Mike's Bogota Blog

Colombia's Women's Team: On their way to the Olympics and the World Cup, in case you didn't notice. (Photo: El Tiempo ) ...

A  celebrar! I happened to be in the hardscrabble Egipto neighborhood above La Candelaria this afternoon when Colombia won its matc...

Can coach Jose Pekerman, an Argentinian, bring back Colombia's glory days? Barring collapse, Colombia will soon qualify for a di...

Colombian footballers above a table football game.  Colombia's relationship with what is its popular national sport, if not i...

*Football speaks Portuguese! Brazilian and Mexican players fight for the ball during a cup match. Brazil and its one-time colonial...

Improvised seating to see the game in La Candelaria. This afternoon, much of male Bogotá stopped moving while two teams of men in Spain k...

Ave. 26, alongside Independence Park. Will buses be running here July 29? Colombia is to host the 2011 under-20 football World Cup . But ...