• Fifa issues statement defending under-fire president

• ‘Insinuation should not be presented as fact’

Fifa has issued a new statement alleging there is a “concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine Fifa and its president” as pressure increases on Gianni Infantino.

The governing body issued the statement in response to Uefa confirming on Saturday that a “departure payment” was made to a female employee who is alleged to have been in a relationship with Infantino while he was the organisation’s general secretary – allegations Fifa dismissed as “categorically untrue”.

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Fifa strongly criticises what it calls a "concerted and ongoing effort" to "undermine" the organisation and its president Gianni Infantino.

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Tehran urges US to ‘correct its behaviour’ as UAE says one of its ships targeted by Iranian missile

Iran has issued tough new demands for reopening the strait of Hormuz, while the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile, as a deal to open the strategic waterway remained out of reach on Saturday.

Iran’s politburo-like body known as the supreme national security council said the strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States “corrects its behaviour”, with its state broadcaster publishing a statement from the council’s secretary, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who is also a commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC.

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• Wakefield 22-24 Leeds

• Hankinson’s try seals victory after 16-point deficit

Leeds Rhinos produced a magnificent and dramatic comeback in one of the games of the Super League season so far to open up a four-point lead at the top, after emerging victorious against their nearest challengers, second-placed Wakefield Trinity.

Brad Arthur’s side trailed 22-6 with half an hour remaining in Wakefield in front of a sell-out crowd, the majority of whom looked as though they would be celebrating a statement night that would see Trinity move joint-top of the table.

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Chad Eberle of Texas charged over deadly shooting in Saltillo that officials say stemmed from custody dispute

A Texas police officer has been arrested in Mexico after authorities there accused him of killing three people and critically injuring the mother of his child in what investigators say stemmed from a dispute over the custody of the minor.

The Coahuila attorney general’s office said 35-year-old Chad Eberle was arrested on Wednesday at the border on a warrant accusing him of femicide and qualified homicide, according to La Razon de Mexico, a newspaper based in Mexico City. Under Mexican law, femicide refers to the intentional killing of a woman or girl because of her gender.

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The head of the football governing body has faced multiple calls to quit after his aborted attempt to sell private stakes in the World Cup.

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Pair of orders come month after supreme court struck down administration’s earlier attempt to place restrictions on birthright citizenship enshrined in US constitution

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One quick note on the contempt resolution: Senator Rand Paul may try to send it straight to the Department of Justice, since advancing it in the Senate would require 60 votes. Republicans hold just 53 seats, making it almost certain to fall short of that threshold.

Republicans on a Senate committee voted to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress on Thursday. This comes after a bitter hearing last week, where the retired public health official invoked the fifth amendment for fear of self-incrimination and possible prosecution by Republican lawmakers on the homeland security and governmental affairs committee – who have routinely vilified Fauci for his handling of the Covid-19 response.

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