BARCELONA, Spain, June 23: Lionel Messi has offered to pay an additional fine of 500,000 euros ($558,000) to ensure he avoids a 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud that a judge is expected to suspend, a Spanish state prosecutor said Friday.

Proceeds from a clash between London football giants Arsenal and Chelsea will go to support people caught up in the Grenfell Tower fire, the Football Association said on Friday.

Nepali woman wins mountain bike race in Sri Lanka

Published On: June 23, 2017 05:01 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 23: A Nepali woman has won the 'Sri Lanka Holidays Rumble In The Jungle 2017' – a premier mountain bike race.

Liverpool sign Salah from AS Roma

Published On: June 23, 2017 03:50 PM NPT By: Agencies

LIVERPOOL, June 23: Merseyside club Liverpool completed the signing of Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah from AS Roma on Thursday for a fee reported to be 39 million euros ($43.5 million).

Prosecutors would swap prison for fine in Messi tax fraud case

Published On: June 23, 2017 03:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

Spain's state prosecutor would accept substituting a fine of 255,000 euros (224,554 pounds) for the 21-month prison sentence handed down by a Barcelona court to soccer player Lionel Messi for tax fraud, Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia reported on Friday.

Di Maria agrees to deal in Spain over tax fraud

Published On: June 23, 2017 03:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Angel Di Maria agreed to a deal with Spain's state prosecutor on Wednesday in which the former Real Madrid forward admitted to two counts of tax fraud of almost 1.3 million euros ($1.4 million) in exchange for a lighter sentence.

Afghanistan, Ireland awarded test status in cricket

Published On: June 23, 2017 09:02 AM NPT By: Associated Press

The rise of Afghanistan and Ireland in the ranks of international cricket gathered pace on Thursday when they were voted in as full ICC members, meaning they can play test matches against the world's elite countries.

Afghanistan Bulls registers first win in ACPL

Published On: June 22, 2017 09:20 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 22: An all-round performance from Rana Naveed ul Hassan inspired Afghanistan Bulls register a 31 runs win over Indian Stars in the rain halted match of the ongoing Asian Club Premier League (ACPL) Twenty20 Cricket Tournament on Thursday.

Chinese investor to buy 60 percent share of Parma

Published On: June 22, 2017 05:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

Chinese businessman Jiang Lizhang has agreed to buy a 60 percent stake in Italian side Parma, which has just been promoted to the second tier, the club said on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, June 22: Metropolitan Crime Division on Thursday arrested Lok Bahadur Shahi, the former general secretary of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), with the charge of obtaining money from numbers of people by telling a lie that he would send them to Canada through an organization called 'Sports for All'.