Lionel Messi given 21-month jail sentence for fraud

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Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in jail by Spain's supreme court.

Spanish newspaper El Pais, citing sources close to the tribunal, says the court ratified an earlier hearing and found Messi guilty of defrauding Spain's finance ministry of 4.1 million euros.

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