Avalanches and rock falls threaten the dream of the compatriot Warner Rojas who is about to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The Costa Rican team could not pass the “Camp 3″ on the day they had planned, because the original route that was prepared is very dangerous. The situation was complicated and the leaders [...]
May 6 2012 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Culture and Youth acknowledged it has no budget to pay 117 000 000 Costa Rican colones to athlete Nery Brenes. He is the new world champion in the 400 meter World Indoor Athletics in Istanbul, Turkey. However, the payment will become effective. Today the Minister of Culture, Manuel Obregon, will meet with [...]
Mar 13 2012 | Posted in
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After flying around the indoor track in Istanbul, breaking his personal record in the 400 meter race and become the first Costa Rican world champion in athletics, Nery Brenes screamed his lungs out the national anthem of our country. Amid the winners of the silver and bronze the new champion bowed his head to gold [...]
Mar 11 2012 | Posted in
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The famous “barras” that are fans of sports teams in the country, such as Saprissa and Liga Deportiva Alajuelense Herrediano Club sport, can cause problems and even crimes in some shops. Supermencado owners, bars and liquor stores are terrified with this group of young people. They scare business customers not only for their tattoos and [...]
Feb 25 2012 | Posted in
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Perez Zeledon took a well deserved victory against Saprissa, a brave and good game, a top face to face between two very skilled teams. Saprissa was submitted by Perez early on and given it’s not easy for any team to enter their building, PZ really shined today. PZ went up 2-0 in the first 20 [...]
Feb 6 2012 | Posted in
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Four Tico surfers will participate in the third round of the Latin Tour, which begins today at Montanita Beach in Ecuador. Anthony Fillingim, Noé Mar McGonagle, Jason Torres and Jairo Perez will represent the country in a new day of the tournament popularly known as ALAS (an acronym for the Latin American Surfing Association). The first of them, who was eighth in the Open division of the circuit in 2011, is planted in the third round, while his compatriots do need to fight from the start. [...]
Jan 31 2012 | Posted in
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The Spanish football team, current world champion is already in our country after arriving at 4:00 a. m. from a private flight from England. The team, led by Spanish Vicente del Bosque, left the Juan Santamaria airport at 4:26 a. m., after the relevant immigration procedures. The noise was present in a lot of fans [...]
Nov 13 2011 | Posted in
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The Disciplinary Tribunal of Unafut imposed to the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium three warnings of closure for incidents during the classic on Wednesday. First, there was throwing of objects such as cardboard boxes, stones and coins. In addition, the fans of both teams used gunpowder, and finally there was unauthorized entry of fire extinguishers in the [...]
Nov 11 2011 | Posted in
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The Costa Rican Adriana Rojas ranked sixth in mountain biking in the Pan American Games which started today in Guadalajara, Mexico. This test was the first medal awarded in these games; it was conquered by the American Heatler Irmiger, who used a time of 1 hour, 34 minutes and 9 seconds to overcome the 24.8 [...]
Oct 15 2011 | Posted in
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Tickets for the friendly match between Mexico and Brazil, which will be played on October 11, are cheaper than the game of Brazilians in Costa Rica, to be held four days earlier in San Jose. Prices to see the South American team in Mexico range from ¢ 30,000 to ¢ 75,000, while in Costa Rica, [...]
Sep 24 2011 | Posted in
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