Lily Allen - who will now be known as Lily Rose Cooper. Thibault Camus / AP
Lily Allen - who will now be known as Lily Rose Cooper. Thibault Camus / AP

Lily Allen? Not any more, as British singer changes her name



The British singer Lily Allen says she is changing her stage name to Lily Rose Cooper to reflect her marriage to the painter Sam Cooper. The pair married last year and have a daughter. The 27-year-old musician, whose hits include Smile and The Fear, added she "was excited to be heading back into the studio" to work on new material. * AP

Stevie Wonder files for divorce

Stevie Wonder is ending his 11-year marriage to the fashion designer Kai Millard Morris. The 62-year-old musician cited irreconcilable differences in papers filed on Friday in Los Angeles. Wonder and Millard have two sons, a 10-year-old and a 7-year-old. Wonder is seeking joint legal and physical custody of the two boys and agrees to pay spousal support to his former wife. * AP

Kate Middleton tops best dressed list

British royalty has made its mark atop Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed List, with Kate Middleton and Prince Harry both making this year's slate. The Duchess of Cambridge's decision to decline the services of a dresser and mix high-end couturiers such as Alexander McQueen with her own browsing at the racks of Topshop earned her a spot on the influential 73-year-old list. The Duchess appears on the magazine's September cover. The list also includes the athletes Tom Brady and Victor Cruz, as well as Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Diane Kruger and Colin Firth. * AP

Vertigo triumphs in critics poll

Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 psychological drama Vertigo took the top spot in the 10 greatest-movies-ever list compiled by Sight & Sound, ending the 50-year run for Citizen Kane by Orson Welles. The magazine, published by the British Film Institute, surveys 846 international film critics every decade. Citizen Kane slid to second, while Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story ranked third, followed by Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game. All of the top 10 were made more than 40 years ago. * AP

Call me Alain, says Delon son

The estranged son of the French actor Alain Delon wants to forge his own film career using the name that made his father a cinema legend. Although the two are no longer on speaking terms after a falling-out last year, Alain-Fabien Delon, 18, told VSD magazine he wants to be known as simply Alain Delon as he attempts to establish his own reputation in cinema. "When I was little my father often told me I'd be an actor," he said. "In my heart I know the cinema is going to play an important role in my life. It is inevitable, there is nothing I can do about it." * AFP

Virtuzone GCC Sixes

Date and venue Friday and Saturday, ICC Academy, Dubai Sports City

Time Matches start at 9am

Groups

A Blighty Ducks, Darjeeling Colts, Darjeeling Social, Dubai Wombats; B Darjeeling Veterans, Kuwait Casuals, Loose Cannons, Savannah Lions; Awali Taverners, Darjeeling, Dromedary, Darjeeling Good Eggs

MATCH INFO

FA Cup fifth round

Chelsea v Manchester United, Monday, 11.30pm (UAE), BeIN Sports

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The flights: South African Airways flies from Dubai International Airport with a stop in Johannesburg, with prices starting from around Dh4,000 return. Emirates can get you there with a stop in Lusaka from around Dh4,600 return.
The details: Visas are available for 247 Zambian kwacha or US$20 (Dh73) per person on arrival at Livingstone Airport. Single entry into Victoria Falls for international visitors costs 371 kwacha or $30 (Dh110). Microlight flights are available through Batoka Sky, with 15-minute flights costing 2,265 kwacha (Dh680).
Accommodation: The Royal Livingstone Victoria Falls Hotel by Anantara is an ideal place to stay, within walking distance of the falls and right on the Zambezi River. Rooms here start from 6,635 kwacha (Dh2,398) per night, including breakfast, taxes and Wi-Fi. Water arrivals cost from 587 kwacha (Dh212) per person.

Score

Third Test, Day 2

New Zealand 274
Pakistan 139-3 (61 ov)

Pakistan trail by 135 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the innings

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
RESULT

Deportivo La Coruna 2 Barcelona 4
Deportivo:
Perez (39'), Colak (63')
Barcelona: Coutinho (6'), Messi (37', 81', 84')

Western Region Asia Cup T20 Qualifier

Sun Feb 23 – Thu Feb 27, Al Amerat, Oman

The two finalists advance to the Asia qualifier in Malaysia in August

 

Group A

Bahrain, Maldives, Oman, Qatar

Group B

UAE, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia

 

UAE group fixtures

Sunday Feb 23, 9.30am, v Iran

Monday Feb 25, 1pm, v Kuwait

Tuesday Feb 26, 9.30am, v Saudi

 

UAE squad

Ahmed Raza, Rohan Mustafa, Alishan Sharafu, Ansh Tandon, Vriitya Aravind, Junaid Siddique, Waheed Ahmed, Karthik Meiyappan, Basil Hameed, Mohammed Usman, Mohammed Ayaz, Zahoor Khan, Chirag Suri, Sultan Ahmed

THE TWIN BIO

Their favourite city: Dubai

Their favourite food: Khaleeji

Their favourite past-time : walking on the beach

Their favorite quote: ‘we rise by lifting others’ by Robert Ingersoll