Juegos Nacionales in Chocó and Tolima

At a press conference on October 6, head of Coldeportes, Andrés Botero Phillipsbourne, announced that five disciplines of the 20th Juegos Nacionales...

Sports roundup: Davis cup deception and olympic wrestlers

Davis Cup deception Colombia missed a unique chance to move up to the world group of the Davis Cup tennis tournament in 2016. In Pereira’s brand...

President appeals to the nation to save water

[caption id="attachment_8039" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo: World Food Program.[/caption] Colombia is on high alert due to the most...

Uribe: Supreme Court investigation?

[caption id="attachment_8036" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The village of El Aro after the 1997 massacre.[/caption] Ex-president to be...

Poverty halved, new goals set for 2030

[gallery type="columns" ids="8019,8020,8021,8022,8023,8024,8025,8026"] It has been 15 years since the creation of the UN Millennium Development...

Megateo, dead or alive?

[caption id="attachment_8519" align="alignnone" width="960"] Megateo yet to be confirmed dead.[/caption] Government announces that two of...

Maritime dispute escalates

Colombia and Nicaragua’s decades long dispute over oil rich maritime territory continues after two new cases have been taken to the International...

Dog parking

[caption id="attachment_8518" align="alignnone" width="960"] Take your dog for some exercise![/caption] Bogotá now has its first park exclusively...

Team Colombia-Coldeportes withdraws from 2016 Peloton after Coldeportes cuts funding

After four years in the cycling peloton, Team Colombia-Coldeportes will not return for the  2016 season. Team manager Claudio Corti announced in an...

Surf fever hitting Chocó

The last few years have seen Colombian successes in all kinds of different sports, perhaps surfing will provide the country’s next world...