The “Kölbi” National Surf Tournament will have its third date this weekend in Santa Teresa de Cóbano, Puntarenas. Some of the best surfers in the country participate in this competition with the goal of being called to be part of the National Surfing Team that will represent the country in the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Championship which will take place in France this May. ...

The 8th Edition of the Copa Summa, or Summa Cup, one of the region's most popular golf tournaments will be held Friday, April 28 at the Cariari Country Club, with a 7 a.m. tee time. The Cariari Country Club in Ciudad Cariari northwest of San José near the Juan Santamaría International airport, and situated on a former coffee plantation, was the first 18-hole golf course built in Costa Rica. ...

The United States, Mexico and Canada announced on Monday that they were making a joint bid to host the 2026 World Cup, which the U.S. soccer chief said would produce the biggest financial boon ever for FIFA. No nation from CONCACAF, the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean, has hosted the tournament since the United States in 1994. The 2018 World Cup will ...

Danny Formal and Charlie Fonseca are competing this weekend in the fourth date of the Florida Karting Championship Series in the Rok Cup 2017. Both pilots have been taking part in the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship which had its second date just last weekend; they have been balancing out their participation in both competitions. “For me this is a very intense weekend, in which we will t...

This past March 31st, El Spot (The Spot) was inaugurated, this place is described as a “Center of Verticality and Outdoors”, the only one of its kind in Central America. The Spot is located in Guachipelin de Escazú, diagonal to the Distrito 4 shopping center, here, there are gyms and stores that focus in everything needed for the practice of adventure sports and outdoor physical activities such a...

Yesterday, during the classification rounds, the temperature in the race-car cabins marked 50⁰C (122⁰F), these were the conditions that the pilots from the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship had to deal with, still they battled through the heavy heat and pilot Danny Formal, part of the Hyundai team, won the pole position for today's race. This Sunday, however, the heavy rains that affected th...

She is a strong, disciplined fighter, she is young and attractive, Costa Rican female IBF World Champion Yokasta Valle, has all the ingredients needed in a recipe for success, all she needs now are the right opportunities to continue making her country proud. Valle climbed into the ring this Friday, March 31st to face Panamanian Yaditza Pérez, in the Central Park of San José, in an event open ...

Bryan Solano Beckford a 19-year-old baseball player from Limón, Costa Rica is the new signup of the Houston Astros minor league. Solano has a strong right arm; he is capable of reaching 92 miles in his pitches, and that caught the attention of scouts. Solano left to Nicaragua, encourage by his coach, when he was 17 to develop his skills and prepare, since baseball is big in the neighbor countr...

The second date of the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship CTCC 2017 is scheduled to take place this weekend, April 1 and 2, this date is known as the Hankook Cup. The free practices began yesterday, Tuesday, March 28th with the trials of the Ford and Toyota Teams, this Wednesday the teams Hyundai and MG got the chance to test their cars and tomorrow will be the last day of practice and will ...

Costa Rica and Honduras men's national teams tied to one goal in the fourth game of the hex part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia qualifiers. The first half of the game was defined by rough exchanges between both teams, the referee didn't call a penalty to Celso Borges in favor of Costa Rica but later didn't call a fault in favor of Honduras, referee Joel Aguilar Chicas had a questionable perf...

Both Costa Rica and Honduras men’s national soccer teams had a tough week as they both lost their games against Mexico and U.S.A. respectively. “La Sele” entered this stage of the CONCACAF elimination matches as the leader of its group and lost its position to the hands of Mexico 2-0. While Honduras (La H) was humiliated 6-0 by the USMNT and is sitting in the last position in the group. Th...

The Costa Rica national male soccer team lost to Mexico yesterday, but throughout the last few weeks other athletes have had great achievements, like swimmer Camila Haase at the Sao Paulo 2017 Parapan American Youth Games, Laurens Molina who won the Los Angeles Marathon, and Kenneth Meneses at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria; other athletes are also preparing for their next comp...

It is known that Mexico is the toughest soccer team in the CONCACAF region, especially when playing in their stadium, and they did well by defending their territory this Friday when they faced La Sele, Costa Rica’s national soccer team in one of the elimination matches of the hex stage in route to the World Cup Russia 2018. Things started out tough for Costa Rica, the first goal came early, whe...

Costa Rican athlete, Kenneth Meneses is currently participating in the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria and yesterday he won the gold medal in the 4x100-meter relay competition. Kenneth has been competing in athletics, snowshoeing, and bocce since 2013 and has won several medals, which unfortunately he lost in a fire that consumed his house and all his family’s belongings back in 201...

Costa Rican Paralympic swimmer Camila Haase had a solid participation in Sao Paulo 2017 Parapan American Youth Games earning gold medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke competition where she also broke her own record with a time of 1:36,33 (her previous record was of 1:39,99 which she achieved at the Rio Paralympic Games 2016). Camila is bringing back four medals from Brazil, three bronze and o...

Almost 300 Ticos that were traveling to Mexico for the Costa Rica – Mexico soccer game got stranded at the Juan Santamaría airport in Costa Rica. The majority of them purchased a travel package with travel agency Continental Travels back in October of 2016 that included the airline ticket, accommodations, tours in Mexico City and the tickets for the Costa Rica vs. Mexico soccer game that takes ...

By Charles Austin Boll Sardinal Defeats San Juan de Abangares 5-4 to Win the Campeonato de Fútbol San Luis Every Sunday, this small town of 500 ticos will pause - for soccer. San Luis de Monteverde hosts club teams that travel from surrounding areas to participate in the Campeonato de Fútbol San Luis. This weekend brought together an unusually large crowd to enjoy the final match and cele...

Costa Rican athlete Laurens Molina won this Sunday the 32nd annual Los Angeles marathon in the United States in the wheelchair category. Laurens stopped the clock in 1 hour, 37 minutes, 21 seconds, earning the first place. Molina has been competing in this marathon since 1999 when he finished in position 44; he continued to take part of this competition and improving his mark year after year, in ...

Not even the strong wind at the National Stadium prevented Costa Rican Kenneth Tencio from performing dangerous tricks during the BMX freestyle competition in the X-Knights event this Saturday. This is the third time Tencio wins this competition; he recognized he had to take additional risks due to the level of the competition this year. Tencio made his way to the finals with a double back ...

Nicaraguan four-division World Champion Roman "Chocolatito" González, lost his WBC world title and his perfect record this Saturday after judges called a controversial Majority Decision win in favor of Srisaket Sor Rungvisai from Thailand at the Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight was a war from the moment the first bell rang and kept everyone at the edge of their seats all through twe...

The Texas A&M women’s soccer team arrived to Costa Rica last Sunday for an 8-day trip where they mixed in fun with a couple of exhibition matches with Costa Rican teams; meanwhile, the University of Louisville women’s soccer team arrived on Saturday with the same purpose, they had three exhibition matches scheduled, lots of fun and service projects awaiting. A great opportunity for local te...

The Costa Rica male national soccer team will be facing Mexico this March 24th and four days later it will measure up against Honduras as part of the hex stage of the CONCACAF elimination matches on route to Russia World Cup 2018. Costa Rica’s head coach Oscar Ramírez announced the names of all players called this Friday, the base of the team remains almost the same, with the addition of wingba...

The International Life Saving Federation (ILS) in conjunction with the International Surfing Association (ISA) granted Costa Rica the International License that makes it one of three countries in the world to be certified and authorized to offer training in Aquatic Rescues; this training will be taught by surf and stand-up-paddle (SUP) instructors certified as lifeguards and trained in water rescu...

BMW Triathlon Series 2017 will take place in El Coco, Guanacaste on Sunday, March 26th with the participation of 500 athletes. The sport continues to grow in Costa Rica. This is the first of a total 6 dates that will all take place in the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, and involves three different competition circuits: Sprint, Standard and Coco. The competition is open for different age categorie...

According to an investigation ran by local newspaper La Nacion, a total of thirteen Costa Rican soccer players are currently part of different Major League Soccer teams. This small country has become one of the main sources of soccer players for the MLS in this 2017 season, taking the fourth spot in the number of foreign players currently in this professional soccer league. Argentina takes th...

The community of Carrillo in Guanacaste prepares to receive the visit of more than 15,000 people of 40 different countries next June as Costa Rica hosts the world famous triathlon competition Ironman 70.3 for the first time in history. Over $350 thousand dollars will be invested in total, the majority of the funds will be go to paving 3 kilometers of road that extends from the community of Sa...

35 golf players, among them professionals and amateurs participated for a spot among the athletes representing Costa Rica in the PGA Tour Essential Costa Rica Classic; only 10 qualified and will be part of this international sporting event that will take place at Playa Conchal, Guanacaste, May 1st-7th. The classifying event took place at Cariari Country Club, and after three days of competition...

The Quantum Dot Summer Cup, will gather gamers from the Central America region and will take place from March 24th through May 7. The event is organized by Region Central Gaming , the event will give out cash prizes adding up to $4,000.00 USD among the winners in the different categories and additional prizes by sponsors: Samsung, HP, Logitech, Linksys, Forza, Redbull, Creta, Avermedia, Intelec...

Román “Chocolatito” González, will have his first fight of 2017 on March 18th at the Madison Square Garden in New York, he will be defending his WBC World Super Flyweight Title against experienced Thailand native Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (born Wisaksil Wangek). This is also Chocolatito’s first fight since the passing of his longtime trainer Arnulfo Obando in November 10, 2016. Obando worked with ...

It is no secret that Costa Ricans love soccer, no other sport in the country has the importance or draws the attention that soccer does, and thus, the different soccer teams receive sponsorship from many different brands, games are usually televised in one of the two main T.V. channels, players and coaches are interviewed prior to the game and after the game, photos are taken for printed media out...

Costa Rican swimmer Helena Moreno, was granted a scholarship by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in recognition to her progress and achievements in the last few years. Moreno, who is just 16-years-old, managed a mark of 4:17.56 in 400 meter freestyle during the Indianapolis, USA Grand Prix; the record for a Costa Rican swimmer is held by Claudia Poll who achieved a mark of 4:17.36 b...

After a five-year wait, Carrillo, Guanacaste finally made the cut to host a Ironman 70.3 triathlon this year. This is the first time Costa Rica will host one of the world famous endurance competitions, and it is almost completely filled. With 2,000 competitors already filling all of the general registration spots for the June 18 event, according to the Ironman website, event organizers expect t...

Costa Rica was elected to carry out the Professional Master in High Performance Sports of the Barcelona team, which seeks to contribute with the formation process of high-level trainers in the different sports disciplines, providing proceedings and technology that allows them to optimize their knowledge an apply it to their training sessions. This program is backed by the Barcelona Soccer Club...

The Costa Rica Tennis Club will host the 21st edition of the Costa Rica Bowl starting March 4th through March 11th. The Junior World Tennis Tournament will have the participation of some of the best rackets and prospects, players that are ranked among the worlds’ top 100, which promises a great level of competition for the entertainment of the attending public and also a great opportunity for l...

Costa Rican renowned journalist Glenda Umaña, was in charge of revealing the news about the start of the project “Hombre de Fe” (Man of Faith), a movie based on the life of national goalkeeper Keylor Navas who currently plays with Spanish team Real Madrid. “Man of Faith” will begin its pre-production stage next month and will be filmed between May and June, with the expectation of releasing the...

Costa Rican BMX freestyle rider Kenneth Tencio "Pollis" inaugurated at the beginning of this year his skate park “10cio Park”, he then left to Estonia early February to compete in the renowned competition Simple Session 17 where he managed an eight position, less than a month later he will face another big challenge as he heads to Cape Town, South Africa for the Ultimate X where he will compete th...

The Pan-American Judo Congress that took place in Miami, U.S.A. this Saturday, elected Costa Rica to host the Senior Pan-American Judo Championship of Katas and Veterans in 2018. The designation was possible after the successful organization by the Costa Rican Judo Federation of the 2015 Pan-American Championship. “Once more Costa Rica shows the world that we have the ability to organize high...

Costa Rican taekwondo champion María José Calderón, closed 2016 with a gold medal at the Open in Las Vegas, U.S.A. after winning the first silver medal in taekwondo for Costa Rica in the XI WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) World Taekwondo Junior Championship 2016 which was celebrated in Burnaby, Canada. Now, she has received the news that she is holding the second position in the world taekwond...

Sunday, February 19 is the day set for the ninth edition of the BMX War Jam to take place in the city of Nicoya, Guanacaste, in the gym located in the San Ambrosio School, beginning at 9 a.m. and finishing by 5 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Nicoya Municipality expects the participation of at least 50 competitors from all regions of Costa Rica.  The registration to the event has a cost of ₡10...

The FIFA ethics committee decided on Wednesday to take legal action against the former presidents of the Costa Rican and Guatemalan soccer federations, based on the final report submitted by the investigatory chamber. According to the FIFA statement, Cornel Borbely, chairman of the investigatory chamber of the ethics committee, completed the investigations into alleged illegal payments that Cos...