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Messi, Pistorius get jail
It was a Black Wednesday for sports on two separate counts and both had to do with shamefully dubious developments
​London: It was a Black Wednesday for sports on two separate counts and both had to do with shamefully dubious developments.
A fortnight into a sentiment-driven retirement from international football, Argentina and Barcelona striker Lionel Messi was sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined $2.2mn by a Barcelona court.
Elsewhere, South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius was sent to prison for six years for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Although the blade runner’s fate was hanging in the balance for quite a while, Messi’s imprisonment has sent shock waves.
He and his father, Jorge, have been found guilty of three counts of tax fraud. However, there are doubts whether the football superstar will serve time.
