Lionel Messi collected a record fifth Golden Shoe award on Tuesday for finishing last season as the top goalscorer in Europe. The striker scored 34 goals in 68 games for Barcelona, putting him ahead of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Tottenham’s Harry Kane. Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won the award four …

  U.S. homebuilding rebounded in November, driven by a surge in multi-family housing projects, but construction of single-family homes fell to a 1-1/2-year low, pointing to deepening housing market weakness that could spill over to the broader economy. The report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday also showed housing starts …

  The former president of The Gambia Football Federation, Seedy Kinteh, has been banned for four years. Football’s world governing body, Fifa, has found him guilty of corruption. “The adjudicatory chamber found Mr Kinteh guilty of having violated art. 20 (Offering and accepting gifts and other benefits) and art. 21 …

Salute by Wizkid, Ceeza Milli and Simon Kassa just surfaced online as a leaked song, produced by Phantom, Mixed and mastered by StG. This sure has the “Soco” and “Immediately” vibe, don’t miss out on it. Download, listen and drop your comments about the jam below. Wizkid – Salute Feat. …

  A Tottenham fan was fined on Tuesday for throwing a banana skin at Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after a court ruled it was a targeted incident with a “racial element”. Averof Panteli admitted hurling the item onto the pitch at the Emirates Stadium after the Gabon striker scored and …

  A neo-Nazi couple who named their baby after Adolf Hitler and were convicted of being members of a banned terrorist group have been jailed. Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, from Banbury, were part of National Action and had “a long history of violent racist beliefs”, a judge …

O.T. Genasis surrounds himself with women in video for “Bae.” Atlanta rapper O.T. Genasis, best known for the hit songs “CoCo,” and “Cut It,” is back with a brand new single and music video for the song “Bae.” The entire video is shot in one house, with O.T. Genasis in his …

Kodak Black spits some emotional lyrics on “Close To The Grave.” Kodak Black made his long awaited return to music on Friday with the release of his new studio album Dying To Live. The album includes the hit song “Zeze” with Travis Scott and Offset, as well as a Juice WRLD feature on the song “Moshpit.” …

Jhene Aiko is back with her “Wasted Love Freestyle 2018.” We haven’t received a whole lot of music from Jhene Aiko this year. In actuality, we received a few offerings from her, but she’s definitely been quiet. However, she made her triumphant return to social media at the top of November after a …

The Yemeni mother of a dying boy in California is being prevented from seeing him due to a US ban on visitors from her country, the family says. Two-year-old Abdullah Hassan was born with a brain disease that doctors say he will not survive. His relatives say his mother wants …

The US military says it has killed 62 fighters from the Islamist group al-Shabab in six air strikes in Somalia. Four air strikes on Saturday killed 32 militants and a further two on Sunday killed 28, it said in a statement. These were the deadliest air attacks in Somalia since …

France has said it will introduce its own tax on big technology firms from 1 January after EU-wide efforts stalled. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he expected it to bring in €500m (£450m) in 2019. France, along with Germany, had been pushing for the European Commission to agree …

Clermont’s former All Black Isaia Toeava is expected to be out for six months, the club said on Monday, after injuring his shoulder in the 49-24 European Challenge Cup win over the Dragons at the weekend. The 32-year-old, who has scored three tries in ten starts in the Top 14, …

Former FBI director James Comey lashed out at Donald Trump on Monday for telling “lies” and undermining the rule of law, and urged Republicans to stand up to the president. “The FBI’s reputation has as taken a big hit because the president of the United States, with his acolytes, has …

A French anti-terrorist court on Monday charged a man arrested for allegedly supplying a revolver used in a mass shooting at a Christmas market in Strasbourg last week, a judicial source said. The 37-year-old, who was not immediately identified, was ordered to be held in detention on charges of association …