Wikimedia Commons Rio de Janeiro, Oct 2 (EFE).- The Lausanne, Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport, or CAS, on Friday rejected Brazil's appeal of a suspension imposed on Neymar and confirmed the player will have to miss his country's first two 2018 World Cup qualifiers versus Chile and Venezuela. Neymar was suspended for four games after a Copa America match against Colombia las...

Source: NORCECA NORCECA Press Release - MORELIA, Mexico, September 29, 2015 - Canada dominated Costa Rica 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-10) on day three of the NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship at the Bicentenario Auditorium in Morelia, Michoacan. Canada concludes the preliminary round with a 2-1 record and advances to the quarterfinals of the competition; Costa Rica, with 0-3 record, will m...

Wikimedia Commons With hundreds of miles of coastline, the Guanacaste region offers spectacular fishing options in Costa Rica. Although most of the competitive offshore fishing tournaments in Costa Rica are typically organized along the Southern Pacific coast, Guanacaste and the entire Northern Pacific region is a haven for deep sea anglers who wish to enjoy their fishing vacations. This artic...

Houston, Sep 28 (EFE; additional reporting by The Costa Rica Star).- Nothing can stop the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots (3-0), who crushed the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-2) 51-17 over the weekend in the third week of the NFL season, with six other teams still undefeated. Quarterback Tom Brady, placekicker Stephen Gostkowski and running back LeGarrette Blount led the Patriots to their lo...

Source: FEDEFUTBOL Madrid, Sep 26 (EFE).- Cameroonian goalkeeper Carlos Kameni played the game of his life to lead Malaga to a 0-0 draw here Saturday against mighty Real Madrid, which had not been shut out at home since September 2013. The Blancos started the day in first place but now trail surprising league-leader Villarreal, a 1-0 winner Saturday night over Atletico Madrid, and second-pl...

Wikimedia Commons Rio de Janeiro, Sep 25 (EFE).- A Brazilian court has ordered the seizure of assets totaling 188.8 million reais (some $47 million) from soccer star Neymar to ensure payment of alleged unpaid taxes related to his signing by FC Barcelona, judicial sources said Friday. In a Sept. 11 ruling, Judge Carlos Muta of the Sao Paulo-based Regional Federal Court of the 3rd Region orde...

Source: FEDEFUTBOL Madrid, Sep 19 (EFE).- Karim Benzema's goal early in the second half proved to be enough scoring in Real Madrid's 1-0 victory here Saturday over Granada, which put up a battle at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium but was unable to get the ball past Costa Rican net minder Keylor Navas. The visitors' goalkeeper, Andres Fernandez, was nearly as stingy on the other side of the field,...

Geneva, Sep 17 (EFE). - FIFA on Thursday announced the suspension of Secretary-General Jerome Valcke, saying he was being released from his duties effective immediately. Valcke was suspended because soccer's world governing body "has been made aware of a series of allegations involving the secretary-general and has requested a formal investigation by the FIFA Ethics Committee," according to a b...

Source: WBC Fight Network Press Release -- Roman “Chocolatito” González, who’s the WBC flyweight champion, says HELLO to San Jose, Costa Rica establishing his training camp, determined to defend his crown against former champion Brian Viloria. This fight will be on October 17th at Madison Square Garden in New York. It will be one of the most important of Roman’s career, because Viloria i...

Source: Wikimedia Cornella de Llobregat, Spain, Sep 12 (EFE; additional reporting by The Costa Rica Star).- Cristiano Ronaldo ended his goal drought in style here Saturday, scoring five times in Real Madrid's 6-0 rout of Espanyol in early-season Spanish-league action. Ronaldo needed just seven minutes to open the scoring, taking a pass from Croatian midfielder Luka Modric and beating Pau Lo...

Source: FEDEFUTBOL CR Press Release Rocket - CapitalCityTickets.com is slashing ticket prices on all inventory to see the International Friendly Football Match: USA vs. Costa Rica in action this year. Save on already slashed tickets prices with promo code CITY5 at checkout. The National Football Team of Costa Rica recently broke a year-long streak of no victories during an international mat...

Wikimedia Commons Bridgestone Media Release -- Tiger Woods, the biggest winner of the last 20 years in the PGA TOUR, committed to participate in the Bridgestone America's Golf Cup presented by Value in 2016 and 2017 editions of the event. Thus, the relationship between Tiger and the event is extended to three years, since he will play with Matt Kuchar this year at the Club Campestre of Mexico Ci...

Source: FEDEFUTBOL CR After nearly a year of not winning an international match, the National Football Team of Costa Rica finally celebrated a victory with a performance that recalled the glorious days of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Sweet victory fired up the fans at the Chinese-donated National Stadium in La Sabana National Park during a cool night in San Jose. The National Team of ...

Serena Williams. Source: Wikimedia Commons New York, Sep 6 (EFE).- Serena Williams on Sunday here defeated her countrywoman, 19th-seeded Madison Keys, 6-3, 6-3 and moving into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open, where she will face off against her older sister Venus. The world No. 1 female tennis icon needed just 68 minutes to crush the 20-year-old Keys, while Venus, 35, triumphed 6-2, 6-1 ...

Source: Courts for Kids Courts for Kids, a charitable organization based in the United States, recently visited Costa Rica to build a basketball court in an economically challenged community. Thanks to the hard work of high school students and employees from a major insurance company, the village of Rancho Quemado, located in the southern Pacific region of Costa Rica, near the Osa Peninsula, n...

JP Media Press Release - The Red Bull Arena in New Jersey will undoubtedly be filled to the rafters on Saturday, September 5th when Costa Rica and Brazil meet for an international friendly match on United States soil.  Both teams have a huge following of fans in the tri-state area that never miss the opportunity to see them play when they come to town.   Currently the Brazilian Men’s So...

BULLDOGS F.A. Press Release (September 1, 2015) – Bulldogs Fútbol Americano is a Costa Rican semi-professional, Division I, American football team, based in the capital city, San José. The team was founded in 2008 and is committed to developing the skills and abilities of Bulldogs F.A. players as well as guiding the development of new American football programs. Bulldogs F.A. is currently recru...

Source: Instagram Nadja Purtschert, a professional snowboarder and surfer from Switzerland who also models swimwear and athletic apparel, will travel to Costa Rica later this year to learn Spanish, work on her tan, practice her surfing skills, and enjoy the beaches of our country. While in Costa Rica, Miss Purtschert will be a student of Yalea Languages, a respected Swiss Academy that speci...

Wikimedia Commons New York, Aug 27 (EFE).- Serbian world No. 1 Novak Djokovic will take on Brazilian Joao Souza in the first round of the U.S. Open and could face Spain's Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, while second-ranked Swiss Roger Federer will kick off his quest for a record sixth title in New York against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer. Barring one or more upsets, Djokovic would square ...

Source: Flickr Commons Cali, Colombia, Aug 26 (EFE).- Uruguayan soccer player Alexis Viera, a former goalkeeper for America de Cali, sustained a spinal injury and lost sensation in his legs after being shot during a robbery attempt in Colombia, doctors said. Viera, who currently plays for the Colombian Second Division's Depor Futbol Club, was shot in the left side of his chest and the injur...

EFE/David Fernández New York, Aug 26 (EFE).- Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal, who is in this metropolis making last-minute preparations for the U.S. Open, attracted a big crowd in Manhattan's Bryant Park when he played a game of "strip-tennis" with several Tommy Hilfiger models. Playing before hundreds of surprised tourists at a mini-court set up at the park, located between the Grand Cent...

Source: George Mason University Virgil LeVan Seay, a former wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) of the United States, will visit Costa Rica in late August to hold a special youth sports camp. According to a news release filed by Samantha Waldenberg of the official website of the Washington Redskins, Mr. Seay will hold the camp as a friendship gesture towards a man he met when h...

Source: FEDEFUTBOL CR The current Women’s Football Champion of the World is the United States, and the most recent match by Team USA against the National Women’s Football Team of Costa Rica proves why. Playing before a crowd of more than 44,000 at the Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, the National Team of Costa Rica (Las Ticas) were blanked out by a barrage of eight goals against zero.   T...

Wikimedia Commons While playing a match against Jeremy Hardy of France at the Montreal ATP World Tour Masters 1000, professional tennis star Novak Djokovic, currently the highest rated player in the world, discovered a sort of Achilles' Heel. According to a report published by Sports24 of South Africa, Mr. Djokovic complained of a pungent smell of marijuana coming from the seats surrounding th...

Wikimedia Commons The legendary National Men’s Football of Brazil, known around the world as La Selecao, recently tendered the list of players who will face Costa Rica’s National Team on September 5th at the Red Bull Arena of New Jersey. This friendly international match is part of the FIFA commitments that member nations must adhere to, and it signals a major training opportunity for Costa Ri...

Source: ABB ABB Media Release -- ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been the inverter supplier of choice for a joint project with Enertiva Energia Alternativa. The project is unique for Central America: for the first time, a solar installation on the roof of a football stadium – and not just any football stadium, but the iconic Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, locally ca...

Source: WIkimedia Commons PRLog - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Online sports betting company CRSportsBet.ag announced today the start of their “Champion of the NFL Handicapping Contest” where contestants will compete against each other to win $5,000 in Grand Prize money and weekly contest prizes. The contest rules are simple, every week of the regular NFL season each contestant just needs to gue...

Wikimedia Commons Press Release Rocket -- CapitalCityTickets.com is slashing ticket prices on all inventory to see the International Friendly: Brazil vs. Costa Rica in action this year. Save on already slashed tickets prices with promo code CITY5 at checkout. CapitalCityTickets.com offers a wide selection of International Friendly: Brazil vs. Costa Rica soccer tickets for sale in all price ...

Source: Montreal Impact Football Club (MLS) Montreal Impact Football Club Press Release -- MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact announced on Monday that the club has completed the transfer of attacking midfielder/forward and Costa Rican international Johan Venegas, from club L.D. Alajuelense. Targeted allocation money was used to acquire the player. The deal will become official upon receipt of his ...

Wikimedia Commons San Jose, Costa Rica, FIVB Media Release– Thirty-two physical education teachers from Costa Rica participated in the FIVB VCP Young Players course under the guidance of FIVB instructor Miguel Holz Bodlaender of Chile, from July 27 to 31. The project was initiated by the national federation of Costa Rica and the Costa Rican Mnistry of Education (MEP)%2...

Source: CS Herediano Facebook TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - August 03, 2015) - Scotiabank is pleased to announce the first ever Scotiabank CONCACAF U-13 Champions League invitational tournament taking place in Mexico City, August 4-8. Eight teams from across CONCACAF regions will compete in the tournament taking place at the Cruz Azul Acoxpa -- a Cruz Azul futbol training facility. Teams play...

By Antonio Broto Beijing, Jul 31 (EFE).- The International Olympic Committee steered clear of financial risks and decided to award the 2022 Winter Games to Beijing, capital of the world's second-biggest economy, instead of Almaty, Kazakhstan, which argued it could offer a more natural and authentic cold-weather sporting event. In a decision certain to spark controversy for some time (similar...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Jul 28 (EFE).- Argentine soccer icon Diego Maradona denied feeling depressed after the death of his father and said that he will go "for FIFA" in a video he posted on his Facebook page. "I know that they're saying lots of things. Nobody can know what I'm feeling inside over the death of my father. They cut off a love from me that I thought was eternal...

Wikimedia Commons Paris, Jul 26 (EFE).- Police opened fire Sunday morning on a vehicle that tried to go through barricades preventing access to an area between the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysees, where the Tour de France will end, officials told EFE. The driver was probably drunk and the incident was likely not terrorist-related, the officials said. The dark-colored vehicle ...

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has issued a one-paragraph response to the Football Federations of Costa Rica and Panama in light of a joint request for a review of two contentious matches in the 2015 Gold Cup. The request for review issued by Costa Rica is related to the quarterfinals match against the National Football Team of Mexico....

Source: Twitter At the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, the National Football Teams of Mexico and Panama played the most appalling and chaotic match in CONCACAF history, which in the end gave the Mexican team a berth to play in the final match of the 2015 Gold Cup against the Jamaican National Team. The ugliness of the match was on display early on, when main referee Mark Geiger of the United State...

More than 70,000 football fans flocked to the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal match between the National Men's Football Teams of Costa Rica and Mexico. This was the third time these two national squads met in a Gold Cup match, and the pressure to win was quite high as the quarterfinals of this tournament are played in knockoff fashion....

Source: Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Jul 18 (EFE).- Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona is filing a complaint against ex-wife Claudia Villafañe over an 80-million-peso (some $8.7-million) shortfall in his accounts. The 54-year-old Maradona confirmed in remarks to Jorge Rial, a TV host with Argentina's America channel, that he is filing a tax-evasion complaint with Argentina's internal...

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, the young players of the National Women's Football Team of Costa Rica were able to do what their male counterparts failed to do at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup a couple of nights ago: score a victory over the Canadian National Team. According to staff reporter Laura Armstrong of the Toronto Star, the Canadian National Team was shorthanded a few star player...

The final football match in Group B of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup required both teams to win. The lackluster performance of the National Football Teams of Costa Rica and Canada in the initial stage of the Gold Cup forced them to seek victory in their last match. The pressure was on La Sele to win their first international match of 2015; meanwhile, Canada needed to win in order to advance to the kn...