by Rod Hughes
Referee Venicio Mena did a disservice to both Saprissa and Brujas last night when one of Saprissa’s goals was made by Alvaro Alpizar’s successful penalty kick resulting from an infraction that never occurred. It was a pity because both sides played well, especially Saprissa in the second half.
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by Rod Hughes
The Organization of American States and the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry, in their traditional peace-keeping roles, scrambled this week to defuse the diplomatic crisis between Colombia and its neighbors Ecuador and Venezuela. The tensions spilled over Saturday when Colombian troops crossed the Ecuadoran border Saturday and killed 20 […]
by Rod Hughes
Costa Rica’s star swimmer Claudia Poll is not yet ready to hang up her swimming cap and dry off. She is eyeing competitions for, in the newspaper La Nacion’s delicate phrasing, swimmers of “a certain age.”
A determined competitor with a wall full of […]
by Rod Hughes
Next time you get a traffic ticket in Costa Rica, you might remember traffic officer Jesus Ruiz before you get too resentful. He maintains that he is paying dearly for giving a ticket—to his boss last December.
According to an exclusive story in the […]
