Canada: Trudeau swipes at Trump as Canada revels in hockey win against US

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could not resist a dig at President Donald Trump moments after Canada’s ice hockey team beat the USA in a close final. “You can’t take…

Spain: Ex-football boss Luis Rubiales fined for World Cup kiss

Spain’s former football federation boss Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of sexual assault for kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent and ordered to pay a fine of €10,800…

Ireland: Conor McGregor to appeal civil rape case verdict

The former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Conor McGregor is to appeal the finding of a civil rape case. Last year, a woman who accused him of raping her won…

Germany: Three guilty of plot to blackmail family of Michael Schumacher

Three men have been convicted by a German court of trying to blackmail the family of ex-Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher. Yilmaz T, 53, was jailed for three years for…

S Korea: Ex-premier league striker gets suspended jail term for filming secret sex videos

South Korean football player Hwang Ui-jo has been handed a suspended one-year jail term for illegally filming his sexual encounters with a woman, Yonhap News Agency reported. The 32-year-old, a…

Australia: Chelsea star Sam Kerr cleared of racial harassment

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has been found not guilty of causing racially aggravated harassment, after calling a Metropolitan Police officer “stupid and white”. A jury at Kingston Crown Court cleared…

Spain: Luis Rubiales tells court Hermoso consented to World Cup kiss

Luis Rubiales has told a court he is “absolutely sure” Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso gave her consent before he kissed her at the Women’s World Cup final in 2023. The…

USA: Kobe sneakers from torn Achilles game sell for $660,000

The shoes that basketball legend Kobe Bryant wore when he tore his Achilles tendon during an iconic 2013 game have sold at auction for $660,000 (£532,000). Playing for the Los…

Italy: Milan’s Winter Olympic sliding events could be held 4,000 miles away

In one year’s time Italy will be welcoming the world to the Winter Olympics, but a sizeable number of athletes could instead be competing for medals more than 4,000 miles…

USA: Baseball star Ohtani’s interpreter jailed for $17m gambling fraud

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for a fraud and gambling scheme. He was…