A tax fraud case involving Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and his father Jorge should be dropped because of errors in the investigation and court proceedings, their lawyers said.
'We have to improve and become stronger in defence, which is the most important thing.'
The eighth seeds beat Swiss Yves Allegro and Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 2-6, 6-0, 10-3 in the first round in Miami.
Marco Asensio's strike earned Real Madrid a 1-0 win over Espanyol to send them top of La Liga and Thomas Lemar scored his first goal for Atletico Madrid in a 2-0 victory at Getafe on Saturday.
The balloon will welcome Trump after the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan granted permission for the 6 metre inflatable, dubbed 'Trump Baby', to rise above Parliament Square Gardens for two hours on the morning of Friday July 13.
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Spain's Garbine Muguruza successfully defended her Monterrey Open title on Sunday when Victoria Azarenka retired injured from her first WTA singles final in three years.
Former tennis world number one and sporting media darling Kim Clijsters is pregnant with her first child, Belgian sports web site www.sport.be reported on Tuesday, citing her father.
'It is perplexing to see the leader of the First World with a first rate medical infrastructure come up short on its foresight to handle the pandemic,' notes Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
The 64-year-old Dutchman is the first non-Pole to coach Poland's national team.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Earlier this year, ad agency Leo Burnett returned to the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, after a gap of six years and hired six graduates as strategy planners.
Readers' wishes to Irfan Pathan, who turned 21 on October 27.
The group is making a foray into the telecom space even as it closes in on Daewoo Electronics.
'The satire in Khajoor Pe Atke is not savage enough,' feels Prasanna Zore.
India's star tennis player Sania Mirza says she has achieved everything in her path-breaking career and has 'nothing to prove' in her second innings, which is likely to begin by January 2020.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said he believes Lionel Messi will sign a new contract with the Spanish champions despite reports the five times World Player of the Year is stalling over a new deal.
A controversial 'baby Trump' blimp is flying near British Parliament on Friday morning as hundreds descend on London to protest against the US president's controversial visit to the United Kingdom.
Poland's Robert Lewandowski has chalked up so many big-game landmarks during his club career that the 27-year-old seems overdue a major tournament performance with his country.
Leander Paes and his Czech Republic partner Martin Damm will take on the Czech duo Petr Pala and Robin Vik in the first round.
By winning the Nobel prize winner at the age of 17, Malala has become the youngest ever Nobel laureate.
Lionel Messi squeezed home a stoppage-time penalty to grab a 3-2 win for champions Barcelona at Valencia in a thrilling and controversial La Liga match on Sunday.
Atletico Madrid's faint hopes of chasing down runaway Liga leaders Barcelona suffered a fresh blow on Saturday as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Girona, meaning they could fall 11 points behind the Catalans by the end of the weekend.
They beat Fernando Verdasco and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
The sixth seeds beat fourth seeds Paul Hanley of Australia and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe in a nail-biting men's doubles semi-final at the US Open.
The Indo-Belgian pair lost 4-6, 4-6 to Leos Friedl and Mikhail Youzhny in the men's doubles first round.
'Indian hockey will lose out on one of its most important nurseries of good hockey talent.'
A roundup of weekend action in the main European leagues.\n
Mark Waugh was fined by the then Australian Cricket Board for supplying weather and pitch information to an Indian bookmaker
Mobile device firm Nokia on Wednesday opened its 120-seater India call centre here to serve local customers in Indian languages.
Author and tarot fortune teller Karmel Nair tells you what to expect in 2019.
Rediff.com takes a look at the devout flock that attends the Simhastha Kumbh Mela to take a dip into the holy waters and purify themselves.
Here's a sneak peek into the lives of the hottest international models through their Instagram account.
Riding on a superb all-round show, Gemini Arabians registered a massive 78-run win over Libra Legends in the opening match of the Masters Champions League Twenty20 tournament at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Put into bat, Gemini Arabians posted a massive 234 for three in their allotted 20 overs and in response the Libra Legends could manage only 156/8. The hero of the Gemini win was the pair of Kumar Sangakkara (86 runs 43 balls, 6x4, 7x6) and opener Richard Levi (62 runs, 43 balls, 4x4, 3x6). Together, they stitched together an 84-run partnership for the second wicket after skipper Virender Sehwag (21) got the tournament off to a rollicking start with a six off the first ball.
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