Barcelona forward Neymar, his parents and two of the club's executives should stand trial for alleged corruption, Spain's High Court said on Monday as it wrapped up a fraud investigation into the Brazil international's transfer to the Catalan team. The case stems from a complaint by a Brazilian investment group, DIS, which owned part of Neymar's transfer rights and which alleges it received less money than it was entitled to.
Lionel Messi's double strike helped Barcelona scrape a 3-2 victory over Real Sociedad on Saturday to keep the pressure on La Liga leaders Real Madrid, who needed a brace from Isco to beat Sporting Gijon by the same scoreline.
South Africa bowled poorly in the first hour, but still managed to reduce the visitors to 54 for three as Sri Lanka gave their wickets away with injudicious stroke-play.
Mexican midfielder Jesus Corona scored for the second match in a row as 10-man Porto returned to winning ways and moved to the top of the Portuguese Primeira Liga with a 1-0 home win over Maritimo on Wednesday. Porto now have 63 points from 26 matches, two clear of second-placed Benfica with eight rounds remaining in this season's championship in a two-horse race for the title.
Mbappe and Benzema inspire France to 2-0 win against Finland
'The Olympic Spirit has been thrown to the wind in Xi Jinping's China.' 'The International Olympic Committee is ready to kowtow to totalitarian China,' notes Claude Arpi.
Yara Shalaby set up the Middle East's first women's rally team, the Gazelle Rally which has seven drivers and has secured sponsorship for 2016.
Spain and Portugal played out an entertaining 0-0 draw on Friday as both sides prepared for this month's European Championship.
A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com picks the five best matches of the final round.
IMAGES from the Serie A match played between Juventus and Sampdoria on Sunday.
Snow blankets Games, delays Gu's return to competition
'I'm usually pretty chilled and cool, but there are random moments when the brain doesn't compute and I don't stop to think.'
Patrik Schick put the Czechs in front three minutes before half-time as he towered above two defenders to power home a header, but his second goal seven minutes into the second half will almost certainly be one of the tournament's greatest.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
English Premier League leaders Liverpool opened up a 22-point gap at the top of the table with second-half goals from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jordan Henderson and a Mohamed Salah brace giving them a 4-0 home win over Southampton. A rare double from defender Antonio Rudiger earned Chelsea a point in an entertaining 2-2 draw with third-placed Leicester City.
The visitors' display was enough to earn them applause from their fans at the end.
Images from football matches played in the Italian Serie A and the La Liga on Friday.
Queen's faithfulness to the style of her handbag has to do with heritage.
Pepe opened the scoring for Real with a looping header that flew past Jan Oblak in the 52nd minute and it looked like the hosts would earn three points to move five clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga.
The United States maintained their record of having reached every semi-final of the women's World Cup after their 1-0 win over China set up a last four encounter with Germany.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
'...Your confidence.' 'You go through this emotional roller coaster ride, which affects your partner as well.'
Liverpool prevailed to equal the record of 18 consecutive top-flight wins set by Manchester City in 2017.
Images from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Goian's 83rd-minute strike was enough for Chennaiyin to win the contest 1-0 and complete the ISL play-off lineup.
Jeje Lalpekhlua (9th minute), Kean Lewis (74th) and Bikramjit Singh (80th) scored for Mohun Bagan while Seminlen Doungel (52nd) found the target for Bengaluru FC in the Group E match.
Images and summary of all the World Cup 2022 qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday.
Images from Saturday's La Liga action.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday
The Finns started using the unique method of stress relief at the Sochi Games, where they knitted a scarf. Two years later at the Rio Olympics they added to it.
Manchester City continued their imperious stranglehold over the League Cup with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa with goals from Sergio Aguero and Rodri in the final at Wembley on Sunday to win the trophy for a third straight season. City became the first side to win the competition three seasons in a row since Liverpool claimed four straight titles from 1981 to 1984.
A summary of Wednesday night's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Images from the men's singles quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
Formula One qualifying will be halted under "double-yellow" conditions starting during this weekend's German Grand Prix in a tightening of rules aimed at avoiding a repeat of the controversy surrounding Nico Rosberg's pole in Hungary.
Nothing can salvage the Marjaavaan mess, declares Sukanya Verma.
The mass marked the high point of the first papal visit to the Arabian peninsula.
Images from Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
France striker Antoine Griezmann put his country 1-0 up in their World Cup opener against Australia early in the second half on Saturday after a penalty was awarded by the Video Assistant Referee system for the first-ever time.
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