Cristiano Ronaldo agrees €18.8m Spanish tax fine
Former teammate Xabi Alonso also in court facing similar image right charges
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Ronaldo accepts €18.8m fine in tax evasion case
Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed to accept an €18.8m (£16.4m, $21.8m) fine and a suspended jail sentence to settle tax evasion charges, according to media reports.
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Shakira latest superstar targeted by Spanish taxman
Colombian pop singer Shakira is under investigation for tax evasion, joining the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Jose Mourinho who have all fallen foul of the Spanish tax authorities.
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Real Madrid’s Modric pays €1m to settle tax fraud
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has reportedly paid €1m (£880,000, $1.2m) to Spanish authorities after appearing in a Madrid court on tax evasion charges.
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Madrid defender in second tax probe
Brazil and Real Madrid player Marcelo Vieira is facing the prospect of Spanish tax investigators trawling through his accounts for a second time.
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Ronaldo flogs high-risk scheme to 60m Twitter followers
The Portuguese player has bragged to his 59.7 million Twitter followers about a sponsorship agreement he signed with Cyprus-based Exness, a high-risk trading firm which allows investors to risk losing more than 500 times their original stake – many multiples of what some regulators say is appropriate for retail investors, according to a Bloomberg news…
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Football clubs feeling the heat of HMRC scrutiny
Following raids by HM Revenue & Customs on Newcastle United and West Ham and with over 40 players and 12 teams under review, football clubs in the UK are taking a more proactive approach to tax.
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Ronaldo faces 3.5 years in jail over tax evasion charges
Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is facing up to three and a half years in jail after he was accused of having evaded paying €14.7m (£13.1m, $17.3m) in taxes since 2010.
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Mourinho accused of tax fraud by Spanish prosecutors
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has become the latest football figure to be accused of tax fraud by Spanish prosecutors.
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Cristiano Ronaldo faces possible tax fraud charges
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is facing possible tax fraud charges in Spain, days after fellow football legend and Spanish club rival Lionel Messi had his 21-month jail term for similar charges upheld.
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Messi appeal against Spanish tax fraud sentence set for April
Argentinian football star Lionel Messi will appear in court in Spain next month to appeal the 21-month prison sentence he was handed for tax evasion last year.