Costa Rica
Costa Rica's hopes of bidding a fond farewell to their golden generation and replicating their 2014 success suffered a harsh reality check on Thursday when they lost 4-2 to Germany to finish bottom of Group E and exit the World Cup.
Matosas was appointed as Costa Rica manager in October 2018.
After drawing 1-1 with the Swiss in their Group E opener, Brazil will have to beat Costa Rica on Friday if they want to avoid matching the 1970s barren run.
England will ring the changes for Thursday's friendly against Costa Rica in Leeds with manager Gareth Southgate warning against complacency and keen to give his entire squad playing time before the World Cup.
As towering waves smashed onto Costa Rica’s Cocles beach, sucking away much of its sand, surf instructor Leo Downer was scared the coastal road, along with his Toyota car, would be washed into the Caribbean by the ferocious February storm.
Khazri emphasised his potential worth at this year’s World Cup with a classy first-half goal to hand the north Africans a 1-0 win over Costa Rica.
The UN's highest court drew new maritime boundaries between Costa Rica and Nicaragua on Friday seeking to end a decades-long frontier dispute.
England will host Nigeria at Wembley on June 2 before playing against Costa Rica five days later at Leeds
A family of five from the New York City suburb of Scarsdale was aboard a plane that crashed minutes after takeoff from a popular beach resort in Costa Rica.
A Costa Rican plane crashed into woodland off a popular tourist beach on Sunday, killing 10 U.S. citizens and two local pilots.
Navas achieved the award for the second time in history, as he won it in 2014, and he was also the CONCACAF Goalkeeper of the Year in 2016.
Álvaro Morata, striker of the Spanish National Team, celebrated the comfortable triumph of Spain against Costa Rica (5-0).
Isco Alarcón, Spain’s national team midfielder, will not travel on Sunday with his fellow players to play against Russia for a friendly match scheduled Tuesday.
The World Robotics Olympiad, being held in Costa Rica this weekend, shows human athletes still have little to worry about.
A late goal from Roman Torres punched Panama's ticket to their first World Cup finals on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Costa Rica.
USA won Costa Rica 2-0 on Sunday July 23 morning in CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final, and qualified to the final for the 10th time.
