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| Match-fixing concerns return as former player pleads guilty |
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 By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Allegations of corruption in world tennis were reignited on Monday when a former Australian professional tennis player pleaded guilty to match-fixing just hours after a top global bookmaker suspended betting on a suspicious match at the Australian Open. The case against former 187-ranked player Nick Lindahl reached court after reports surfaced last week that tennis authorities had failed to deal with widespread match-fixing, marring the opening of the year's first Grand Slam tournament. Lindahl pleaded guilty in a Sydney court to one charge related to match-fixing in a minor 2013 tournament but will contest a separate evidence-tampering charge on technical grounds.
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| Adidas to cut short IAAF sponsor deal - BBC |
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 By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - German sportswear company Adidas AG is to end its 11-year sponsorship deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) almost four years early, the BBC reported on Sunday. The BBC said Adidas, the biggest sponsor of the sport's governing body, decided against continuing with the contract as a direct result of the doping and corruption scandal that emerged in December last year and continues to dog athletics. The BBC also said Adidas considers the accusations of corruption within the organisation a breach of their agreement with the IAAF.
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| Canada government - worried about aboriginal towns in wake of shooting |
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 By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's government, grappling with a fatal attack in a remote aboriginal town, is very concerned about the "tragic and alarming" conditions in other indigenous communities, a top official said on Sunday. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took power last year promising to tackle high levels of poverty, crime, bad housing and poor health among aboriginals, who make up 4 percent of the country's population of 36 million. House leader Dominic LeBlanc, a key Trudeau ally from the Atlantic province of New Brunswick, told reporters Ottawa would work with aboriginal leaders "to deal with some of the tragic and alarming social indicators in many of these communities".
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| Islamic State video purports to show Paris attackers, threatens Britain |
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 A video published on Sunday by the media centre of Islamic State purported to show images and last statements of nine of the people who took part in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people on Nov. 13. The French Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the video. There was no immediate comment from the prime minister's office, and Reuters was not immediately able to reach officials at the Interior Ministry.
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| Burkina Faso arrests four ex-presidential guards for armoury raid |
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 Burkina Faso has arrested four of seven members of its dissolved presidential guard who were wanted in connection with an attack two days ago on an armoury near the capital Ouagadougou, the army said on Sunday. Burkina Faso is still reeling from an attack by gunmen on a hotel and restaurant on Jan. 15 that was claimed by Islamist militants and during which 30 people were killed, most of them foreigners.
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| Actress del Castillo says Mexico government wants to 'destroy' her - report |
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 Actress Kate del Castillo, at the center of a Mexican money laundering probe after she helped Hollywood star Sean Penn interview drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, said Mexico's government wants to "destroy her," Univision reported over the weekend. Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said that there were "indications" the actress may have used money from Guzman to help finance her tequila business. If I don't talk its because my lawyers told me not to because the government wants to destroy me," the actress said in a message to Univision, which published the comment on its website.
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