PERUVIAN WOMEN’S FOOTBALL TEAM LOOKS TO BEAT PANAMA

A weekend full of sports. The Peruvian women’s football team will look to beat Panama, with the support of fans, this Saturday on the last date of group B’s first stage at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. 

Although team Peru, coached by Brazilian Doriva Bueno, has obtained acceptable outcomes against Argentina and Costa Rica, results were not what he expected. However, a chance at payback will come on Saturday night at 20:30, when the women’s team will have an opportunity to change their situation at the Stadium of the National University of San Marcos. 

Starting at 17:30, the group’s leading teams (Argentina and Costa Rica), both qualified with two wins and six points, will compete to decide the pool winner. 

In Group A, Colombia (first with 4 points) and Mexico (third with 3 points) will compete at 10:00. On the other hand, Paraguay (second with four points) and Jamaica (last without points or goals) will conclude this decisive day at 13:00. 

A GROWING MEDAL COUNT 

On the twelfth day of competition, new gold medals will be disputed.  This is the case of track cycling. Starting at 18:57, medals for men's sprint and points race will be defined at the velodrome of the National Sports Village (VIDENA) in San Luis. 

Medals will also be defined in men’s synchronized springboard diving and women’s 10m platform finals to be held at the VIDENA Aquatic Center starting at 19:00. 

Villa El Salvador Sports Center will also host the individual and group rhythmic gymnastics finals starting at 14:05. In Tennis, matches for the bronze medal in mixed and women’s doubles will be held starting at 14:00 at Club Lawn Tennis, Jesús María. And the same for men's doubles. 

And, starting at 17:00, the women's and men's doubles finals will be played. Meanwhile, air rifle mixed team, women’s pistol, and men’s skeet shooting finals have been scheduled at the Las Palmas Air Base Shooting Range in Santiago de Surco. These competitions will start at 11:00. 

FINAL STRETCH 

In men's hockey, Peru and Canada will face off starting at 16:00 at Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center. Prior to this game, we will have Argentina vs. Cuba (14:00), Mexico vs. United States (12:00), and Chile vs. Trinidad and Tobago (10:00). 

Also, men’s indoor volleyball semifinals will be disputed at 18:30 at the Callao Sports Center. While at the Surf High-Performance Center (CAR) in Punta Rocas, waves are expected to mean great and prolonged men's and women's surf competitions. 

Fascinating racquetball singles matches will be held on the courts of the Callao Regional Sports Village starting at 10:00. Meanwhile, equestrian team and individual eventing will take place, starting at 11:00, at the Army Equestrian School in La Molina. 

Basketball, a sport that has gathered many spectators at Eduardo Dibós Coliseum in San Borja, will have its men's semifinals at 18:00. 

Baseball will have a very intense day at the Villa Maria del Triunfo Sports Center from 10:00. Canoe slalom will have men’s and women’s events in Río Cañete Lunahuana, also starting at 10:00.