Messi loses Supreme Court appeal
MADRID: lionel Messi has lost his Supreme Court appeal over a tax-fraud conviction in Spain. The court confirmed the 21-month prison sentence handed to Messi for defrauding tax authorities of 4.1 million euros ($4.6 million) from 2007-09. He is not expected to go to prison because sentences of less than two years for first offences are usually suspended in Spain. The court maintained the 2 million euro ($2.24 million) fine handed to the Argentina player in last year's trial. Messi's father, Jorge Horacio Messi, also had been convicted of tax fraud, but the court reduced his sentence from 21 months to 15 months because he cooperated by returning the defrauded money to the tax authorities. He also is not expected to face prison time.
Manoj to make WSB debut on June 8
new delhi: Indian boxer Manoj Kumar will make his World Series of Boxing (WSB) debut on June 8 after being called by his franchise British lionhearts for the semifinal clash against Astana Arlans Kazakhstan. The welterweight boxer qualified for the August-September World Championships at the Asian Championships earlier this month. "It will be a first time experience at the WSB and I hope I can pull off a good win for my team," Manoj, a welterweight boxer, told PTI. Manoj has been called by the British franchise to compete in the second leg of the semi-final which will be fought in london.
Indian women boxers get foreign coach
New Delhi: In a historic first for Indian boxing, Frenchman Stephane Cottalorda, an AIBA three-star coach, has been roped in to train the country's women pugilists for a nearly two-year term. The 41-year-old, who is a member of the European Boxing Confederation's coaches commission, will be joining the boxers in the first week of June. In addition, Italy's Raffaele Bergamasco has been roped in for the youth women boxers, while the recently-appointed men's coach Santiago Nieva has been handed a contract till December 2020. Bergamasco, also an International Boxing Association (AIBA) three-star coach, too has been appointed till December 2020. Cottalorda, however, has come in till December 2018 for the time being.
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New Delhi: The first camp of the 31st edition of Junior Training Programme (JTP) organised by the Delhi Golf Club in association with Usha International limited concluded on May 24, 2017 at Delhi Golf Club with Vijay Karan Mehta, Purnayush Mangal, Kartikeya Nahar, Keya K. Budugu, Netra Suri, Janvi Sachdeh and Devansh Khandelwal taking away the maximum number of prizes across categories like Putting, Chipping, Pitching, Bunker, long Drive and Playing competitions. The training programme was coached by Mr. Vikram Sethi. Usha has been associated with the JTP of the Delhi Golf Club since 2006. The current edition of the JTP is divided into four camps (each of 10 day duration) starting May 15, May 25, June 4 and June 14, respectively. Under the guidance of well-known A Category coaches, Vikram Sethi, Nonita lall Qureshi, Anjali Chopra and Jasjit Singh, every participating kid will be trained on the basics of the sport.