Rory McIlroy’s dad Gerry placed a bet 10 years ago that his son would win the British Open before the age of 26. Now he’s hoping his son can hold the lead going into the final round.
Revelations that hundreds of residents of a group home in Mexico may have been sexually abused and held against their will have spawned disgust. But some of the country’s most respected intellectuals and the very kids who say they were mistreated are also defending Rosa del Carmen Verduzco, who runs the home and is seen as a secular saint.
Boko Haram extremists have killed more than 100 people and hoisted their black and white flag over a town left undefended by Nigeria’s military, just 85 kilometres from the northeastern state capital of Maiduguri, a civil defence spokesman and human rights advocate said Saturday.
At least 15 Egyptian border guard troops were killed in an attack Saturday by gunmen using rocket-propelled grenades in the country’s western desert, security officials said.
The New York Rangers signed free agent forward Lee Stempniak on Saturday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but reports suggest the contract is for one year at $900,000 US.
Rafal Majka of Poland has won the 14th stage of the Tour de France — a second day of punishing Alpine climbs that took the peloton over the highest point on the race.