Panama City · Sports & events

The national team's ground and home to top-flight clubs; Panama's league splits Apertura, roughly July to December, and Clausura, January to May.

Named for the country's greatest hitter. The national baseball championship runs January to March, with provincial sides and cheap tickets.

Panama has produced a long line of world champions, and the arena named for the most famous of them stages cards through the year.

The waterfront is closed to cars on Sunday mornings and full of runners and cyclists; the city marathon lands in the drier early months.