Victor Fernández, Verónica Vargas and Carlos Calvo are three of the Costa Rican MMA fighters that will be participating in the International Mixed Martial Arts Event CRF 21 at La Rumba Disco Club this upcoming Sunday, February 19 starting at 5 p.m. Amateur and professional fights are part of this event that lovers of contact sports can’t miss. Carlos “El Changuito” Calvo (145 lbs), will fac...

July 3 through July 7, at the Conchal Golf Club, Guanacaste the date and site set for the first U.S. Kids Golf Latin American Championship in Costa Rica. The U.S. Kids organizes around 1200 tournaments a year across 15 countries, within the local tours they have three levels, the most important one being the World U.S. Kids Golf, the second level is the Europe and Latin American Open, Costa Ric...

https://youtu.be/ndO_EM2eByA https://youtu.be/q3KF2kszi0Y Professional skateboarder, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Ryan Sheckler announced through his social media channels that he will be visiting the country March 31st through April 5th as part of The Action Sports Journey (watch video below), with the purpose of building a skatepark in San Rafael, Heredia and beautifying the community. Sh...

The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica (TCC), a rainforest multi-stage trail running race, considered one of the top 10 in its kind, and one of the most challenging in the world, will take participants through Costa Rica’s beaches and mountains, February 12th through February 17th . This is the 13th edition of the event that this year is expected to gather a little over 100 competitors that for six...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff.  After Sunday night’s thrilling Super Bowl game, the Atlanta Falcons and their fans looked like a bunch of stunned Democrats wondering what the heck just happened to their ‘in the bag’ victory. The parallels between the New England Patriots’ come from behind r...

Fox will have to rely on the popularity of the New England Patriots as they face the less-celebrated Atlanta Falcons if it wants to draw a record U.S. television crowd for the Super Bowl. The 21st Century Fox unit is set to broadcast the 51st edition of the National Football League's title game today (Feb.5) in what is traditionally the most-watched TV show of the year with viewership of more t...

If you are a fan of auto racing, take note, as the first date of the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship CTCC 2017 is taking place this coming weekend, February 4 and 5 with the Pennzoil Cup at Parque Viva. 14 cars and two new categories are part of this year’s edition of the CTCC in which the pilots will have to use all their skill and push their cars to the limit through three heats of 20 min...

Costa Rican BMX rider Kenneth Tencio is getting ready to participate in the world-renowned Simple Session 17 event in the Saku Arena, Tallin, Estonia, event that will take place next weekend, February 4th and 5th. Tencio will be competing against 139 participants from 30 different countries. This is the second time the Costa Rican is part of this competition, last year he finished in the top 20...

Costa Rican Andre Moreno Hamm qualified to the Slopestyle Ski World Cup of Seiser Alm, Italy, where he will compete this Thursday, January 26. Hamm is one of 110 competitors that managed to qualify for this event with the expectation of adding enough points to be part of the Winter Olympic Games PyeongChang 2018 in South Korea. Slopestyle is the most recent extreme discipline part of the Winter...

By Wendy Anders Costa Rica’s national beach soccer team faced off against Japan in two friendly matches this weekend, said the Costa Rican soccer federation (Fedefut). During Saturday's match at the beach soccer field at Fedefut’s Alajuela soccer complex, the Japanese played a game of great speed with effective offensive action, reported Fedefut. This duel ended with a score of 4-3 in fav...

The first date of the “Kölbi” National Surf Tournament which took place in Dominical Beach this weekend gathered almost 170 competitors, one of the highest numbers in participation for this tournament. Some of the most popular faces of Costa Rican surf were unable to attend due to their participation in different international events. For this first date it was Jason Torres former national c...

By Wendy Anders Amelia Valverde was recognized this week as the 2016 Female Coach of the Year by the Confederation of North, Central American, and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) for her work with the Costa Rica national team. Valverde was named head coach of the Costa Rica women's national soccer team on January 12, 2015, said the Costa Rican Soccer Federation, Fedefut. She rep...

Costa Rica and Nicaragua met in Panama's Rommel Fernandez' stadium in a match part of the Central American Soccer Cup (UNCAF). This game promised excitement due to the historical rivalry that the two countries have and the fact that the Nicaraguans are directed by a Costa Rican; yet, the match didn't live up to the expectations, the teams delivered a boring show, and "La Sele" left a lot of frustr...

Costa Rica and Nicaragua’s rivalry will be revived today in the soccer field, as “La Sele” measures up against their northern neighbor in a match part of the Central American Soccer Cup (UNCAF) and where both teams expect to qualify to the Gold Cup. Nicaragua’s head coach, Henry Duarte, is actually Costa Rican, he has directed the Central American team since 2014 with good results. Under his di...

By Wendy Anders Yesterday Costa Rica walloped Belize 3-0 in the second day of Central American Soccer Cup matches at Panama City’s Rommel Fernández stadium, reported Guatemala’s daily Prensa Libre. The goals were scored by José Ortiz (25, 65) on his debut performance with the national team, and Johan Venegas (51). The hot mid-day Panamanian sun didn’t deter Costa Rican coach Oscar Ramírez...

The eleventh edition of the X-Knights, one of three most important events in its category, is coming to Costa Rica on March 18. The freestyle motorcycle competition is one of the most expected sporting events every year in Costa Rica, since it gathers some of the most renown exponents of this discipline worldwide. This time around it will have the participation of the X-Knights two-time champi...

Football's governing body, FIFA, voted on Tuesday to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from its current 32, brushing aside concerns that the expansion would lower the overall standard of the tournament and make it too big and unwieldy. FIFA president Gianni Infantino, fulfilling a promise he made during last year's election campaign, said the move meant that "more can participate and many more w...

The “Kölbi” National Surf Tournament will have kick start its seventeenth edition this January 21st and 22nd at Dominical Beach; in total this event will have six different dates, visiting the main four ocean sites in Costa Rica: North Pacific, South Pacific, Central Pacific and the Caribbean: January 21 and 22 Dominical Beach March 25 and 26 Puerto Viejo April 22 and 23 Santa Teresa May 20 ...

This Monday, the different sports schools that are part of the Costa Rican Institute of Sports and Recreation (ICODER), will begin with this year's FREE summer classes for kids and teenagers to enjoy during their vacation period. 16 different disciplines will be offered in La Sabana Park, including: basketball, volleyball, rugby, softball, cricket, soccer, hockey, jiu jitsu, gymnastics, athleti...

Keylor Navas, Costa Rica’s National Soccer Team’s and Real Madrid’s goalkeeper was recognized as the Ibero-American player of 2016 by EFE. Navas was selected over players like Lionel Messi or Luis Suarez. This award is given annually to the players of Ibero-America that during the Spanish League season have accomplished a larger quantity of points, according to the opinion of the agency’s edito...

Costa Rican female midfielder Shirley Cruz is the thirteenth best player in the world this 2016 according to a poll carried out by the International Federation of Soccer History and Statistics (IFFHS). Shirley Cruz plays and is the captain of the French club Paris Saint Germain and is back in the ranking after being left out in 2015, her best ranking was in 2014 when she ranked number nine. The...

This Friday night fans of Mixed Martial Arts have a very special card with UFC 207 which will feature the highly-expected return of Ronda Rousey to the octagon. “Rowdy”, who we last saw back over a year ago, (November 2015) when she got knocked out by Holly Holm and was forced to take a break due to a broken jaw; she will take on current UFC female bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes this Decemb...

The 53rd edition of the “Copa del Café” (Coffee Bowl) tennis event at the Costa Rica Country Club will kick start on Monday, January 2nd. This junior tennis tournament is an International Tennis Federation Grade 1 Junior Circuit and is considered to be one of the best in the world, supported by the tennis federations of many countries and the oldest of its kind in Latin America, receiving entri...

Francisco Fonseca is a 22-year-old native of San Ramon, Alajuela, who just a few months back, in August 19, won the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Inter-Continental Super Featherweight (130 lbs.) Title by beating Mexican Luis Gonzales in a knockout victory. Fonseca will be defending his belt in March 2017 in Spain against local fighter Juli Giner. Giner “The Rock” is a 33-year-...

It is official, Costa Rican midfielder, David Guzman, will be joining the Portland Timbers. 26-year-old Guzman has been playing for first division local team Saprissa since 2009 where he had become a key player, particularly for his ability to recover the ball. Guzman is also part of the National Soccer Team “La Sele”. “There were several options, I analyzed it with my family, with everyone....

An unnamed company described in a sweeping probe of corruption in soccer's world governing body FIFA matches the description of a close affiliate of Grupo Televisa, the largest broadcaster in Latin America,according to a Reuters review of U.S. and Swiss government documents. In court papers filed on Tuesday, U.S. prosecutors said an affiliate of a major broadcasting company headquartered in La...

Yokasta Valle Costa Rica Boxing - IBF Light-Mini Flyweight Female World Champion Costa Rican Yokasta Valle got a split decision win over Mexican Ana VictoriaPolo and with this victory Yokasta Valle made history, becoming the first Light-Mini Flyweight Female World Champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the second Costa Rican female to hold a World Championship belt. In a ...

CONCACAF awards nominees Soccer players that currently play in International and National clubs both in the female and male category, referees, assistants and coaches were taken into consideration for the CONCACAF awards 2016. In the category of best player of the year the nominees are: Keylor Navas, Christian Bolaños and Bryan Ruiz each of them were also nominated in their respective posit...

Yokasta Valle vs. Ana Victoria Polo Costa Rican boxer Yokasta Valle and Mexican Ana Victoria Polo made weight today and had their last meeting with the press before their World Title Bout this Friday, December 16. Fighters faced off this Thursday, December 15 at noon time in front of the offices of Banca Kristal, sponsor of the event, in downtown San Jose. Yokasta Valle weighed in at 101.4 ...

For the first time in history Costa Rica will be hosting the Latin American PGA Tour from May 1-7, 2017 at Conchal Reserve, Guanacaste. The Essential Costa Rica Classic will have the presence of 144 golfers from 26 countries, and it is organized by the Latin American PGA Tour in alliance with the Costa Rican Golf Federation and production company RPMTV which will handle the logistics of the ev...

BOXING PUERTO RICO Puerto Rican sisters Cindy (l) and Amanda Serrano are sparring partners as they prepare for upcoming matches, source Facebook. San Juan, Dec. 7 — Puerto Rican boxer Cindy Serrano’s hoping for an unusual gift this Christmas, said the Spanish newswire EFE. If she wins a match this Saturday, Cindy and her sibling Amanda would become the first sister duo to hold simultaneo...

Costa Rican BMX street and park rider Kenneth “Pollis” Tencio will begin 2017 with two big challenges, in January he will inaugurate his BMX freestyle track, similar to those used in international tournaments such as the (Festival International des Sports Extremes) FISE World Series, the initial plan was to make this his training facility and this way save money on traveling to train in different ...

Madrid, Dec. 1 — Spanish authorities arrested 34 people, including seven tennis players, for allegedly fixing tennis matches to obtain favorable gambling outcomes, police said last Thursday. Maria Jimenez, spokeswoman for the Civil Guard — Spain's national, militarized police force — said in a press conference that the detained players were all male and occupied spots between 30-360 in Spain's ...

Costa Rican boxer Yokasta Valle will be fighting for a World Title on Friday, December 16. Valle, currently undefeated with 11 professional fights will be facing Mexican Ana Victoria Polo, who holds a record of 10-1. The fight will take place in the Central Park of San Jose, and will be open to the public. The title in dispute is the International Boxing Federation IBF – Junior Mini Flyweigh...

The 21st edition of the San Jose Marathon will take place this Sunday, December 4th with over 3500 participants distributed in three different categories. Representatives from 26 different countries, including Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Germany, Russia and Italy will be part of this traditional event in Costa Rica that will kick off at 6:00 a.m. from the National Stadium and will extend un...

(EFE).- At least 75 people died and five survived the Lamia flight that crashed in Colombia with 81 people on-board, police said Tuesday. On-board the plane were 22 players from the Brazilian Chapecoense soccer team, 28 management staff, members of the technical team and special guests, 22 journalists and nine crew members, who were en route to Medellin, Colombia to play Atletico Nacional in t...

The victories of the Costa Rica male National Soccer Team in the first two games of the hex stage of the CONCACAF qualification matches to Russia World Cup 2018 reflected in the FIFA ranking that was released this week. “La Sele” is positioned in the 17th slot, one step ahead of Mexico which makes Costa Rica the top team in the CONCACAF. The U.S.A. went down four slots to position 28. Cost...

Costa Rican Keylor Navas candidate to best goalkeeper of the year in Europe Portuguese Rui Patricio, Italian Gianluigi Buffon, Slovenian Jan Oblak and Costa Rican Keylor Navas will compete for Europe’s best goalkeeper of the year award 2016. This is the first time Navas is nominated to this award, having been nominated before to best goalkeeper of the Spanish League, the Facebook Awards, an...

(EFE).- Jürgen Klinsmann has been dismissed as coach of the U.S. men's national team, U.S. Soccer announced Monday. (Watch Klinsmann's video message at the end of this article) The squad posted a record of 55 wins, 27 draws and 16 defeats under the former German international, who was named coach in July 2011. "Today we made the difficult decision of parting ways with Jürgen Klinsmann, our h...

Soccer is not just Costa Rica’s main sport, but also part of its identity and culture; soccer players become public figures quickly specially when they play for the main soccer teams Saprissa or Alajuela (La Liga). Gabriel Badilla was 32 years old The morning of this Sunday, November 20, one of these players passed away, one that had won the heart of many soccer fans as the former captain o...