Real defend Ronaldo over tax allegation
Bengaluru: Real Madrid backed star forward Cristiano Ronaldo on Wednesday after Spanish prosecutors accused the star player of evading 14.7 million euros in tax through offshore companies. The 32-year-old Ronaldo – the world's highest paid athlete according to Forbes magazine – follows in the footsteps of Barcelona forward and Argentina star lionel Messi, who was found guilty of the same offence last year, although the sums involved were allegedly smaller. If he too is put on trial and found guilty, he risks "a fine of at least 28 million" euros ($31.3 million) and could potentially be jailed for three-and-a-half years, according to the Gestha union of experts at Spain's Inland Revenue. Prosecutors accuse the Portugal international of evading tax via a shell company based in the British Virgin Islands and another in Ireland, known for its low corporate tax rate.
Goel inaugurates CT Screening
New Delhi: As India reached semi finals of ICC champions trophy 2017 . Sports Ministry decided to do live of the matches at Major Dhyanchand National Stadium, Delhi. The inauguration of big screening is done by the union sports minister Vijay Goel on Wednesday. "The idea is to initiate sports culture among the public and optimum utilization of the stadiums, in future we will have mini-fests too that would create a huge buzz for sporting events across India," Goel said. He added: "This screening is not confined to cricket only as I mentioned earlier the major objective is to promote sports. So the screening will continue even after the CT and more and more sports will be shown on the big screen."
Srikanth, Prannoy enter 2nd round in indonesia
Jakarta: Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy advanced to the second round of the men's singles competition at the Indonesia Super Series Premier here on Wednesday.The world No 29 Prannoy saw off 20th ranked Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21-13, 21-18. He will next face top-seeded Malaysian lee Chong Wei. Srikanth then staved off a challenge from Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent 21-15, 17-21, 21-16 in a 56-minute match. He is likely to clash with fourth seeded Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark next.After back-to-back titles at Singapore and Thailand, B Sai Praneeth bowed out in the opening round following a 14-21, 18-21 loss against second-seeded Son Wan Ho of Korea. It was also curtains for Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy after the duo suffered a 21-19, 19-21, 13-21 loss to the Indonesian duo Dian Fitriani and Nadya Melati.
france beat england 3-2 in friendly
saint-denis (france): Ousmane Dembele scored the winner as 10-man France overcame a red card for Raphael Varane early in the second half to beat England 3-2 in a pulsating friendly on Tuesday. Kylian Mbappe set up the 20-year-old Dembele's winner in the 78th minute with an astute pass. Harry Kane scored both goals for England while defenders Samuel Umtiti and Djibril Sidibe got their first goals for France, as did Dembele. Despite being a man down, France took the game to England and the 18-year-old Mbappe smacked the crossbar with 20 minutes to go after a fine piece of skill.