The Costa Rica and Honduras male national soccer teams will measure up tomorrow in the first date of the Gold Cup 2017. Costa Rica and Honduras have a known regional rivalry which was exacerbated by the fact that the current head coach of Honduras, Jorge Luis Pinto, was Costa Rica’s head coach during the Brazil World Cup. The game between Costa Rica and Honduras takes place at 7:30 p.m. Cost...

Jacó beach offered great conditions for the competitors at the fifth date of the Kolbi National Surf Tournament this weekend; it was a Canadian-Costa Rican, Sean Foerster who took the first place in the male open category while Costa Rican Lisbeth Vindas won in the female open. 18-year-old Foerster from Samara, Guanacaste, won for the first time in the Open category and added his name to the fa...

Costa Rican boxer Bryan Vasquez has announced his next fight; Vasquez will be facing Mexican hard hitter Raymundo Beltran on August 5th and at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. Vasquez will be going up in weight once again to face the current WBA International Lightweight champion, at 135 pounds. "Tiquito" as he is known, announced the fight through his Facebook account where he ...

The soccer match between Costa Rica and the United States that is scheduled for September 1st as part of the hex stage qualifying games for Russia World Cup 2018, will take place at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey as confirmed by the Costa Rican Soccer Federation. The announcement of the selected location was well received by Costa Rica since there is a large “tico” population in this state. ...

Jaco will be the scenario of the fifth date of the “Kölbi” Surfing Tournament, and for the first time ever the Surfing Federation will be implementing random doping tests to the participating athletes. “It is a pleasure for the Federation to announce to the country that our surfing just like the rest of the Olympic disciplines will be seeking transparency and fair play through the use of doping...

Get ready for some great hoop in August when the University of Nevada men's basketball team arrives in Costa Rica for a week of matches. The Wolf Pack will take on the Costa Rican national men's basketball team and also squads from Canada from August 18 - 26. “We are so excited to take our foreign tour trip this year to Costa Rica in August,” said Eric Musselman, head coach, in a press relea...

American professional triathlete Kevin Collington took the first place in the pro category of the Ironman 70.3 Costa Rica in Guanacaste with a time of 3:43:21. The second place was for Colombian Carlos Quinchara who stopped the clock at 3:47:58, the third spot was taken by Felipe Van de Wyngard from Chile with a mark of 3:49:44. Costa Rican Leonardo Chacón came in fourth with a time of 3:53:...

Ironman 70.3 will go down tomorrow in Carrillo, Guanacaste with the participation of over 2100 athletes, but only 13 in the category of professional triathletes; among them 2 Costa Ricans. Leonardo Chacón and Pablo Herrera are the only two “ticos” with professional license and will be competing against 4 representatives from the U.S., 2 from Colombia, and one each from UK, Australia, Guatemala ...

Almost two years after his retirement, Floyd Mayweather shocked the world of combat sports by announcing today that he will indeed come back to fight one more time, and he will be taking on none other than MMA star Conor McGregor. Many in the industry, and fans around the world considered this fight “ridiculous” from the moment the possibility of it was mentioned, others saw it as a money-makin...

Photo Credit: TeleticaDeportes7/Facebook The male national soccer teams of Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago, came face to face this Tuesday, June 13, at the Costa Rica National Stadium as part of the Russia 2018 World Cup Qualifiers; Costa Rica did not have a great performance but was able to add valuable points with a win at home 2-1. Costa Rica opened up the score early in the match befo...

Over 2,000 triathletes will take part in the Ironman 70.3 scheduled to take place this June 18 in Carrillo, Guanacaste. Considering the large number of participants in the famous endurance competition the area expects between 8 to 10 thousand visitors to be in the area next weekend. According to the mayor of Carillo, Guanacaste, Carlos Cantillo, the county is has prepared accordingly and ...

Photo Credit: Real Madrid Foundation / Facebook The Real Madrid Foundation and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) signed an agreement to develop new social-sports development projects in the Latin America and Caribbean region; Costa Rica will be one of the first countries to benefit from this agreement. The agreement was signed at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium by Luis Alberto Moreno,...

Costa Rica’s male national soccer team didn’t capitalize in the home advantage and draw 0-0 with Panama in the fifth round of the World Cup Qualifiers on Thursday night. The first half of the match was exciting and kept the audience at the edge of their seats, Costa Rica had several opportunities to score but in some cases Panama’s defense and goalkeeper responded adequately while in other time...

Keylor Navas makes Costa Rica proud once again, the goalkeeper who plays with Spanish team Real Madrid lifted for a second time the UEFA Champions League Cup when Real Madrid beat Italian football club Juventus with a score 1-4. Although the Real Madrid team had its ups and downs this season, they managed to beat a Juventus that up until today had quite a good run, having received only three go...

Costa Rica’s National Surfing Team concluded its participation in the ISA World Surfing Games in Biarritz, France having only earned one bronze medal, which was won by Leilani McGonagle; however, the overall participation left the country in position 9 among the 47 participating countries. Costa Rica has managed to stay in the top 10 since 2004. The medal won by Leilani and the good participa...

Supported by a good crowd of fans, Costa Rican Hanna Gabriels successfully defended her WBO/WBA Female Super Welterweight Titles. Both fighters came out punching the moment the bell rang, Spence perhaps was bolder and more aggressive not considering the distance when facing a taller Gabriels and walking into some unnecessary punches. The second round it was mostly Spence that looked for an o...

As he prepares his game plan for the upcoming qualifying match against Panama, head coach Oscar Ramírez confirmed his roster for La Sele in a press conference this Friday. Ramirez’ main concern is the number of sanctioned players in the team and with this in mind he took previsions when calling the players to take part of the next two matches of the hex stage to ensure the pass of the male nati...

Costa Rican female world boxing champion Hanna Gabriels and her opponent, Canadian Natasha Spence successfully got through the weigh-in ceremony this Friday. Gabriels hit the mark at 153.56lbs (69.8 kg) while Natasha Spence marked 150.7 lbs (68.5 kg), three pounds under the weight limit of 154 lbs. The Costa Rican will be defending her WBO/WBA Female World Super Welterweight Titles on Saturd...

Kenneth Tencio, better known in Costa Rica as “Pollis” is the currently the country’s best BMX rider and has represented the country in different competitions worldwide; this week he will be competing in the UCI BMX Freestyle competition at the FISE (Festivale International des Sports Extremes) World Series in Montpellier, France. Tencio has had a very busy 2017 having already participated in c...

Costa Rican surfer Leilani McGonagle won the bronce medal in the ISA World Surfing Games in France. McGonagle earned her pass to the semifinals yesterday, and competed early this morning to take the first place in her heat, getting to the finals where she faced Bianca Buitendag from South Africa and locals Pauline Ado and Johanne Defay. Ado took the gold with a score of 12.17 points, followe...

After four seasons of not being able to win La Liga championship, Real Madrid took the title this Sunday, with a flawless performance of goalkeeper Keylor Navas. Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid defeated home team Malaga in La Rosaleda stadium 0-2. Malaga was a worthy opponent who played a good game, but their efforts were simply not enough against a superior Real Madrid. The score opened in ...

In the second day of competition in Biarrtiz, France at the ISA World Surfing Games, the female competitors of “La Sele de Surf”, Costa Rica National Surfing Team, had a sweet and sour outing. Leilani McGonagle finished round 2 with a total score of 11.73 beating Minami Nonaka from Japan (9.74), Marion Philippe from Tahiti (7.37) and Russian Irina Kosokubina (4.27). In round 3 McGonagle dropped...

Costa Rica’s National Surf team finally got their boards and gear in Biarrtiz, France where they have been since Tuesday to take part on the ISA World Surfing Games. Yesterday the organization of the event informed that the first three days of competition will be for the female competitions, so in other words Leilani McGonagle and Emily Gussoni, female representatives of Costa Rica began compe...

They are popular, charismatic, talented, liked and disliked by many and that’s the recipe for entertainment, which is why so many are trying to push Floyd Mayweather Jr. out of retirement and back into the ring to face none other than MMA star Conor McGregor. This past Wednesday, McGregor, the UFC Lightweight champion, announced he had signed a contract with UFC agreeing to fight Mayweather; Da...

The Costa Rica National Surf Team arrived to Biarrtiz, France this past Tuesday to represent the country at the ISA World Surfing Games that will have its opening ceremony this Saturday, May 20, while the competition will officially kick off on Sunday. The team, formed by Jason Torres (Jacó), Jair Pérez (Jacó), Leonardo Calvo (Puntarenas), Anthoy Fillingim (Santa Teresa), Leilani McGonagle (Pa...

Anthony Fillingim took the male open competition while Leilani McGonagle was the winner in the female open in the fourth date of the “Kölbi” National Surf Tournament that took place in Playa Guiones, Nosara, Guanacaste. Fillingim, was in the fourth position when he reached the final and needed an 8.83 to take the first place, he caught the perfect wave at the right time and scored a 9.17 with o...

Toyota celebrated its second win in the third date of the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship CTCC this Saturday, May 13 at Parque Viva. Impeccable driving, excellent strategy and a little bit of luck played in favor of José Andrés Montalto from the Toyota team, who took the first place of the CTCC Shell Endurance Cup (150 kilometers) and also consolidated his first position in the general cla...

The third date of the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship takes place this Saturday at Parque Viva. The 150km (93 miles) Shell Cup is happening on the night of Saturday, May 13 when 15 professional drivers will participate in the endurance competition that starts at 5 p.m. in what is known as “Circuito Sur” in Parque Viva, the track has been illuminated with 23 mobile light towers. “Last y...

June 8th, is the date in which the Costa Rica Male National Soccer Team “La Sele” will have the next hex classification game in the route towards Russia 2018 World Cup. “La Sele” will play at home in the National Stadium and will face the Panama team. The announcement of the referee was already made by FIFA, the organism named Mexican-American Jair Marrufo as referee for this match; he will be as...

The date has been confirmed, Costa Rican first female world boxing champion, Hanna Gabriels will be defending her WBO/WBA Female World Super Welterweight Titles on Saturday, May 27; however, the venue has changed from the originally announced Pedregal Event Center to the BN Arena in Hatillo, San José. Gabriels announced the fight on her Facebook page yesterday and asked for the support of her f...

The fourth date of the “Kölbi” National Surf Tournament is happening this weekend in Playa Guiones,Nosara,Guanacaste. Jason Torres from Jacó took the first place of the open competition during the third date in Santa Teresa de Cóbano which was held on April 22-23; Zulay Martínez was the winner in the female open category. The event will also offer concerts for the entertainment of the attend...

More than twenty thousand fans gathered at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and probably thousands more paid the pay-per-view, to watch the Canelo vs. Chávez Jr. fight, which was expected to be a war, instead, what they got was Canelo taking Chávez to school. Canelo took a deserved unanimous win with a perfect score of 120-108 x 3; Chávez, refused to engage, despite his size and power advantage...

As it is tradition now in the United States, the Cinco de Mayo celebrations usually include a big boxing event involving of course, a Mexican fighter. This year it includes not one but two Mexican warriors, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr., the fight will take place on Saturday, May 6 at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Canelo Alvarez is one of boxing’s biggest stars to...

Costa Rican swimmer Helena Moreno broke this past Sunday the national record in the category of 14 to 17-years-old in 400 freestyle, which was previously set by athlete Claudia Poll back in 1990. The young Costa Rican who is only 16-years-old stopped the clock at 4:16.70 in the Final A of the San Juan Open, breaking the record established by Poll which was of 4:17.36 and which this last one acc...

Costa Rican boxer Hanna Gabriels will be defending her WBO (World Boxing Organization) and WBA (Word Boxing Association) Female World Super Welterweight Titles on Saturday, May 27 at the Pedregal Event Center in Heredia, Costa Rica. The information was released yesterday in Fight Club Training Center’s Facebook page, this is the gym Gabriels’ has been training at since her return from Las Vegas...

Costa Rican soccer player Shirley Cruz who plays for French club Paris Saint-Germain was nominated once again by the National Union of Professional Footballers, as the best player of the Female Division 1, the maximum category in French soccer. This is the fourth nomination for the 31-year-old who is also the captain of Costa Rica’s female national soccer team, unfortunately so far Cruz has not...

The Offshore World Championship in Quepos, Costa Rica is the largest and most prestigious sport-fishing tournament in the world. The world-class event, held for the fifth consecutive year in Quepos, Puntarenas near Manuel Antonio National Park includes 55 of the world's best sport fishing teams. From April 24 - 28, at Marina Pez Vela, in Quepos, more than 300 people will compete to see who has ...

The “Beach Break” at Banana Beach in Santa Teresa de Cóbano, Puntarenas, provided the perfect waves for the competitors to showcase their skills and for the audience to witness a great show during the third date of the “Kölbi” National Surf Tournament, OTIS Cup, especially on Saturday. 2-meter-high waves (6 feet), allowed for a very close competition among the 161 participants that started ou...

Pablo Arce took part of the Ironman competition that took place in Woodlands, TX, USA and set a new record for Costa Rica, with nine hours, four minutes and thirty seconds. The Civil Engineer that competed in the category of 30-34 years, finished the swimming competition, which involved 3.8km, with a time of 1:05:23; he then took on the cycling stage of 180 kilometers and concluded with 4:44:45...

FIFA’s ethics committee banned former Costa Rican soccer federation president Eduardo Li for life, which means he will not be allowed to get involved in any activity related to soccer. The FIFA ethics committee had announced back in February their decision to persue legal action against the former presidents of the Costa Rican (Li) and Guatemalan (Brayan Jiménez) soccer federations, based on the f...