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Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the US, reportedly said he was put in a disciplinary cell for 30 days despite serious health problems that could be due to deliberate poisoning. Yaroshenko’s wife Viktoria told Izvestia daily that she talked to her husband by phone a few days back. She […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fifty outstanding softball players have been chosen for the 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Player of the Year watch list, which will be paired down in the coming weeks until just one player remains at the conclusion of the season. Twenty-two returning NFCA All-Americans top the list, including six first-team honorees, […]

ESPN Events has announced its first-ever ESPN Collegiate Esports Championship, which will be held in Houston, Texas this May. Hundreds of schools across North America will soon compete in qualifiers hosted by Tespa and the Collegiate Star League, which will give winners the chance to compete in the live LAN semi-finals and championship that will […]

A member of the Russian upper house security committee has described a recent Saudi statement urging Qatar to send troops to Syria as blackmail, and warned that any such step would bring only chaos and casualties to the region. “The statement made by the head of Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry is a very real blackmail. […]

RADISSON, Sask. — Police have laid a murder charge against a convicted contract killer in the 2007 disappearance of a 15-year-old British Columbia teenager in Saskatchewan. Katelyn Marie Noble was last seen on Aug. 27, 2007, in the Radisson area, northwest of Saskatoon. Eduard Viktorovit Baranec, a 41-year-old man who is serving time at a […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following another dominant week, Florida strengthened its hold the No. 1 ranking in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Gators (44-3) collected 30 first-place votes and 798 of a possible 800 points. Florida put together a 4-0 week, which saw its NCAA-best pitching staff allow one run over the […]

The Elder Scrolls: Blades, the upcoming mobile entry into the long-running action-RPG franchise, officially enters Early Access today. Announced in a tweet from the official The Elder Scrolls Twitter account, Bethesda is bringing players to Blades in waves vie e-mail invitations. The official FAQ for Blades confirms Early Access is available on iOS and Android […]

The head of Russia’s Communist Party has asked the Prosecutor General to investigate a polling system that reportedly allowed someone to vote twice in March’s presidential election. Presidential poll results cancelled at 7 ballot stations – Russian official In his letter, quoted by the RBC news site in a Wednesday report, Gennadiy Zyuganov alleged that […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With many teams finished for the season, there was just one change in the top 10 behind leader Los Alamitos in this week’s USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll. Last week’s No. 8 team, Oshkosh North, dropped out in favor of new No. 14 Kaukauna (28-2), who defeated the Spartans […]

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The head coach of the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s rugby team says he’s making it a habit to wear his seatbelt on the team’s bus. Other coaches and at least half of the players on his team at the southern Alberta school are also buckling up. “We haven’t made it policy […]