After U.S. half marathon women’s leaders guided off course in error, one asks officials to ‘make it right’

Open this photo in gallery: American runners Susanna Sullivan, left, and Jessica McClain race in the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo last fall.Hiro Komae/The Associated Press The runner who was leading the women’s race at the U.S. half marathon championships until she was mistakenly led off the course by a guide … Read more

Shia Muslims, militias grapple with uncertainty after Khamenei’s assassination

Open this photo in gallery: Women cry as they mourn the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday.Hassan Ammar/The Associated Press There were calls for revenge on Sunday from across the Shia Muslim world after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a cleric who long seemed to preside not … Read more

Middle East attacks hurting investment thesis for Canadians, wealthy foreigners

Open this photo in gallery: A plume of smoke rising from the Zayed Port following a reported Iranian strike in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.RYAN LIM/AFP/Getty Images Missile attacks across the Middle East are throwing the safe haven status of Persian Gulf countries into question, upending the investment thesis that lured wealthy foreigners and a growing … Read more

Hilary Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring U.S. men, women hockey gold medalists

Open this photo in gallery: (From left) Quinn Hughes, Megan Keller, Saturday Night Live host Connor Storrie, Hilary Knight and Jack Hughes take part in the show’s opening monologue on Feb. 28.NBC/Getty Images This time it was Hilary Knight’s turn to provide a big laugh – with an assist from the Saturday Night Live writers … Read more

Golfer Andrea Pavan Falls Down Elevator Shaft In Freak Accident, ‘Badly Injured’

Golfer Andrea Pavan was “badly injured” in a crazy freak accident in South Africa this week … after he fell down an elevator shaft before a golf tourney, according to reports. The scary scene occurred on Wednesday while the 36-year-old was in Cape Town to compete in the DP World Tour’s Investec South African Open. … Read more

Gold medalist Hilary Knight wants focus on women’s team success, not Trump’s ‘distasteful’ joke

Open this photo in gallery: Kendall Coyne, left, and Hilary Knight celebrate after winning the gold-medal match at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics against Canada.Hassan Ammar/The Associated Press Hilary Knight doesn’t want to let what she called a “distasteful” joke by President Donald Trump about the gold-medal winning U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team get in … Read more

In photos: Venus Williams: Met Gala co-chair, tennis legend – All Photos

Venus Williams (R) and her sister Serena Williams show their trophies on March 28, 1999 after the Lipton Tennis Championship. Venus defeated her sister to repeat as champion at the Lipton Tennis Championships in Key Biscayne, Fla. Photo by Susan Knowles/UPI Source link