PERTH, Australia | Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:06am EDT PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - American Bo Van Pelt rolled in a 15-metre putt at the last hole to grab a one-shot lead after the third round of the $2 million Perth International at Lake Karrinyup. "Once in a while the hole gets in the way," Van Pelt told reporters.His eight-iron approach had finished on a bac...

Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:53am EDT (Reuters) - Jorge Lorenzo's record-shattering late burst put the MotoGP championship leader on pole position for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit. The Yamaha rider cranked up the pace in the closing stages of Saturday's session to clock a record lap of two minutes 0.334 seconds and snatch his seventh po...

Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:04am EDT (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants blanked the St Louis Cardinals 5-0 on Friday to stave off elimination and extend the National League Championship Series (NLCS) to a sixth game back at their home ballpark. A four-run burst in the fourth inning gave Giants starter Barry Zito all the offense he needed. The left-hander kept the Cardin...

Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:21am EDT (Reuters) - India's Arjun Atwal carded eight birdies and a lone bogey to rocket into a one-shot lead over Davis Love III and Jim Furyk after Friday's second round of the McGladrey Classic at Sea Island in Georgia. Atwal has not won anywhere since his maiden PGA Tour win in 2010 and his best finish this year is a share of 19th place at ...

By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas | Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:08am EDT AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong told supporters of his Livestrong cancer charity on Friday that it had been a difficult couple of weeks but the foundation's mission must go on. The seven-time Tour de France winner stepped down as the foundation's chairman...

Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:54pm EDT (Reuters) - Dirk Nowitzki will miss the start of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) regular season after having knee surgery that is expected to keep him out of the lineup for six weeks, the team said on Friday. If everything goes according to schedule, the 34-year-old Nowitzki will miss about a dozen games starting with his t...

By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE | Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:57pm EDT BELGRADE (Reuters) - Former NBA forward Sonny Weems shone in CSKA Moscow's 76-71 overtime win at Partizan Belgrade but his effervescence was overshadowed by a scandal which sent shockwaves through the Euroleague on Friday. Fenerbahce Istanbul shooting guard Romain Sato was detained ove...

By Simon Meads LONDON | Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:47pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) - The $100 billion Texas Teachers' pension fund is to buy a stake in Formula One racing from the estate of collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers, a person familiar with the matter said. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas will buy a 3 percent stake in the motor racing bus...

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK | Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:52pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge has banned up to 2,000 skateboarders from racing down a bustling stretch of Broadway after city officials said the unauthorized event known as "The Broadway Bomb" was a danger to pedestrians and motorists. For a decade, skateboarders from around the world ha...

Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:45pm EDT (Reuters) - The National Hockey League postponed another week of regular-season games on Friday because of the ongoing labor dispute with players. The NHL released a short statement on Friday announcing that all scheduled games up until November 1 had been scrapped because of the lockout.The regular-season was originally set to start o...

Next year marks the 25th anniversary of the Chirripó Race. For the past 24 years madcap runners have been beating the clock in a 34 km marathon up and down the highest mountain in Costa Rica, and this past year a new record was set at 3 hours 5 minutes. For the anniversary run several of the prizes will be dazzling – especially if anyone can beat that 3 hour barrier! Registration for the ra...

In the past The Costa Rica Star has published about bodybuilding and the top gyms in Costa Rica. RAW Fitness Costa Rica is an outdoor fitness club providing a balance of cardio, strength and endurance training across various RAW exercises. So grab a hammer, tire, sand bag and let's go! Description We believe in exercising Outdoors - moving the body the way it was designed to move. Dyn...

Just days from a game that could well prove decisive for its chances of advancing to the final round of CONCACAF qualifying, Costa Rica is in the midst of preparing for one of its biggest qualifying challenges in recent memory. The Ticos travel to the Estadio Cuscatlan for a Group B showdown against host El Salvador, a fifth match-day game from which the six-time Central American champion ...

Panama, the home of the greatest closer of all time. Yankee’s Mariano Rivera, and the first country in the region to play baseball, is the subject of a ground breaking sports documentary by a New York filmmaker. US filmmaker Eric Soussan lamented that Panama, which pioneered baseball now lags behind other Latin- American countries in its exports of players to the major leagues. When he obta...

When Stephanie Solverson pedaled her bike into Riverton on Thursday, Sept. 27, she was already two weeks into a months-long trip from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, back to her home on Little Corn Island, Nicaragua. The 23-year-old Calgary native has pledged to ride her bike roughly 4,300 miles to raise money for a community learning center being built on Little Corn Island by the nonprofit orga...

Costa Rica is poised to become the first Latin American country to ban hunting as a sport, after Congress on Tuesday provisionally approved reforms to its Wildlife Conservation Law. Lawmakers voting on the ban voted 41 in favor and five against, and a second vote expected in the coming week is widely seen ratifying changes to the law, which aims to protect animals in one of the world's most...

This past September 15th, on the costarican Independence day, Zoom Sport Costa Rica was born. A sports photography agency opened its doors to offer their services to the costarican population, especially to those in charge of organizing professional or recreational sporting events. Zoom Sport Costa Rica, is made up of two young entrepreneurs from Cartago, Marcelo Ortiz and Gustavo Gutierrez...

The popular RFD-TV show ‘Best of America by Horseback’ is coming to Costa Rica! Leaves and Lizards Arenal Volcano Cabin Retreat is hosting this “Costa Rica Jungle Pura Vida 8 Day/7 Night Trek” March 16 - 23, 2013.
 ‘Best of America by Horseback’ TV show, hosted by Tom Seay, features a different riding location each week. ‘Best of America By Horseback’ is an educational and informative se...

Coming to Costa Rica from November 1-3 2012, for more information visit: larutadelosconquistadores.com LA RUTA DE LOS CONQUISTADORES is Costa Rica’s premier mountain bike race and one of the most difficult athletic events on the planet. The world’s original multi-day fat-tire stage race, La Ruta is the “Grandfather” that created and inspired this now-worldwide genre — and still the most...

It's been unusually rough going for Central American teams in this year's edition of the CONCACAF Champions League. Through four complete rounds, half of the twelve Central American entrants in this year's tournament had already been eliminated, while several others were set to play for survival this week. But the performance of Costa Rican teams has proved exceptional.Herediano and Alajue...

A sellout crowd will witness the decisive U.S. Men’s National Team’s 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Guatemala on Oct. 16 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. The match will mark the first time the stadium has hosted a World Cup Qualifier. Fans are also encouraged to attend the team’s free public training session on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 10:30 a.m. CT at LIVESTRONG Sporting P...

Jamaica have been warned by FIFA over the pitch invasion which followed their shock 2-1 win over the United States in a World Cup qualifier this month. Dozens of joyous fans scaled fences and ran on to the field at the final whistle to swarm the home players after their first-ever win over the North Americans. "We can confirm that a warning has been issued against the Jamaica Football Fe...

Costa Rican Jose Vargas was crowned in the 52nd International Fishing Tournament in Nicaraguan river San Juan, local press said Monday. In an interview with Nicaraguan official daily "El 19 digital", Vargas said he was excited for his incredible victory. Vargas won with a 132-pound Atlantic tarpon known as silver king, captured in San Juan River, in San Carlos municipality near the borde...

Honduras native Christian Velasquez, a recent immigrant to America, is making himself at home in Greenwich: getting married last year and winning the 20-mile Tour de Greenwich XXVIII cycling race Sunday. He finished fourth in the race two years ago and coached a rider last year. Velasquez, 32, wasn't sure how he would finish Sunday because a recent busy work schedule meant he had little tim...

Panama’s national soccer team took a big step forward towards its dream of playing in the Rio World Cup in 2014 when it defeated Canada for the first time on Tuesday September 12. For fans, reaching the holy grail of soccer would overshadow the opening of the Panama Canal expansion and the election of new president, both scheduled for the year in which the country marks the 100th anniversar...

Costa Rica's national team arrived in Mexico City on Monday, with the team down two men as Fulham's Bryan Ruiz and Comuncaciones defender Michael Umana were disregarded by manager Jorge Luis Pinto due to injury. Pinto said he was not worried about duplicating the feat Costa Rica achieved at the Estadio Azteca 11 years ago, when Los Ticos handed Mexico its only loss at the mythical stadium i...

Cuba has kissed goodbye to Brazil 2014 World Cup finals following a three-nil home defeat by Honduras. In a well-contested match at Cuba's Pedro Marrero national stadium in Havana on Friday, Cuba displayed a very entertaining game but poor finishing could not favour the day for the home team. Following defensive lapses in first half, forward Jerry Bengston took advantage of the loose bal...

Nicaraguan athlete Gabriel Cuadra, 22, is Nicaragua’s latest Olympic hero after setting a new American record in this year’s Paralympic Games in London. On the last day of Nicaragua’s involvement in the Games, Cuadra was quick out of the starting blocks in the 800m. Sixteen minutes earlier he had recorded a “season’s best” time in the 200m with 33.11 seconds, although it was not quick enoug...

Showing no ill effects from a shocking home loss to the United States in August, the Mexico men's national football team eviscerated Costa Rica 2-0 in a World Cup qualifying match on Friday night. From the opening pitch, it was obvious that the Mexicans came out motivated. After exchanging scoring chances early in the match, Mexico took over late in the first half and never looked back. ...

The former Pachuca, Leon and Costa Rica national team player spoke about his country's chances of beating the 2011 Gold Cup champions on Sept. 7. With the World Cup qualifying match against Mexico fast approaching, former Costa Rica national team player Hernan Medford recognized that gaining points from the region's giant is the Central American nation's top priority. "We're obligated to...

Crystal Weekes of Port Richmond added the Costa Rica Taekwondo Open Championship to her growing martial arts resume. Weekes, 14, captured the female junior heavyweight division to become a two-time gold medalist at the tournament. She is the youngest member of the USA Junior World Team and now prepares for an international competition Oct. 14-17 in Bolivia. The biggest prize? The P...

Two games in the space of four days against Costa Rica could see Mexico qualify for CONCACAF´s Hexagonal on the road to Brazil 2014 with two matchdays to spare. Mexico comes into the Costa Rica games off the back of a 1-0 defeat to the United States in the Estadio Azteca, but all indications suggest El Tri should collect six points. Coach Jose Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre has an almost comple...

On a day when U.S. women's national team head coach Pia Sundhage announced that she was stepping down, the team went out and hammered Costa Rica, 8-0, in a friendly. Sundhage said she will be returning to her native Sweden after a five-year spell in charge of the American side, and she watched on Saturday as her team easily dispatched Costa Rica. Abby Wambach, a Rochester native, returne...

Date: Sunday September 30 Place: Rancho Arizona Shooting Range Time: 8:00 am 5 stages 75 rounds For more information email [email protected] About Us ACSI is the IDPA Club in Costa Rica. The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) is the governing body of a shooting sport that simulates self-defense scenarios and real life encounters. It was founded in 1996 as...

Chepo de la Torre has named his 23-man roster for Mexico's World Cup qualifiers versus Costa Rica. Several of Mexico's biggest names are in the team, with Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez, Andres Guardado, Pablo Barrera and Jesus Zavala all in the team. The most notable omission is Giovani dos Santos, who injured himself in his first training session with Tottenham Hotspur after the Olympics. ...

Fresh off scoring his 100th regular season goal in Major League Soccer, Dwayne De Rosario will have the opportunity to hit another milestone with his national team as he leads an experienced squad into a pair of crucial World Cup qualifiers against Panama early next month. De Rosario was named to Canada's 21-man roster, which was announced on Thursday. With his next goal, the 34-year-old wi...

While its big brother the Charger has always been at home in Nascar country, the Challenger lives out west. Would you take one on the ultimate Western road trip? Welcome to Morning Would, where we present you with some of the most desirable, controversial cars ever built and ask what you would do to drive one. The Challenger is a little low for the Baja 1000, so why not run it along ...

On the weekend of August 25 and 26, Samara filled with athletes from around the country, with about 350 participating in the various disciplines: running, mountain biking and swimming. Although it looked like it might rain, the weather turned out well for the event. A DJ played music while CREAR volunteers sold food to raise funds for their nonprofit educational programs, and local guys k...

7 to 10 indigenous runners will stop in Las Cruces for the night Wednesday and the public is invited to receive their prayers and blessings before they continue their journey to Central America. The Peace and Dignity 2012 runners have been running from Alaska and are on their way to the Kuna Nation in Panama. Their spiritual journey takes six months and runners travel on four routes - one g...

The Caribbean surfer Gilbert Brown has been crowned the 2012 Costa Rica National Surfing champion. Brown secured his third title in front of 6000 surfing enthusiasts, at Playa Hermosa. The Gran Final Reef saw two-meter waves pumping the hearts of the finalists. Anthony Fillingim, Noe Mar McGonagle and Anthony Segura tried to stop Gilbert Brown's domination, but the rider from Puerto Viejo ...