MADRID, June 13 (Xinhua) — The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Madrid on Tuesday accused Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo of tax fraud totaling 14.7 million euros. Ronaldo is accused or “four crimes against the Public Treasury between 2011 and 2014, which involves tax fraud of 14,768,897 euros, (16.5 million US Dollars,” the Public Prosecutor said […]

MELAKA, Malaysia, June 13 (Xinhua) — Following are the starters of Syria against China in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier here on Tuesday. 1-Ibrahim Alma(GK), 2-Ahmad Alsaleh, 3-Mouaiad AL Ajjan, 5-Omro Al Midani, 6-Amro Jeniat, 9-Mahmoud Almawas, 12-Fahad Youssef, 14-Tamer Hag Mohamad, 18-Zaher Almedani, 19-Mardek Mardkian, 20-Khaled Almbayed

BERLIN, June 11 (Xinhua) — Bayern Munich have signed Serge Gnabry from league rivals Werder Bremen, both Bundesliga clubs confirmed in an official statement on Sunday. The 21-year-old attacking midfielder commits his future to the German record champions after putting pen to paper on a three-year deal, which ties him to the “Bavarians” until June […]

PARIS, June 11 (Xinhua) — Top seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova showed their dominance on the women’s doubles court as they claimed another Grand Slam title after the Australian Open early this year. They eased past Australian duo of Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 6-1 in the 2017 French Open final here on […]

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 10 (NsNewsWire) — Police were forced to fire rubber bullets to disperse angry fans as protests turned violent at the headquarters of Rio de Janeiro giants Flamengo on Friday. Around 200 supporters gathered at the club’s Ninho do Urubu training complex to rail against the team’s poor run of results, reports […]

PARIS, June 10 (NsNewsWire) — Rafael Nadal rode on his unstoppable run in his quest for the 10th success at Roland Garros as he beat Austrian promising star Dominic Thiem in straight sets in the semifinals, while Stan Wawrinka labored for the other final spot after edging top seed Andy Murray through a five-set thriller […]

PARIS, June 9 (Xinhua) — With one win away from her maiden Grand Slam trophy and world No. 1 position, Simona Halep still kept a cool head against the history-making Latvian underdog Jelena Ostapenko. “Of course it’s going to be a great thing if I can win tomorrow, but I would like not to think […]

ANKARA, June 9 (Xinhua) — Turkey’s national team captain and Barcelona star Arda Turan has announced his retirement from international football after he allegedly abused a journalist on the Turkish team’s plane. The 30-year-old Barcelona midfielder was reported to have verbally and physically abused Bilal Mese from the local daily Milliyet on a flight following […]

MADRID, June 8 (Xinhua) — Chelsea’s Spanish international striker Diego Costa will be quitting the Premier League over the summer, he confirmed in the Spanish media late on Tuesday night. The man who helped Chelsea to the Premier League title told reporters after Spain’s 2-2 draw in a friendly game with Colombia that this season’s […]