Thomas Frischknecht, last year’s champion, remains the one to beat in the 14th edition of the “Conqueror’s Route” mountain bike race. The race goes from Jacó Beach on the Pacific Coast to Limón on the Atlantic Coast. Following the routes used by the Spanish in Colonial times to transverse Costa Rica. This year there are […]
El puerto, Futbol Club Puntarenas, has advanced to the Central American final against a club from Honduras, either Olimpia or Victoria. In a tourney where the traditional Costa Rican powers were eliminated (Alajuela by Puntarenas and Saprissa by Victoria), Puntarenas has saved face and is now qualified for the North, Central American and Caribbean region […]
After reviewing 5 finalists, the Costa Rican Football Federation named this week Hernan Medford as the new head coach of the national team for the eliminatories of the South Africa World Cup 2010.
Medford was hired as Saprissa’s head coach in 2003 by new owner Jorge Vergara. At that time Medford had recently retired as a […]
By Amanda Roberson, Tico Times Staff
Costa Rica is about to get a taste of Japan that includes more than just sushi as Japan Week kicks off Saturday. A slew of activities, including cinematic, culinary and intellectual events will be held around the Central Valley through Nov. 11, the Japanese Embassy announced at a press […]
Presidency Minister Rodrigo Arias remained firm yesterday in assertions made by his brother, President Oscar Arias, that lawmakers will send the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) to the floor of the Legislative Assembly by December.
Rodrigo Arias lamented the long time the assembly’s International Affairs Commission has taken to discuss the trade […]
