Lima marks its Pan Am return. The Olympic history for Basque pelota begins at Paris in 1900 and 1924, Mexico City 1968 and Barcelona 1992, always a demonstration event.

Tony Huerta, of the United States, prepares to return the ball to Argentina during a basque ball match at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.

Variations of pelota vasca include jai alai, which in the United States is mostly played in Florida. Other countries where the sport is seen include France, Argentina, Mexico and Cuba.

Three top-rated Filipino jai-alai players are set to compete in the 15th World Pelota Championship billed as the "Campeonato Mundial de Pelota Vasca" slated Sept. 13-26 in Acapulco, Mexico ...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — There is only one venue in which Canadians will not compete this month at the Pan American Games, and that seems reasonable, because the sport… ...

Basque Pelota, in which the ball can reach speeds of over 300 kilometres per hour, was once an Olympic sport. No longer part of the Games, its popularity has nevertheless reached far beyond the ...

Variations of pelota vasca include jai alai, which in the United States is mostly played in Florida. Other countries where the sport is seen include France, Argentina, Mexico and Cuba.

Variations of pelota vasca include jai alai, which in the United States is mostly played in Florida. Other countries where the sport is seen include France, Argentina, Mexico and Cuba.

Variations of pelota vasca include jai alai, which in the United States is mostly played in Florida. Other countries where the sport is seen include France, Argentina, Mexico and Cuba.

A small sport popular in Spain's northern Basque Country has stirred up a political controversy that triggered court action and fanned the region's long-held feelings of nationalism.