Eriksson's coaching tenure. PM PST, November 18, 2008 If his team loses to Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Honduras,...

Tags: Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, world cup

Mexico OKs big spending boost in 2009

Mexico City :: Mexico | 3 days ago

The Mexican Congress has approved a 13 percent spending increase in its 2009 budget, a bid to jump-start an economy suffering from a global credit crunch and the U.S. economic slowdown. The lower house of Congress on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the...

Tags: Mexico, Mexican Congress, Felipe Calderon

Nine killed in drug related violence in Mexico

Tijuana :: Mexico | 3 days ago

Posted by kalex

At least nine people have been killed in suspected drug related crimes over the past two days in northwestern Mexico, EFE news agency reported, citing officials. According to the attorney general's office of Baja California province, five people were...

Tags: Nine killed, drug related violence, Mexico

Mexico 'drug violence' kills 11

Tijuana :: Mexico | 3 days ago

In one attack, masked gunmen opened fire in a pool hall, killing five people, while the girl, 14, and two men were killed in a shootout in a street. The murders happened just hours after at least 1,000 people marched through Tijuana to demand an end to...

Tags: attorney general, drug related violence, nine killed, Tijuana, Mexico

Butcher says he will never forgive Maradona

Buenos Aires :: Argentina | 3 days ago

Butcher's simmering refusal to forgive Diego Maradona's fraudulence at the World Cup in Mexico in 1986 ensures that, when the two men meet at Hampden Park tomorrow night, the infamous Hand of God will not be allowed to wrap itself around the fists of...

Tags: Diego Armando Maradona, Diego Maradona, Scotland, world cup, England, Argentina, Hampden Park, forgive diego, Mexico

Stanford holds off Sorenstam, Lang in Mexico

Stanford :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago

Angela Stanford carded a three-under 69 Sunday to hold off Annika Sorenstam and Brittany Lang to win the inaugural Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Tour win at 13-under-par 275. "It was a great day, you couldn't ask for anything more to be at Lorena's tournament...

Tags: Annika Sorenstam, Angela Stanford, Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Brittany Lang, inaugural lorena, Mexico

Bowling: Singaporean Jasmine Yeong-Nathan wins AMF Bowling World Cup

Singapore :: Singapore | 5 days ago

Singapore bowler Jasmine Yeong-Nathan is the new women's champion of the 44th Qubica AMF Bowling World Cup in Mexico. The event is held annually and considered the world's most prestigious bowling tournament. In the final, the 20-year-old Singapore Polytechnic...

Tags: Mexico, world cup, Qubica AMF, Singaporean Jasmine Yeong-Nathan

Angela Stanford leads Guadalajara golf

Guadalajara :: Mexico | 6 days ago

Angela Stanford 's 6-under-par 66 Friday gave her a two-stroke through 36 holes at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational golf tournament at Guadalajara, Mexico...South Korea's Meena Lee (69) is third at 6-under 138, while at 5-under 139 is Karen Stupples (71),...

Tags: Columbus Crew, MLS, mls cup, Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Annika Sorenstam, Angela Stanford, Karen Stupples, Mexico, Guadalajara, Guadalajara Country Club, stanford leads, Meena Lee, American Stanford, Mexico Angela Stanford