PUTRAJAYA: Perlis Mentri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli spent about eight hours in Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) detention, answering questions on allegations of power abuse involving his son and himself. Confirming this, MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said his officers had indeed summoned the Mentri Besar yesterday. “He was …

(Reuters) – The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) should have intervened to recommend a penalty review in Nottingham Forest’s controversial 2-0 Premier League defeat to Everton earlier this month, referees body (PGMOL) chief Howard Webb said on Tuesday. Webb said VAR Stuart Attwell should have recommended the review which would likely …

(Reuters) – Al-Ain deserved to reach the Asian Champions League final after eliminating Saudi giants Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr and will continue to defy the odds to make their dream of lifting the trophy come true, Brazilian defender Erik has told Reuters. The side from the United Arab Emirates progressed 5-4 …

MADRID (Reuters) – Atletico Madrid have been ordered to partially close their south stand for two matches by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after Athletic Bilbao player Nico Williams suffered racist abuse in Saturday’s LaLiga game. Referee Juan Martinez Munuera stopped the match in the 36th minute as part of …

DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – Paris St Germain and Borussia Dortmund served up plenty of entertainment in the Champions League quarter-finals, and their meeting in the semis promises more of the same, PSG manager Luis Enrique said on Tuesday. Both sides came back from first-leg defeats to reach the semi-finals, PSG …

ROME (Reuters) – An Italian army general who sparked outrage by publishing a book disparaging LGBT people, migrants, minorities and feminists on Tuesday said woke policies and cancel culture had made Europeans ashamed of their roots. General Roberto Vannacci, whose self-published book, “The World Upside Down”, won applause from right-wing …

LONDON (Reuters) – British track cyclist Katie Archibald will target three gold medals at this year’s Paris Olympics but this time her trusty team mate Laura Kenny will not have her back. The career of 30-year-old Archibald has been closely entwined with Kenny, Britain’s most-decorated female Olympian with five gold …