BARCA INNOCENT OF FRAUD, INSISTS CLUB PRESIDENT

MADRID: Barcelona’s president backed the signing of Neymar, saying the club had no regrets over how it signed the Brazil forward despite being charged with tax fraud. A Spanish judge charged Barcelona with the crime on Thursday, alleging it swindled the state of 9.1 million euros ($12.5 million) through payments to varying companies and false contracts. “We did everything according to the letter of the law and we’ll go wherever we have to, to explain it,” president Josep Bartomeu said in an interview on the Spanish state broadcaster.