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Estadio Glorias Costeñas
Glorias Costeñas Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bluefields, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region. It is used for football matches and is the home stadium to Deportivo Bluefields Deportivo Bluefields is a Nicaraguan Football (soccer), football team. Based in Bluefields at the country's Caribbean coast, the club has played in the Primera División de Nicaragua, Nicaraguan Premier Division, their most recent the 2008/2009 ... and Nicaraguan baseball team Costa Caribe also play their home matches at the stadium. The stadium holds 4,000 spectators. External linksStadium information Glorias Costenas South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region {{nicaragua-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stadion at Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for association football. Other popular stadium sports include gridiron football, baseball, cricket, the various codes of rugby, field lacrosse, bandy, and bullfighting. Many large sports venues are also used for concerts. Etymology "Stadium" is the Latin form of the Greek word " stadion" (''στάδιον''), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluefields
Bluefields is the capital of the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, South Caribbean Autonomous Region in Nicaragua. It was also the capital of the former Mosquito Coast, Kingdom of Mosquitia, and later the Zelaya Department, which was divided into North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, North and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions. It is located on Bluefields Bay at the mouth of the Escondido River (Nicaragua), Bluefields River in the Municipalities of Nicaragua, municipality of the same name. It was named after Abraham Blauvelt, a Dutch people, Dutch-Jewish pirates, Jewish pirate, privateer, and explorer of Central America and the western Caribbean. It has a population of 55,575 (2021 estimate) and its inhabitants are mostly African diaspora, Afro-descendant Creoles, Miskito people, Miskitu, Mestizo, as well as smaller communities of Garifuna people, Garinagu,Chinese Nicaraguans, Chinese, Mayangna people, Mayangna, and Rama pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
The South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of and has a population of 420,935 (2021 estimate). The capital is Bluefields. Bordering the Caribbean Sea, it contains part of the region known as the Mosquito Coast. It is divided into 12 municipalities: Bluefields, the Corn Islands, El Ayote, El Rama, El Tortuguero, Karawala, Kukra Hill, La Cruz de Río Grande, Muelle de los Bueyes, Nueva Guinea, Paiwas, and Pearl Lagoon. Eight languages are spoken in the region, with English Creole and Spanish being dominant. The Pearl Cays archipelago is also a part of the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region but mainly belonging to the municipality of Pearl Lagoon. Economy Agriculture Approximately 30 percent of the Caribbean Coast’s labor force forms part of the agriculture industry. According to the IV National Agricultural Census prepared by the National Development Information Institute (INIDE) and, the Ministry of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deportivo Bluefields
Deportivo Bluefields is a Nicaraguan Football (soccer), football team. Based in Bluefields at the country's Caribbean coast, the club has played in the Primera División de Nicaragua, Nicaraguan Premier Division, their most recent the 2008/2009 season. nbsp;– RSSSF Despite its economic difficulties it features a talented squad, and many of the star players in Nicaragua's top clubs like Real Esteli or Diriangen began their career at Bluefields. Coaches * José Nelson Lima (2006)References Football clubs in Nicaragua 1997 establishments in Nicaragua Association football clubs established in 1997 {{Nicaragua-footyclub-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Venues In Nicaragua
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
