OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Thirty of the top NCAA® softball student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were selected as candidates today for the 2019 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate softball. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas…

Moscow has ditched the idea of launching a joint structure with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) but will continue to cooperate with major oil producers, according to the Russian energy ministry. Earlier this year, Russian energy minister Alexander Novak touted the idea that a new organization based on OPEC+ format – including…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s move to expand hours at the LCBO may be his most popular yet. Sixty-eight per cent of Ontarians support the government’s decision to keep liquor stores open from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, according to a new poll by Abacus Data. “There’s no political divide on this idea,” the company’s…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Minnesota’s Amber Fiser has been selected as the Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division I National Pitcher of the Week, while Stanford’s Teaghan Cowles and North Carolina State’s Brigette Nordberg shared the Player of the Week honors for games played Feb. 25-March 3. Fiser was 3-0 with a 0.33 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 21 innings…

The founder and senior partner of Baring Vostok private equity fund, Michael Calvey, has been officially charged with a large-scale fraud involving a Russian bank, TASS cites a source in Russian law enforcement as saying. The US citizen, who was put in pre-trial custody by a Moscow court, could get up to 10 years in…

One of the greatest battles of our generation may be coming to an end. Norway is proposing a truce in its moose statue war with Canada. If you don’t know the backstory, take a few minutes to get up to speed. Mac the Moose, a true Canadian patriot at 32 feet tall (9.75 metres), has…

South Africa’s and Togo’s parliaments this month ratified the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The total number of countries committing to the deal has thus grown to 49. Once the agreement comes into effect, it will create a tariff-free continent, covering a single market of 1.2 billion people in 55 nations…

The collapse of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League plunges the future of the female game in Canada into disarray, at least in the short term. But the CWHL declaring it will cease operations May 1 even if a financial saviour comes over the horizon indicates the ball may be in another player’s court. “There are…

CHICAGO – NFCA Vice President for Awards and Hall of Fame chair Pat Conlan announced the 2019 NFCA Hall of Fame induction class at the conclusion of this year’s Hall of Fame Banquet on Dec. 7 during the NFCA National Convention held at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. Dee Abrahamson, former head coach and senior woman administrator…

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has told the media that the national oil company NIOC struck light sweet oil in a hitherto untapped oil region. “This is the first time we’ve reached oil in the Abadan region,” Zanganeh said, adding that the grade was very light and sweet, but giving no details regarding the amount…