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Sports Briefing | Soccer: Messi’s Father Accused in Tax Case

Prosecutors in Barcelona, Spain, called for the arrest of Lionel Messi’s father in a tax fraud case.

Prosecutors have cleared the younger Messi of wrongdoing but are seeking an 18-month prison sentence for his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, who they said defrauded Spain’s tax office of 4 million euros ($4.5 million) in unpaid taxes from 2007 to 2009.