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Real Madrid Coach Ancelotti Tax Fraud Trial Set To Begin

Real Madrid's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti will go on trial on Wednesday in Spain for alleged tax fraud (Credit: AFP)

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti will go on trial on Wednesday for allegedly failing to declare income to Spain's tax office, the latest in a string of such cases targeting sports figures in the country.

Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of four years and nine months for the 65-year-old Italian, accusing him of costing Spain's treasury more than one million euros ($1.1 million) due to undeclared earnings from image rights in 2014 and 2015.

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