FILE - Iga Swiatek poses with her trophy after her victory over Jessica Pegula in the singles final of the WTA Finals tennis championships, in Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal announced Thursday by the women's professional tennis tour that will increase the prize money for this November's season-ending championship to a record US$15.25 million, a 70 per cent increase from 2023.
Locations in Europe, North America and Asia also were considered as possible new sites for the WTA Finals, which have moved around to five cities over the past five editions after a deal to put the tournament in Shenzhen, China, through 2030 was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and concerns over the safety of retired Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai, who accused a Chinese government official of rape.
Saudi Arabia's Private Investment Fund formed the LIV Golf tour and put money into soccer, for example, and the kingdom's role in tennis has been rising.
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A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than US$1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months.Some are as simple as coating chicken nuggets in a blend of barbecue and ghost pepper sauces — nicknamed "cowboy caviar" — but others take things to a new level, like dropping pie or mini cinnamon sugar doughnuts into a milkshake or ensconcing a hotdog in onion rings.
A GTA professor says the upcoming major eclipse is quite literally a “once-in a lifetime event” as the last time it happened in the Toronto region was 1925 and the next one is expected to be in 2144.A person has been sent to hospital and is facing charges after crashing into a tree while driving under the influence in a residential area in Scarborough, police say.When the Earth, moon and sun align on Monday, Kendra Pape-Green plans to be in a secluded spot in nature.
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