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Soccer's five-times World Player of the Year, Lionel Messi, appears in a Spanish court on charges of tax fraud.
Argentina and Barcelona football star Lionel Messi, one of the world's highest-paid athletes, takes the stand Thursday for the first time at his tax fraud trial in Spain. IMAGES of Messi arriving for the trial
Colombian superstar Shakira leaves court after reaching a deal with prosecutors to end her trial for allegedly defrauding the Spanish state of 14.5 million euros ($15.7 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014. Under the deal, the 46-year-old agreed to receive a three-year suspended sentence in exchange for paying millions of euros in fines, the head of the court said on what would have been the first day of her trial. The case centred on how much time the singer, whose hit singles include "Hips Don't Lie", "Whenever, Wherever" and the 2010 World Cup song "Waka Waka", spent in Spain between 2012 and 2014. IMAGES
Colombian superstar Shakira arrives at court as she goes on trial in Barcelona in a tax fraud case, with Spanish prosecutors seeking a jail term of over eight years for the Grammy-winning singer. They accuse the 46-year-old of defrauding the Spanish state of 14.5 million euros ($15.7 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014, charges denied by the singer who says she only moved to Spain full time in 2015. The case centres on how much time the singer, whose hit singles include "Hips Don't Lie", "Whenever, Wherever" and the 2010 World Cup song "Waka Waka", spent in Spain between 2012 and 2014. IMAGES
Soccer great Lionel Messi testifies at a Barcelona court for charges of tax evasion, as prosecutors start wrapping up their case alleging he tried to hide millions in income using overseas shell companies. Mana Rabiee reports.
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