Costa Rica has 13 athletes representing the country in the Tokyo Olympics 2021: Andrey Amador : Men's Road Cycling  Maria Jose Vargas: Women's Road Cycling Brisa Hennessy: Women's Surf Leilani Mcgonagle: Women's Surf Carlos Muñoz: Men's Surf (last minute slot) Ian Sancho: Judo Neshy Lee: Taekwondo (last minute slot) Luciana Alvarado: Gymnastics Andrea Vargas: Athletics (Women's 100m Hu...

Mountain Bike Event Kivelix Trophy, a sporting event directed exclusively to women will be taking place between May 15 and 16 in Hacienda Guachipelin Hotel in Rincón de la Vieja, Guanacaste. This MTB competition expects to gather at least 150-200 cyclists. Kivelix Trophy consists of two timed stages and general classification, stage 1 scheduled for May 15th starting at 7 a.m. for the first bloc...

Photo Source : PuroMotor  Alex Barquero Canadian native Mikyle Pike at 12 years old, dominated the entire 2020 Costa Rican Karting season competing in the VLR 100 JR category in his first complete year of karting. According to ACEK (Association de Corredores de Kartismo) the VLR category is brand new in Costa Rica for the 2020 race season and has shown promising potential as a stepping stone in...

FIFA revealed this week the nominees to The Best FIFA Football Awards, a ceremony that will take place on December 17, 2020 and that recognizes the achievements of soccer players around the world during the 2019-2020 season. Two expert panels – one for women’s football and another one for men’s football – selected the candidates for each category. Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas currentl...

(Photo: Archive) The week in Costa Rica closes with 314 positive cases of coronavirus, but it seems that there is a large part of the population that is still taking the situation lightly, turning a blind eye on what is currently happening in Costa Rica and the consequences of the virus in other countries. The streets still look very busy, not just with those people that are forced to leave ...

The sports world mourns the death of NBA legend, Kobe Bryant, age 41 who died in a helicopter crash that occurred the morning of this Sunday, January 26, 2020 in California, USA. According to the TMZ Sport, “Bryant was among at least four people traveling in his private helicopter over Calabasas when a fire broke out, sending the chopper spiraling from the sky”. Apparently, the crash saw no ...

Costa Rican surfer Brisa Hennessy took the first place at the Women Qualifying Series (WQS) 5,000 Corona Open in China by defeating Vahine Fierro from France. This is the first time in the history of the country that a Costa Rican takes a WQS 5,00. With this win Brisa took the lead of the qualifying tour. The final was very close with a difference of just 0.14, Hennessy earned 12 points (5....

Representatives of the Costa Rican Surf Federation, Randall Chaves and José Ureña, the Minister of Presidency, Victor Morales, the Minister of Sports, Hernán Solano and deputy Melvin Núñez, met today to discuss the interest of the government in organizing the International Surf Association (ISA) World Surfing Championship 2020. The Government is looking into the options for budget to organize t...

Costa Rican surfer Brisa Hennessy qualified this Sunday for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games , confirmed the National Olympic Committee. Hennessy, from Matapalo in Osa, Puntarenas, managed to qualify after ranking over Paige Hareb from New Zealand in the last WTC Championship Tour 2019 which took place in Maui, Hawaii this past weekend, she took one of the last two places on offer through the WSL. ...

Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, offered Costa Rica and Panama the possibility to organize the Women’s U-20 World Cup 2020. The proposal came during Infantino’s visit to the country this week, when he held different meetings with the directors of the soccer federation and checked the infrastructure existent in the country. “…We have spoken to President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado, th...

Costa Rican biker Kenneth Tencio qualified this Saturday to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 even though he did not reach the final of the BMX Freestyle World Championship taking place in Chengdu, China. Tencio came out on Saturday taking risks as he usually does at the semifinal, his repertoire was edgy and he landed position 13. “I am happy to reach the Olympic Games, all efforts done this s...

The area of Tortuguero in Limón is working on promoting the practice of Olympic rowing in Costa Rica with the idea of attracting more tourists interested in this sport while and forming athletes that can represent the country. Olympic rowing is not something new in the country, Costa Rica has participated with success in tournaments and it won silver medals in the Central American Games. Tortug...

The government of Costa Rica declared Surf as a sport of public interest, under Law 9737, due to the importance of this sport for the economy and the tourism sector. The ceremony was held this Friday in Playa Hermosa, Jacó, Puntarenas, this was a historic event in the country since this is the first sport to receive this distinction. The third Saturday of October was also declared National Su...

Andrea Vargas made history once again by becoming Costa Rica’s first ever finalist at a World Championships and setting a national record of 12.64 achieving fifth place. Vargas was up against three Jamaican runners, two Americans, a Nigerian and a native of Holland in a competition that took place at the Khalifa Stadium in Qatar. The Costa Rican athlete broke three national records in two da...

Costa Rican Ronal Gonzalez was elected as the new head coach of the male national soccer team, announced the Costa Rican Soccer Federation the evening of this Monday, September 30th. The executive committee decided on the 49-year-old Gonzalez, a former professional soccer player, he also directed the U20 national soccer team ten years back and managed to achieve a fourth position with the team...

After less than one year of directing the Costa Rica national soccer team “La Sele”, head coach Gustavo Matosas announced his decision to leave the team. The announcement was made this Wednesday, September 4th and he will direct the team until September 10, directing Costa Rica in its friendly match against its equivalent of Uruguay scheduled for this Friday, September 6. Matosas, a native o...

Goalkeeper Keylor Navas will be finally leaving Real Madrid after reaching a deal with París Saint Germain. Since May this year the fact that Navas was soon not going to be part of Los Blancos made headlines. Navas won three Champions League titles with the team, a Spanish League title, the Spanish Supercup, three UEFA Super Cups and was named the best goalkeeper of the 2027-2018 season. Yet, s...

Costa Rican athlete Andrea Vargas made her dream come true and made the country proud by winning the gold medal in the 100-meter hurdle competition at the Pan-American Games that are taking place in Lima, Perú. The 21-year-old, who has a 4 year-old daughter, and is a native of the city of Puriscal, trains daily under the direction of her mother. Vargas stopped the clock at 12.82, runner up w...

The 2019 Kolbi National Surf Circuit came to an end on Sunday at Playa Hermosa, Jacó, and it was veteran Noe Mar McGonagle who took the first place for the male event while Rubiana Brownwell was crowned in the female competition. Even though Jair Pérez had already taken the first place in the general table. McGonagle took the win in the final date of the circuit. Noe Mar was able to finally ge...

Costa Rican World Champion, Hanna Gabriels, will defend her WBA Super Welterweight Championship on Wednesday, July 17 against Argentinian Abril Vidal at the National Stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica. This is part of a three-part Broadway Boxing summer series promoted by DiBella Entertainment and tht will be streamed live on UFC Fight Pass, the world’s leading digital subscription service for com...

Costa Rican surfers Leilani McGonagle and Brisa Hennessy confirmed their participation in the upcoming ISA World Surfing Games 2019. McGonagle currently sits in the ranking in position 26 in the second division while Hennessy holds the 8th place in the first division; the two athletes will be traveling to Japan next September. The participation of the Costa Ricans in the World Surfing Games pu...

Seven Americans have been charged on a 39-count indictment for various crimes including money laundering, gambling promotion, conspiracy, and enterprise corruption. One of them – Robert Brieger – was operating out of Costa Rica and is waiting to be extradited back to the US. The seven people stand accused of taking bets on sporting events through wire rooms in both Astoria, Queens and Costa Rica. ...

Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas would be out of Real Madrid, affirms Spanish website Jugones. Navas apparently received the official communication from head coach Zinedine Zidane. The Costa Rican will headline his last match as part of “Los Blancos” this Sunday, May 19 when Real Madrid faces Betis at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. Keylor Navas will say goodbye to Real Madrid after havi...

Photo Credit: WSL / TIM HAIN Costa Rican surfer Leilani McGonagle took the first place of the Krui Pro 2019, WQS 1000 points in Indonesia. McGonagle got the win with a score of 14.84 (8.67 one of the highest scored waves in the competition and 6.17), beating Hawaiian contender Keala Tomoda who scored 13.76. "I am shaking right now!". "I know how good Keala has been surfing all week and I ...

Costa Rican boxer Bryan “Tiquito” Vásquez loss via Unanimous decisión against Puerto Rican Felix Verdejo the evening of Saturday, April 20 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Vasquez vs. Verdejo match was part of the preliminary bouts to the event headlined by WBO world champion Terence Crawford and challenger Amir Kahn. 25-years-old Verdejo, took the win with scorecards 97-93 X 2 and ...

The third date of the Kölbi National Surf Tournament received almost 300 participants this past weekend in Playa Guiones, Nosara, Guanacaste, in the Surfing Republica Cup. 21 year-old, Leo Calvo from Boca Barranca, Puntarenas, took the first place in the Open category, beating Ramón Taliani, Olman Morales and Sebastian Mora, all from Santa Teresa, Cóbano. Calvo has previously won in the U1...

Ironman 5i50 has been added to the Ironman 70.3 Costa Rica triathlon competition. Ironman 5i50 is an Olympic distance triathlon, 1.5 kilometer (0.9 miles) swim, 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) bike ride and 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) run. The Ironman 5i50 Costa Rica will be held the same day as the Ironman 70.3 and in the same location, June 24 at Playas del Coco, Carrillo, Guanacaste. This event ...

The former four time National Champion, Gilbert Brown López took the win at the Marley Cup on the second stop of the Kolbi National Surf Circuit in Puerto Viejo, this past weekend and after five years since his last win. In the female division it was Paulina Summers, also a local of Puerto Viejo, who took the Open and Junior. Brown also took the Masters category, the 37-year-old managed to b...

Costa Rican boxer and former interim world champion Bryan “Tiquito” Vasquez will return to the ring April 20 to face Puerto Rican Felix Verdejo. Although the announcement has not been officially made by the Costa Rican’s promoter Top Rank, the fight will apparently be signed as part of the preliminary fights to the event headlined by WBO world champion Terence Crawford who will defend his title...

The first international tournament of adaptive surf in Costa Rica will take place May 29 which is the national day of the population with disabilities. The tournament will gather the best adaptive surfers of the country along with international guests that will be joining this first edition that will take place in Jacó Beach, in the Central Pacific. This event is organized by the Adaptive Su...

The National Sports Council will invest $3,736,890 USD of its budget to give funds to 60 sports federations, associations and the National Olympic Committee (CON). The announcement was made by the Minister of Sports, Hernán Solano Venegas. More specifically, $3,244,113.00 are destined for the sports federations and associations and $492,776.00 for the National Olympic Committee. In the c...

Once again, Costa Rican biker Kenneth Tencio, made Costa Rica proud as he took the third place in the BMX Freestyle “Simple Session Tallinn” in Estonia this Sunday, February 3. “It is huge to get a place on the podium, it’s a feeling of satisfaction after all the hours of training, of success and failure, this tells me it was all worth the effort. One year ago was also third in this tournament ...

Costa Rican World Champion Boxer Hanna Gabriels announced she has signed a three year contract with US promotion company DiBella Entertainment. Gabriels, who just a few days ago successfully defended her WBA World Female Super Welterweight title (154 lbs) against Aussie fighter Sarah Dwyer, currently holds a record of 19 wins 2 losses and 1 draw. “When you have the opportunity to sign a fighte...

The Costa Rica National Soccer Team will face the United States Male National Team on a friendly match scheduled for this Saturday, February 2, 2019 in California. This will be the first match for La Sele under the direction of new head coach Gustavo Matosas, who called on several new faces for the upcoming friendly games, Matosas affirmed he saw “speed and slyness” in the young players, chara...

Costa Rican world champion, Hanna Gabriels faced Australian Sarah Dwyer on Saturday night in Managua, Nicaragua. Gabriels managed to obtain a unanimous decision win and therefore retained her WBA World Female Super Welterweight Title (154 lbs.) With this win the Costa Rican brings her record up to 19 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, while the Australian, a former MMA fighter, adds another loss fo...

During a conversation with my good buddy and fellow competitor Merv Low last night, he mentioned how I 'fished blind' because I don’t use any electronics. I jokingly replied "on the contrary Merv, it’s the lack of electronics that makes me fish with my eyes wide open". When you are fishing with no gps and no depth finder you are forced to use every bit of available data such as birds, visible l...

Photo: Archive-Tomas King The Kölbi National Surf Tournament kicks off this January 26 and 27 at Dominical Beach with the Envision Festival Surf Cup Dominical 2019. Once again, the best surfers in Costa Rica will gather to surf one of the biggest waves in the country. Renown surfers such as Noe Mar McGonagle, and Tomas King, as well as Jair Pérez and Gilbert Brown are some of the figures th...

Costa Rican Allan Cruz will be part of the MLS after signing with the F.C. Cincinnati. The 23-year-old midfielder travelled this week to the United States to sign his agreement with this soccer club. Cruz, who played in Costa Rica with Heredia and with the national soccer team will join also Costa Rican Kendall Waston who signed with Cincinnati back in December. According to preliminary info...

After five days of intense kayak fishing Jaco Beach resident Lance Clinton claimed 3rd place out of a field of 12 finalists selected worldwide to compete in the annual “winner-take-all” Los Buzos Panama International Kayak Fishing World Championship 2019. The 1st place winner – James McBeath of Canada -- took home $10,000. “The tournament was great. Caught some great fish and finished in third,...

The Judiciary Investigative Police (OIJ) carried out several searches in the early morning Friday, January 11, in Costa Rica and also in Spain with the assistance of the local authorities in that country. All searches were in relation to the kidnapping of William Sean Creighton (known as Tony), owner of 5Dimes sportsbook in Costa Rica who went missing on September 24, 2018. In total in Costa Ri...