Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father accused of £3.4m tax fraud

Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been accused of defrauding £3.4million all the way through false income tax profits in Spain. The state prosecutor has taken feat against the footballer and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi.

Both are accused of three offences alongside the public pucker for supposedly defrauding millions on income tax profits for 2007, 2008 and 2009. The grievance, signed by prosecutor Raquel Amado, was submitted for audition at the court in Gava, the up market Barcelona community where the Argentina forward lives.

A judge must agree to the prosecutor's court case before charges can be bringing against Lionel Messi and his father. The footballing star released a report denying any unlawful activity. Reports emerged today alleging the four-time reigning World Player of the Year and his father, Jorge Horacio, were alleged of filing deceitful tax profits between 2007 and 2009.

The 25-year-old Argentinean, at present on global duty in South America, summarily insisted he had done nothing incorrect in a report on his official Facebook page. It read: 'We have just known through the media about the claim filed by the Spanish tax authorities. 'We have always fulfilled all our tax obligations, following the advice of our tax consultants, who will take care of clarifying this situation.'

Lionel Messi arrived at the Nou Camp as a 13-year-old in 2000, made his first-team debut three years afterward and has gone on to set up himself as one of football's most excellent ever players. Lionel Messi has won six Primera Division titles, three Champions League crowns and two FIFA Club World Cups with the Catalan giants and in 2012 netted record 86 goals for club and country.

Lionel Messi signed a two-year agreement expansion with Barcelona in February which keeps him at the club through June 2018 - when he will be 31. Lionel Messi joined Barcelona when he was 13, and completes his debut with the first team three years later.

Spain has been furious down on tax avoidance as it fights to revamp the country's public funds in the middle of downturn and the fall down of its once-booming real estate sector. Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro warned footballers in April they ought to create sure they are 'comfortable' with their tax dealings.

 Source: Dailymail

Points spilt after rain ruins match between Australia and New Zealand

Match abandoned Australia 243 for 8 (Voges 71, Bailey 55, McClenaghan 4-65) v New Zealand 51 for 2

The prominently indecisive English weather hadn't injure the Champions Trophy a great deal over its first six days, but strike in the critical trans-Tasman match to leave Australia and New Zealand with split points. New Zealand was 51 for 2 after 15 over’s in their look for of 244 when play was intermittent, and couldn't recommence.

It is unbreakable to tell whether either player will be happy with the split points. New Zealand was in a slightly poorer position in the match, and the point from here means even a failure in their final league game could be sufficient to take them to the abolition rounds. Australia, having lost their first game, will almost certainly be more distressed. They got their first point of the operation but could still be out previous to them play their next, and final, match if England and New Zealand win the other two games in the group.

The introverted point didn't make brighter Australia's frame of mind on a day which had begun on a miserable note as their regular opener David Warner was stood downward from the match after news emerged of a disagreement with an England player in a Birmingham bar more than the weekend. 

India Just Passed a Step in Champions Trophy

India 236 for 2 (Dhawan 102*, Karthik 51*, Rohit 52) beat West Indies 233 for 9 (Charles 60, Sammy 56*, Jadeja 5-36) by 8 wickets.

Four years ago, approximately to the day, in the similar city of London, Ravindra Jadeja was a hare wedged in the headlights. He could neither get out nor hit out, and his 25 off 35 in that Twenty20 match in opposition to England - India were knocked out of that World T20 - earned him what seemed like a natural life of mockery. Ravindra Jadeja wasn't imaginary to do well at international cricket. He did. He wasn't supposed to do well outside Asia at least. He has, for now.

When Ravindra Jadeja was introduced in this Champions Trophy match, West Indies had marched to 92 for 1 in 17 overs, and Johnson Charles, an awkward batsman to treaty with, was timing the whole thing he hit. He had carted Bhuvneshwar Kumar, deflected Umesh Yadav and lofted Virat Kohli and even R Ashwin. India was staring at a big total, but Ravindra Jadeja twirled that ball like he does his new 'tache. Some bowed and some didn't; most of them were headed for the stumps, but at dissimilar speeds; five of them got wickets, two lbws and one bowled; West Indies went from 102 for 1 to 182 for 9, and India into the semi-final of the Champions Trophy. West Indies now require beating South Africa to steps forward; Pakistan was knocked out.

Jose Mourinho: Subdued Chelsea boss still box office attraction

Jose Mourinho now has grey hair and requires reading glasses to see his whole Chelsea vision these days - but there was still the old box office appeal as he walked into his Stamford Bridge sequel.

Jose Mourinho was more "The Sombre One" than "The Special One" as he took his place in the Ron Harris Suite as Chelsea manager for the first time since 2007, in front of more than 250 members of the world's media and 40 television crews.

And yet, despite what seemed a deliberately low-key first day back at the old office, Jose Mourinho still manages to make sure he gives off the full effect of football royalty. The old place was illuminated by the wattage of his personality, even if most of it was kept hidden.

Even the preamble to his entrance, five minutes after the appointed half-hour, carried a touch of theatre. Microphones and sound systems were tested with such feverish regularity that you wondered whether Bruce Springsteen was about to appear through the wooden side door rather than Chelsea's new manager.

The fireworks that accompanied his arrival in 2004 after winning the Champions League with Porto were kept in the box. Indeed, if this had been his opening speech back then, we might have wondered what all the fuss was about - instead we know from those intervening years of success and further honours at Inter Milan and Real Madrid.

Smiles were kept to a minimum. If it was a concerted attempt to present a more mature, conciliatory Jose Mourinho, he had worked hard on his delivery. Jose Mourinho even admitted he had weaknesses, although there was the quick qualification: "Not many."

 All talk of this new humble Jose must wait until the first controversial incident, the first contentious moment and the first brush with authority. Jose Mourinho said he was ready to marry Chelsea again and this was all part of the honeymoon period. Sweetness, light and harmony.

Jose Mourinho was glad to be back among the British media after the turbulence of his relationships in Madrid. "You're not the worst" was praise indeed from a man whose first Chelsea tenure was not the mutual love-in many outsiders would like to believe.

Jose Mourinho was at pains to counter suggestions his renewed relationship with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich had broken down when he first left - although the fact he left at all reveals it was hardly in good health - and he was back where he wanted to be.

Source: BBC

South Africa Just Throughout Pakistan From The Champions Trophy

South Africa 234 for 9 (Amla 81) beat Pakistan 167 (Misbah 55, McLaren 4-19) by 67 runs

A taxi driver in Birmingham has bought a ticket to watch Pakistan each time they played in the city for the last 30 years, except for this time. He basically did not have the self-assurance in their batting to difficulty. It turns out he was correct.

South Africa lived to wrestle another day in the Champions Trophy as their bowlers, mournful against India but wolfish alongside a easily broken line-up, secured a barely-par total. In the nonattendance of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe led the set with adulthood while debutant Chris Morris added force and Ryan McLaren backed them up at the death.

Misbah-ul-Haq was another time Pakistan's lone warden and again he could not take them in excess of the line. He lacked sustain from everybody excluding Nasir Jamshed. By disparity, South Africa's anchor, Hashim Amla, enjoyed small assistance all the way through the middle order.