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Basque pelota (Basque: pilota, Spanish: pelota vasca, French: pelote basque) is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (frontis or fronton) or, more traditionally, with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net.
The Independence Centenary Athletic Games of Central America (Spanish: Juegos Atléticos del Centenario de la Independencia de Centroamérica) [1] was an association football tournament organized to celebrate 100 years of Central American independence from the Spanish Empire.
The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish. [6] However, there are also many local indigenous languages in Costa Rica, such as Bribrí. [7] [8] English is the first foreign language and the second most taught language in Costa Rica, followed by French, German, Italian and Chinese. [9]
Costa Rica: 30th: 2019: Managua Nicaragua: June 22–23: Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes: 44 Costa Rica: 31st: 2020: San José Costa Rica: December 28–29: Estadio Nacional: 32nd: 2021: San José Costa Rica: June 26–27: Estadio Nacional: 33rd: 2022: Managua Nicaragua: July 2–3: Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua ...
Traditional dances were blended with new, modern ways of moving, evolving into a blended, more contemporary forms. Ballroom studios teach lessons on many Latin American dances. One can even find the cha-cha being done in honky-tonk country bars. Miami has been a large contributor of the United States' involvement in Latin dancing.
The 2025 Central American and Caribbean Beach Games (Spanish: Juegos Centroamericanos y de Caribe de Mar y Playa), officially the II Central American and Caribbean Beach Games, will be an international multi-sport event held in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. [1] [2] The games are overseen by Centro Caribe Sports (formerly CACSO). [3]
The 2013 Central American Games, the X edition of the Central American Games, were celebrated in San José, Costa Rica from 3 to 17 March 2013. It was largest multi-sport event organized in Costa Rica. [1] The games were officially opened by Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla.
The tournament was the second association football tournament held at the Central American and Caribbean Games, with the first tournament being held in 1930 in Havana. All matches were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca. Six national football teams participated in the tournament: Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and ...