LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thirty-two elite teams are poised to compete in the NFCA Division III Leadoff Classic on March 2-4 at the Lincoln Park complex in Tucson, Ariz. Defending NCAA Division III national champion Virginia Wesleyan and 2017 runner-up St. John Fisher head the field, which includes 31 teams that played in their conference tournament…
For Fouzia Al Hashish and thousands of other Syrian refugees, the time has come to put the finishing touches on their new national identity. The 23-year-old mother’s 2019 goal is already quite clear: a Canadian citizenship and a dark blue passport for herself, husband Mohammad Al Mnajer, and their children. “I’m not a refugee. I’m…
Britain is a former empire trying to stay relevant in European affairs by becoming an anti-Russian champion, Nikolai Patrushev, a senior Russian security official, believes. British people see through this ruse, he said. Patrushev, the former head of the security service FSB, who currently chairs the Russian national security council, painted a highly unfavorable picture…
New Delhi and Abu Dhabi have inked a currency swap agreement to boost trade and investment without involvement of a third currency like the US dollar. The swap is for an amount of two billion UAE dirham or 35 billion Indian rupees (US$495 million), according to the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi. “The bilateral currency…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Head coach Bill Conroy and assistant coaches Rex Mack, Seth Holloway, Russell Cooper and Alexis Mack of the Beverly Bandits (Ill.) were named the 2017 NFCA Travel Ball National Coaching Staff of the Year, announced the Association on Wednesday morning. Under the tutelage of Conroy and his staff, the Bandits captured titles at…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Essex’s (Vt.) Sarah Knickerbocker, South Park’s (Pa.) Jess Dean, Warhill’s (Williamsburg, Va.) Keely Rochard and Madisonville-North Hopkins’ (Ky.) Kaylee Tow were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week winners for their outstanding play during the week of June 5-11. East Region In two games last week, Knickerbocker was 4-for-7 (.571)…
MONTREAL — The packed holiday masses that took place as scheduled in the St-Antoine and Ste-Paule churches north of Montreal seemed extra special this year, given that a few months ago it looked like they might not happen at all. That’s because the churches were two of more than 30 that were on a list…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chloe Clifton of Science & Arts (Okla.) has been named the NAIA National Softball Player of the Week and Morghan Dieringer of St. Francis (Ill.) has been named the NAIA National Softball Pitcher of the Week.. Clifton and Dieringer were selected based on their performances from March 19 – 25, and were…
Residents of Saratov, a city in southern Russia, are competing online over who can post the scariest photo of snow-trapped cars and ice-bound houses in the wake of a weather quirk that hit their community. This week, Saratov was hit by a record-high amount of precipitation unseen in three decades combined with temperatures alternating between…
Anti-abortion activists are calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to invoke the notwithstanding clause in order to block certain topics from being taught in schools. Campaign Life Coalition, a national anti-abortion group, handed out pamphlets to Ontario Progressive Conservative supporters at the party’s annual convention in Etobicoke, Ont. this weekend. “Please encourage Premier Ford to…