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A Spanish court investigating Shakira for possibly evading 14.5 million euros ($16.4 million) in taxes has called on the pop music star to testify in mid-June.

Cristiano Ronaldo is being asked by police to provide a DNA sample in an investigation of a Nevada woman’s allegation that he raped her in his Las Vegas hotel penthouse in 2009 and paid her to keep quiet, the soccer star’s lawyer and Las Vegas police said Thursday. Attorney Peter S. Christiansen downplayed the development, denied the rape allegation and...

Christian Pulisic became the most expensive American soccer player in history after completing a transfer to English club Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.

Spanish prosecutors have charged pop music star Shakira with tax evasion, alleging she failed to pay more than 14.5 million euros ($16.3 million) between 2012 and 2014. The Colombian singer denied the charges. The charges published Friday allege that Shakira listed the Bahamas as her official residence for tax purposes during those years but was in fact living in Spain...

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is being sued by a Nevada woman who said he raped her in the penthouse suite of a Las Vegas hotel in 2009 and then dispatched a team of “fixers” to obstruct the criminal investigation and trick her into keeping quiet for $375,000. The suit says the woman asked police last month to reopen the criminal...

One Mississippi high school senior had to quickly discard her crown after being named homecoming queen — and put on a football helmet. Kaylee Foster was crowned homecoming queen of Ocean Springs High School before Friday night’s football game. She then put on her football uniform and later kicked the winning extra point to lead her team to a 13-12...

A New York family is fighting to pass a law that would require schools to notify parents if their child is being bullied in school.

A couple who lost their son Jacobe to suicide is pushing for a law called Jacobe’s Law that would require schools to notify parents if their child is being bullied. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

As a black football player who was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Bryan Idowu knows all about racism in Russia. He’s dealt with it on the streets and on the field, and could be playing in Russia’s World Cup next month for Nigeria. Idowu, whose Nigerian father came to Russia as a student, made his international debut at left...

A fraternity suspended at Syracuse University over an offensive video said in an apologetic statement on Friday that the activities were intended as a “satirical sketch” depicting an uneducated, intolerant person.

Protesters at Syracuse University have demanded that the school release video showing racist and sexist behavior by members of a now-suspended fraternity.

Judicial authorities in Spain say pop music star Shakira is under investigation for possible tax evasion during the three years before she officially moved to Barcelona.

Legendary Mexican soccer player Rafael Marquez Alvarez and a well-known band leader are among 22 people sanctioned for alleged ties to a drug trafficking organization, the U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday.
The sanctions are the result of a multi-year investigation of the drug trafficking organization allegedly headed by Raul Flores Hernandez, the department said in a statement.

Shakira may be a Grammy-winning, multiplatinum singer, but these days she’s calling music a hobby.

Three explosions went off near the team bus of Borussia Dortmund, one of Germany’s top soccer clubs, as it set off for a Champions League quarterfinal match on Tuesday evening. One of Dortmund’s players was injured. Police said they were working on the assumption that the blasts were directed at the Dortmund team and caused by “serious explosive devices,” which...

Hope Solo says she was not bothered by fans who chanted “Zika, Zika” at her as the U.S. women’s soccer team defeated New Zealand in its Olympic debut on Wednesday.

A daring dad made the play of the day on Mother’s Day at Citizens Bank Park, snagging a hard foul ball with his 7 1/2-month-old son strapped to his chest.

Nicholas Dillon has a broken pelvis. And it’s going to be months before he gets to play soccer again. But still, the 13-year-old Napa boy, is feeling lucky – despite the fact that he suffered among the most serious injuries of the 208 people first admitted to the hospital as a result of the 6.0-magnitude earthquake on Sunday.