By Daily Sports on July 7, 2016
Barcelona football star Lionel Messi will appeal against a Spanish court decision to sentence him to 21 months in jail for tax fraud, the player’s lawyers say.
Argentine Messi, aged 29, was sentenced to 21 months in jail and fined €2m euros (£1.7m; $2.2m).
Messi's father, Jorge, was handed the same sentence with a €1.5m fine for defrauding Spain of €4.1m in 2007-09.
However, neither man is expected to serve time in jail.
Under the Spanish legal system, prison terms of under two years can be served under probation.
The pair also face millions of euros in fines for using tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights. (bbc.co.uk)
•Culled from newsexpressngr. Photo shows Lionel Messi.
Source Daily Sports
Posted July 7, 2016
You may also like...
Anambra Sports Boss Congratulates New Minister Ewan-Enoh
Late Norwich Equalizer Keeps Newcastle Winless
Super Eagles Midfielder Uche Agbo Joins Braga SWAN Lagos Urges Nigerians To Embrace Unity And...
MFM Set To Battle Rangers In Lagos +...
Liverpool Brush Aside Arsenal To Boost Top-four Hopes...
Ajayi focused after Diamond League wins
Commonwealth Games: Team Nigeria departs Aberdeen for Glasgow
Ikoyi Club 1938 to host 29th Nigeria Golf Champs
Spain hold World Cup trophy parade
FIFA rankings: Nigeria drop to 4th in Africa
Messi breaks silence after World Cup final loss, congratulates Spain
VIDEO: Spain return home to hero’s welcome after world cup triumph
Drake loses $1.5m world cup bet as Spain beat Argentina
[CYMI] FULL LIST: Mbappé leads Messi, others in 2026 World Cup top scorers chart
Messi is pure history, says Argentine coach ahead of World Cup final
Trump says England’s Tuchel ‘made a mistake’ with Kane in Argentina World Cup defeat
World Cup final: Messi may equal Ronaldo’s unique football record
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,965 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,307 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (53,214 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,820 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,702 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,574 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,461 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,978 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (51,197 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,665 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (48,143 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,527 views)