The last spot available in the Russia World Cup 2018 was taken yesterday with the classification of the Peru National Soccer Team which beat New Zealand 2-0. With this, and after three years of competition and 2,456 goals celebrated, the 32 teams that will participate in Russia 2018 are now decided. The Russia 2018 is marked by the absence of historically strong teams such as Italy, Netherlands...

Costa Rican super featherweight boxer Francisco Fonseca who jumped to the public eye when he faced former world champion Gervonta Davis, in the undercard of the Mayweather-McGregor mega fight in Las Vegas Nevada back in August, will be back in the ring next December 14, in Panama City, Panama. Fonseca, a former IBF Inter-Continental Super featherweight Champion, is now going after the WBO Latin...

Luckily it was a friendly match, so the five goals Costa Rica received against Spain "don’t count", even still, it doesn’t make it any less humiliating. This is an excellent wake up call for Costa Rica’s Male National Soccer team and a great opportunity to learn from its mistakes. The great performance “La Sele” had in Brazil 2014 was not a fluke, it was the result of hard work, discipline a...

This Saturday, November 11, the male national soccer teams of Costa Rica and Spain will face-off in a friendly match at 2:30 p.m. (Costa Rica time) in the Spanish city of Málaga. This is the first match in preparation for the Russia World Cup 2018, however, Costa Rica is missing several key players due to injuries or other obligations, and therefore, head coach Oscar Ramírez will be forced t...

The Costa Rica Country Club in San Rafael, Heredia will host the first edition of the Castillo International Ice Hockey Tournament, an international ice hockey competition that will have the participation of four teams, three international and one national, the Castillo Knights from Costa Rica; the Canadian Citizens from Calgary; Stanley All-Stars from Folkland Islands and the Ruination from Los A...

Football Club Barcelona (FC Barcelona) has announced the opening of its second soccer school in Central America, this time it will be located in San José, Costa Rica; the first one was opened in early 2017 in Guatemala. This is part of the international expansion of the project FCBEscola and will represent the 37th school in the world and the 18th in the American Continent. FC Barcelona also...

From November 7-15 in the Mal Pais - Santa Teresa area on the southern Nicoya Peninsula, instructors from The Netherlands will offer a survival swim class for children aged two to 12. Private and semi-private lessons are available in 1, 3 or 7-lesson packages. The class instructors describe the activity as follows: "Baby survival is a special technique for very young children (under 2 year ...

The Central America Sporting Games will take place starting December 3 through the 17 in Managua, Nicaragua; and Costa Rica will be taking a delegation of 410 athletes to participate in 27 disciplines. Basketball, boxing, wrestling, volleyball, soccer, softball, chess, surf, tennis, judo, baseball, rugby, are just part of the disciplines where Costa Rica will take part. The National Olymp...

Avery Martínez learned to love basketball early on in his life, since he is the son and nephew of two of the best Costa Rican basketball players, Henry Martínez and Kay Martínez. He is 18-years-old, and has been playing hoops since he is two. His dream is to one day reach the NBA, but he knows the road is long and hard, specially coming from a country where this sport doesn’t find the support t...

The mission is clear, the National Olympic Committee wants the Costa Rica Surf team to win as many gold medals as possible in the upcoming Central American Sports Games, this is the first time this discipline is included in the event, which is part of the qualifying events towards the Tokyo Olympics 2020. For this reason, trainer Jim Hogan has chosen the best surfers to represent the country in t...

Prisma Business Center in the western San José suburb of Escazú is home to the first kickboxing gym in Costa Rica thanks to 9Round's decision to set up here. The U.S. franchise offers a patented system of nine training stations created by a professional fighter. The system includes boxing and kickboxing circuits interspersed with functional, interval and cardiovascular training, according to th...

Considered the first and original multi-stage Mountain Bike Competitions in the World, La Ruta de los Conquistadores (Conquerors Route) in Costa Rica celebrates 25 years. This sporting event was created in 1993 by Román Urbina and a group of athletes that wanted to travel the path of the Spanish conquerors and crossing Costa Rica from coast to coast. Three days, 225 kilometers, across 5 moun...

Back in August Yoka's plans were revealed, her next goal was to go after another world title in a different weight division, however, for different reasons the fight that was expected to take place in September was postponed,  the contract is now signed and the fight is set for December 1st in Japan. Costa Rican Yokasta Valle is the current Light-Mini Flyweight Female World Champion (102 lbs) o...

The San José Half Marathon that took place this Sunday morning was struck by tragedy as one of the participants was ran over and killed by a reckless driver that disregarded the safety measures. The 35-year-old runner identified as David Yañez Pacheco from Venezuela, was ran over near the Zapote church close to 6:15 a.m., the organization of the event posted the information on their Facebook pa...

The San José Half Marathon will take place this Sunday, October 22; this is the second edition of the race and will have the participation of close to 2,000 runners. The event includes the individual 21 km category; 21 km relays (two runners, 10.5 km each) and the 5 km category. This year it will also have a recreational 21 km race for up to 500 cyclists, “This is something new we wanted to ...

Anyone that is or has been involved in the sport of boxing in Costa Rica knows the name Ezequiel Obando, and today they mourn the death of this man, who passed away today in his house in Alajuela, after losing his long battle to colon cancer, he was 64. Obando, as he was known by everyone, was born in Corralillo de Nicoya, Guanacaste, raised in the humble home of a family that made a living by ...

The International Tennis Federation announced Costa Rica as the site to host the Davis Cup 2018 for the Zone Group III of America. The tournament will take place starting July 30, 2018 at the Costa Rica Country Club in Escazú. “We are very pleased with the news; it is a big responsibility for the tennis of Costa Rica. We will see games of a great level and hopefully our team will earn a pass...

Costa Rican World Champion Hanna Gabriels managed to retain her WBO/WBA titles with a unanimous decision win with scores of 97-92, 96-93 x 2 against Dominican Oxandia Castillo at the Gimnasio Nacional this Friday. The result of the fight didn’t necessarily reflect what many saw in the ring. The Dominican dominated many (in my opinion most) of the rounds; she kept the pressure from beginning to ...

Costa Rican Female World Champion Hanna Gabriels is ready for her rematch against Dominican Oxandia Castillo. Both fighters successfully completed the weigh-in ceremony with official weights of 153 lbs. for Gabriels and 154 lbs. for Castillo. Gabriels is putting her WBO and WBA titles on the line against the only fighter that has managed to beat her. The first time these two fighters met i...

Costa Rica’s Male National Soccer Team earned its ticket to the Russia World Cup 2018 last Saturday when it played Honduras to a tie; today’s match against Panama was a mandatory game that would, along with the matches between the US vs. Trinidad & Tobago and Mexico (already classified) vs. Honduras, define the third team to classify to the World Cup and the one that would get a shot at repechage....

Costa Rican surfer Leilani McGonagle won her first gold at a Women’s QS 1,500 in Punta de Lobos, Pichilemu, Chile (Maui and Sons Pichilemu Women’s Pro). Not only did McGonagle manage to win the event but she also earned the only two perfect scores during the event; the first of them during the semifinal when she beat Peruvian Daniela Rosas with a score of 10 and 7.83 for a 17.83 vs. a 9.84 by R...

All the Costa Rica Male National Soccer Team needed was a draw with Honduras today to classify to the Russia 2018 World Cup, however for 95’ minutes it seemed as though the opportunity was slipping away, in a game that was in general boring and where “La Sele” looked out of pace. Head Coach Oscar Ramírez played it “safe” he maintained the common lineup and played the first 45 minutes with a def...

Photo: José Jiménez Paralympic Runner A total of 522 Costa Rican runners will be competing this Sunday, October 8 at the 40th edition of the Chicago Marathon, a record of registrations for the country. The official numbers were provided by the United States Embassy in Costa Rica, “The ticos will be one of the biggest representations worldwide and the third in Latin America, after Mexico and ...

The United States Male National Soccer Team had no issues controlling the elimination match against its equal from Panama this Friday, October 6 at the Orlando City Stadium in Orlando, Florida and in front of a crowd of over 25,000 fans. USMNT beat Panama 4-0 and took the third place in the CONCACAF group with 12 points, not enough to get them their classification to the Russia 2018 World Cup ...

The World Cup Qualifying Match between Costa Rica and Honduras that was scheduled to take place on Friday, October 6th at the Costa Rica National Stadium, was rescheduled for Saturday, October 7th as a result of the bad weather conditions that has caused a state of National Emergency in the country. “The FIFA organization understood that playing this game tomorrow was not convenient for anyon...

Costa Rica’s male national soccer team La Sele, has been training this week with the entire team with their mind set on securing the pass to the World Cup Russia 2018 this Friday, October 6 when they face their equal from Honduras at the Costa Rica National Stadium. Goalkeeper Keylor Navas who plays with Real Madrid was one of the last ones to arrive in the country on Monday afternoon and join...

Costa Rican surfer Leilani McGonagle won the second place of the female U18 category at the VISSLA ISA World Surfing Junior Champioship in Japan. This is the fourth time the Costa Rican athlete reaches the final of this event, and is the last time she will take part of this competition as she turns 18 this December. Leilani went up against Kirra Pinkerton from the USA, Summer Macedo and Br...

Costa Rica’s Junior Surf Team had another great performance in the VISSLA Isa World Junior Championship that is being celebrated in Hyuga, Japan. The team classified to the Tag Team final, beating teams of the level of Brazil and Australia in the second semifinal of the Aloha Cup. It was the Japan team that earned the first Gold Medal of the VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in t...

Costa Rican surfer Leilani McGonagle classified to the semi-finals of VISSLA ISA World Junior Championship the which is being held in Japan and in the U18 category. The Costa Rican added 10.4 points in round 4 taking the second place in her heat behind Kirra Pinkerton from the USA who managed 14.57 points McGonagle will go up against Minori Kawai from Japan, Kirra Pinkerton from the USA and ...

The trailer of the movie “Man of Faith” based on the life of Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas was released today in a local press conference. Man of Faith begins with the voice over of ESPN’ sports commentator David Faitelson: “Today is a historic day for Costa Rica. Today Keylor Navas shapes up to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world. For the first time a Tico wears the Real Madri...

Danny Formal from the Hyundai Shell Claro team took the top spot at the podium today as the winner of the second edition of the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship (CTCC). Formal won the two first heats of the sixth and last date of the Hankook Cup which was full of excitement and concluded with strong rainfall that forced the cancellation of the third heat. 21-year-old Formal was one of t...

The National U18 Surf Team is currently in Hyuga, Japan, participating in the VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championship which kicks out this Sunday, September 24 with the participation of 40 countries and close to 300 competitors. “We found the type of waves we expected, very small and without power. The competitor that manages to generate more speed will be obtaining more points. This is ...

Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas who plays with Spanish club Real Madrid is one of the nominees of the FIFPro World XI. The list includes a total of 55 professional soccer players, 17 of them are from Latin America. The FIFPro (International Federation of Professional Footballers), is the worldwide representative organization for all professional footballers; more than 65,000 players in...

Photo: Canelo-GGG / HBO Boxing Canelo vs. GGG was a highly expected fight that didn't disappoint, but in the contrary, fulfilled the fans’ expectations from beginning to end; two warriors that stepped into the ring and gave it heart and soul. From the moment the bell rang both fighters exchanged punches and looked for the knockout. The first few rounds showed a superior Canelo that moved wel...

Just three weeks ago the world went crazy with the Mayweather vs. McGregor event, a fight that broke records of Pay-Per-View and had unprecedented media coverage, an MMA champion stepped in the ring with a former boxing champion, an event that was perfectly marketed and sold not just as a sporting event but as entertainment for the masses, a “circus” many called it. Now, three weeks later we a...

The movie “Man of Faith” based on the life of Costa Rican goal keeper Keylor Navas is already in the post-production stage after the last scenes were filmed in Spain, informed the production company PCP. “After 59 days shooting in Costa Rica and 5 days in Spain, the movie has initiated the postproduction stage which should carry out for approximately three months to be able to release the move ...

This Saturday, September 16 is the scheduled date for another edition of the Tamarindo Beach Marathon, and this year the event will begin earlier, at 4 a.m. to avoid the strong heat and benefit the participants. In the past years the event has started at 5 a.m. or 4:30 a.m. but in these cases some runners conclude the race in hours of very strong sun which makes it very difficult for the athlet...

The second beach volleyball open tournament will take place in Tamarindo, Guanacaste on Saturday, September 16. The Costa Rican national team will face off against competitors from the United States, Colombia, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The format is two-on-two, and promises to be a thrilling event with very strong athletes competing, according to Ivannia Ramirez, event organizer. Also on S...

Nicaraguan boxing idol Roman “Chocolatito” González was back in the ring this Saturday, September 9, in a rematch against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, the Thai fighter he lost his WBC title to back in March this year in a controversial Majority Decision. Unfortunately for “Chocolatito” the result this time was far from controversial, as Rungvisai gave the former champion the second loss of his career, ...

When it comes to soccer, Costa Rica and Mexico have always had a high level of rivalry, this time around it was no different the rivalry was shown in the field, in a very disputed and complicated game that ended with a 1-1 score. During the first half, Costa Rica’s head coach Oscar Ramírez used the exact same line up as he did in the last game against the US on Friday, who can blame him, it wor...