SAN JOSE: Costa Rica became the first country in the Americas to restart their professional soccer league on Tuesday, with an afternoon game ...
SAN JOSE: Costa Rica became the first country in the Americas to restart their professional soccer league on Tuesday, with an afternoon game played behind closed doors and substitutes sitting in the stands to ensure their distance from others.
Costa Rica has recorded just 866 cases of COVID-19 and only 10 fatalities, one of the best records in the region. Tuesday’s game in Heredia, 10km north of the capital San Jose, was held behind closed doors and broadcast on local television. Only team members, broadcast media and match officials were allowed into the stadium.Some clubs have sold"virtual tickets" to fans whose face is printed on a poster and placed on stadium seats. Others hope to create a live atmosphere with recordings of chants and songs.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Football: Premier League clubs to resume training from May 19LONDON (AFP) - Premier League clubs will return to training in small groups from Tuesday (May 19) after the latest stage of 'Project Restart' was approved on Monday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
Football: English Premier League could show more matches on free-to-air, minister saysThe English Premier League could show more matches on free-to-air TV platforms once it resumes, including during the normally protected 1500 BST ...
Read more »
Right time for Premier League return, says Liverpool's KloppLiverpool manager Juergen Klopp believes it is the right time for England's Premier League to resume after a two-month stoppage due to the ...
Read more »
American actors Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara said to be expecting their first childAmerican celebrity couple Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara are set to become parents soon.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
With only one bidder, no tender awarded for Singapore's first dementia care villageSINGAPORE: No award was given for what would have become Singapore's first dementia care village, after only one bid was submitted for the tender, ...
Read more »
Athletics-Jamaican sprint king Bolt becomes father for first timeAthletics great and eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt and his long-time girlfriend Kasi Bennett welcomed their first child on Sunday, ...
Read more »