Sports

BOXING

Olympic boxing in Panama, a sport that seeks to resurface

The Olympic Boxing Federation of Panama is committed to improving the performance of boxers based on scientific, sporting, and training plans outside the country.

The Panamanian Olympic boxing leadership seeks to make this discipline stand out in the regional and international circuits through a process of firings and training outside of Panama, which has given positive results, ”said the Olympic boxing federation, Tomás Cianca, who spoke with Metro Libre. Tomás Cianca (TC)

How is the Olympic boxing in Panama?

TC. "Olympic boxing in Panama is currently in a phase of the renewal of figures, seeking new values for Panama 2020, hence in the last two years we have dedicated our efforts to holding the Youth and Junior championships."

SOCCER

Panama soccer team

The Panama soccer team is the representative team of the country that controls the Panamanian Soccer Federation (FEPAFUT), in the official competitions organized by the International Federation of Soccer Associations (FIFA).

The 1920s were characterized by being the one that marked the beginning of organized football, with figures such as Dr. Fige in the Antillean part and especially Colonel Gabriel Barrios, an important patron of Panamanian sport at that time.

The first references collected indicate a decade of transformations for Panamanian football, incipient in its organization. However, the lack of greater support and the precarious conditions of that time did not allow it to grow internationally, not even to attend the First World Cup of 1930, in Uruguay. Although it was not ready to be an active member of FIFA, the National Football League chaired at that time by Nessim Ramos, had received a formal invitation from the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) for a Panamanian team to travel to participate. of the World Cup. Unfortunately, he declined the invitation.

The first official match was in 1938, with the victory over Venezuela (2-1), then the first confrontation between the teams of Panama and Costa Rica took place in 1938, during the IV Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama, with a disastrous result, when the Costa Ricans thrashed 11-0.

CYCLING

Cycling in Panama

More and more people decide to try the benefits of cycling in the city.

It is becoming more and more common to see people buy a bicycle to roll it through the streets of Panama City. If you ever head to the bike lane, Monday through Saturday, 4:00 a.m. At 8:00 a.m., you can see dozens of cyclists use this route to pedal, either for exercise or as a way to de-stress.

In all these tours there are escorts, personnel, guides, ambulance, in addition to other services that guarantee the safest experience possible. Group A (experts) pedal from Rali on Balboa avenue to Gamboa. There they make a stop to hydrate. Group B (semi-experts) pedal from Balboa Avenue to Summit; they also make a stop. Group C runs from Avenida Balboa to Ciudad del Saber. In the end, the three groups meet and go together to the store, always escorted by traffic authorities and ambulances.