Authorities close Costa Rica&#39;s soccer stadium over tax debts
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Saprissa Stadium was temporarily closed by the Costa Rica government on Thursday to enforce payment of tax debts. The soccer stadium, home of the national champion Saprissa club, will remain closed for five days.
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Argentine judicial authorities are probing the bank accounts of soccer great Diego Maradona as part of a tax investigation, a source at Argentina's central bank said on Wednesday.
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Guinea-Bissau&#39;s armed forces and seized key buildings in the capital of the former Portuguese colony. Officials said the unit involved had spent nine months in Liberia and had not been paid for five.
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LOS ANGELES Financial problems have shut down two Los Angeles County emergency rooms for good over the past two weeks -- raising concerns that the county&#39;s remaining E-Rs may be overwhelmed.
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Port Hueneme in Ventura County was closed off Monday afternoon while authorities investigated a possible terrorist threat on a cargo ship, a port official said.
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Spectators have been evacuated from Real Madrid&#39;s Bernabeu stadium following a bomb scare during the game between the hosts and Real Sociedad.
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Spanish authorities evacuated 70,000 people from a soccer stadium Sunday after a bomb threat was phoned in to a Basque newspaper. The referee halted the Spanish league game
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Real Madrid&#39;s Primera Liga match against Real Sociedad has been abandoned with the scores level at 1-1 after police received a warning that a bomb would explode at the stadium at 9 pm (8 pm British time).
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The deaths of 23 tigers in a Thai zoo, allegedly from bird flu, has forced officials to close the facility, TNA reported Tuesday. Initial tests of the big cats at the Sriracha Tigers Zoo in the eastern province
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St. Petersburg, FL (Sports Network) - The threat of Hurricane Jeanne has forced the cancellation of Sunday&#39;s game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays at Tropicana Field.
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Organisation will temporarily close operations in St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg after 'pressure'
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SALINAS, Calif. -- Central Coast hospitals are trying to figure out where they&#39;re going to send patients with severe trauma after hearing the news that the San Jose Medical Center will be closing soon.
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Former Costa Rica president Miguel Angel Rodriguez submitted this Friday his resignation as Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS.
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Costa Ricans are clearing up after a strong earthquake hit the country on Saturday killing at least four people. Hundreds of houses were damaged and major highways were cracked in the magnitude 6.2 quake, centred 48km (30 miles) south-west of San Jose.
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Washington's new baseball team shut down business and promotional operations indefinitely Wednesday as its move to the nation's capital teetered on the brink of collapse. The decision by major league baseball followed the D.C. Council's decision Tuesday to require private financing for at least half the cost of building a new stadium.
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Negotiations to build a soccer stadium for D.C. United in Southeast Washington have collapsed, leading District officials to pursue other options for the site and team officials to threaten to move the franchise out of the city, government sources said yesterday.
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The A-9 connects government and rebel territory. The government closed it Aug. 12 due to fighting.