The family of Lionel Messi has denied Spanish reports that he was involved in a tax evasion scheme. This comes after his name was included in the leaked documents owned by a Panamanian law firm, which set up offshore companies for rich and powerful clients. The Barcelona forward and his father have been accused of setting up a tax fraud network, which his family said was false. They’ve threatened legal action against sources that published the claims.
India thump Pakistan in grudge match to sail into Super Eight
Defending champions India have defeated Pakistan by 61 runs in a grudge Group A match at the Twenty20 World Cup to swagger into the Super Eight stage of the tournament on Sunday.
Arsenal stroll to Wigan win as Leeds beat Birmingham
Arsenal have scored all their goals in the opening 27 minutes of Sunday's 4-0 FA Cup fourth-round win over League One Wigan Athletic, while Leeds United needed penalties and Wolverhampton Wanderers endured a mud bath on a good day for top-flight sides.
US keep Super 8 hopes alive with 31-run win over Namibia in T20 World Cup
The United States kept their hopes of reaching the Twenty20 World Cup's Super 8 stage alive as they ended their Group A campaign with two straight wins, after beating Namibia by 31 runs on Sunday.
Sweden's Ponsiluoma shows nerves of steel to win men's pursuit gold
Martin Ponsiluoma held his nerve and hit his final five shots to win the men's 12.5km pursuit Olympic race in spectacular fashion on Sunday to finally secure a biathlon medal for Sweden at the Winter Games.
Holder, Hope help West Indies thump Nepal, make T20 World Cup Super Eight
West Indies charged into the Super Eight Stage of the Twenty20 World Cup after the two-times champions defeated Nepal by nine wickets in Mumbai on Sunday, with Jason Holder's four-wicket haul and Shai Hope's half-century setting up the win.
The UAE Fatwa Council has announced that the moon-sighting committee will meet on Tuesday at 6:00 pm at Qasr Al Hosn in Abu Dhabi to indicate the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and the UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, has awarded Morocco's Fouzia Jbara Mahmoudi with AED1 million as the top winner of the Arab Hope Maker initiative on Sunday.
The UAE's Education, Human Development, and Community Development Council has discussed regulating the use of social media by children during its second meeting of 2026.
