(PanamaDigest) Astros manager Brad Mills visited Carlos Lee, the Houston baseball team’s highest paid player, in Panama this week to get to know him a little better. Lee took his manager on a tour of his cattle ranches and the local baseball fields in Aguadulce after breakfast on Wednesday. The two then had dinner that at the Miraflores Restaurant overlooking the Panama … [Read more...]
Panama boxers end 2010 with three world champions
(prensa.com) Panama has started 2011 with three champions of the World Boxing Association. Luis "El Nica" Concepción is the flyweight champion, and has started preparations for his next title defense. According to trainer Rogelio Espiño, this defence might be in Japan at the end of February or early March. Anselmo Moreno holds the bantamweight title. He will defend his … [Read more...]
Mini-golf course opens in Farallon
(Prensa.com) Panama's newest golf course doesn't require expensive clubs or four or more hours to play a round. Canadians Marcos and Carolina Coutlec have opened a miniature golf course near the main entrance to the village of Farallon. It is expected to attract players from the resorts in the areas of Anton and Santa Clara. The owners also said they will be hoping to … [Read more...]
Mariano Rivera inks two-year deal with Yankees
(prensa.com) Panamanian Mariano Rivera has signed a two-year, $30 million contract to continue playing for the New York Yankees. The relief pitcher had 33 saves in 45 games this year. Rivera, the most valuable player of the World Series in 1999, turned 41 on Nov. 29. He has been with the Yankees for 15 seasons. Meanwhile, Panamanian Carlos Lee, who plays for the … [Read more...]
Panama Beats in Costa Rica in UNCAF U-20 Qualifier
(boxscorenews) Striker Cecilio Waterman scored the game's only goal and Panama defeated Costa Rica, 1-0, Thursday in a Central American Football Union under-20 qualifying match at Estadio Agustin Muquita Sanchez. With three points apiece, Panama and Costa Rica are joint leaders in the three-team Group 1 after two rounds. Nicaragua, which lost … [Read more...]