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A national sport is a physical activity or sport that is culturally significant or deeply embedded in a nation, serving as a national symbol and an intrinsic element to a nation's identity and culture. Several sovereign states and constituent states have formally recognized a specific activity as their national sport, typically favouring sports ...
Panama finished as runners-up at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2005, [6] 2013 [7] and 2023, losing to the United States on the former two occasions and to Mexico in the latter. Panama has also competed in the sub-regional Copa Centroamericana which they won in 2009, beating Costa Rica in the final (0–0 on full-time, 5–3 on penalties).
Spain national football team. The Spain national football team (Spanish: Selección Española de Fútbol) has represented Spain in men's international football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. Spain is one of eight national teams to have been crowned ...
Panam Sports (officially English: Pan American Sports Organization and Spanish: Organización Deportiva Panamericana) [1][2] is an international organization which represents the current 41 National Olympic Committees of the American continent. It is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee and its affiliated bodies, including ANOC ...
Football in Panama is run by the Federación Panameña de Fútbol. The association administers the national football team, as well as the LPF. [1] Football is the most popular sport in Panama. [2] Panama qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [3]
Football is the sport with the most registered players (a total of 1,063,090 of which 997,106 are men and 77,461 women, a 55% rise in women since 2014 [7]), and highest number of registered clubs (a total of 29,205) among all Spanish sport federations according to data issued by the sports administration of Spain's government in 2020. [8]
Panama has appeared in 18 Games of the Olympiads, making its debut appearance at the 1928 Summer Olympics. They have never appeared in the Olympic Winter Games. The country has won four medals (one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals). Long jumper Irving Saladino won Panama's first and only Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Games. [1][2]
Panama at the2020 Summer Olympics. Panama competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1928.