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20 March 2025
Brazil start Copa America mission with Costa Rica encounter
Brazil open their 2024 Copa America campaign against Costa Rica on Monday in Los Angeles with a whole new look almost from top to bottom, with Real Madrid's rising star Vinicius Jr leading a group that were waiting for an opportunity for a fresh start.
24 June 2024
Argentina roar back to beat Costa Rica 3-1
Angel Di Maria, Alexis Mac Allister and Lautaro Martinez rescued Argentina on Tuesday as the world champions came from behind to beat Costa Rica 3-1 in an international friendly in Los Angeles.
27 March 2024
Canada, Costa Rica seal Copa America berths with playoff wins
Canada advanced to the tournament after defeating Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 before Costa Rica came from behind to down Honduras 3-1 at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco.
24 March 2024
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1 December 2022
France's Frappart to lead all-female referee trio in Costa Rica-Germany match
Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman to referee a men's World Cup match after FIFA announced on Tuesday that she will take charge of Thursday's Group E match between Germany and Costa Rica.
30 November 2022
Upsets continue as Japan humble Germany
Japan’s Bundesliga players took matters into their own hands in their 2-1 comeback win over Germany in Group E of the World Cup on Wednesday, giving their opponents a taste of their own medicine.
23 November 2022
Costa Rica aim to be 'giant killers' again, says Waston
Costa Rica will look to repeat history at the World Cup in Qatar when they bid to advance from the "Group of Death" to the knockout stages, defender Kendall Waston said.
12 November 2022
Aus, NZ, Peru, Costa Rica fight for last two World Cup places
The last two places at the World Cup finals will be decided this week, with Australia, New Zealand, Peru and Costa Rica digging into their stamina reserves for do-or-die battles.
12 June 2022
Costa Rican plane crash kills 12, including 10 US citizens
A Costa Rican plane has crashed into woodland off a popular tourist beach, killing 10 US citizens and two local pilots, the Costa Rican government says.
1 January 2018
Football: Costa Rica defender Badilla dies during run
Former Costa Rica international Gabriel Badilla has died aged 32, the Costa Rica Star reported on Sunday, the newspaper saying the defender collapsed near the finish of a 10km race in Santa Ana.
21 November 2016
Football: US in World Cup trouble after losing 4-0 to Costa Rica
The United States face an uphill battle to qualify for their eighth consecutive World Cup Finals after being demolished 4-0 by a rampant Costa Rica in San Jose.
16 November 2016
Bosnia's Indiana Jones claims massive stone sphere is sign of ancient civilisation
Semir Osmanagich seems to have made a discovery that sheds light into the ancient civilization in Europe. The giant mysterious sphere embedded in the ground in Bosnia is claimed to be the largest man-made stone ball in Europe, and the oldest in world, dating back more than 1,500 years ago
14 April 2016
Ship sinks off Nicaragua; 13 Costa Ricans dead
Thirteen Costa Ricans died when a small ship carrying 32 tourists from Latin America, the United States and Britain sank off Nicaragua's Little Corn Island in the Caribbean, officials said.
24 January 2016
United States 1-4 Brazil: Neymar comes off the bench to net brace in friendly
The Barcelona forward's second-half double led the Selecao to their 10th consecutive victory over the Stars and Stripes.
9 September 2015
Hulk's early goal helps Brazil defeat Costa Rica in friendly
Hulk scored in the 10th minute after an early stretch of Brazil dominance and the five-time world champions beat Costa Rica 1-0 on Saturday in a friendly in Harrison, NJ, reports espnfc.com.
6 September 2015