Former English diving Olympic Bronze Medal winner TOM DALEY has announced his engagement to long-term boyfriend DUSTIN LANCE BLACK (London TELEGRAPH, 10/1). ... Barcelona's Argentina int'l JAVIER MASCHERANO has been ordered to appear in court on Oct. 29 to "answer charges of two counts of defrauding the Spanish tax authorities" of a total of more than €1.5M ($1.7M). A court in Gava near the Catalan capital has decided to "proceed with the case after the charges were announced by the public prosecutor" on Monday and has called Mascherano to testify (REUTERS, 10/1). ... Former youngest Formula 1 driver JAIME ALGUERSUARI "announced his retirement from motor racing at the age of 25 on Thursday to follow a career in music." Alguersuari: "I decided to stop because it's time for a change. Something inside me says it's the moment to take a different path because I think I have fallen out of love with this girlfriend who has been with me all these years" (REUTERS, 10/1). ... Canadian Olympic Committee President MARCEL AUBUT has stepped aside "pending an investigation into an allegation that he sexually harassed a female colleague." The COC said that it "received a complaint against" Aubut, 67, last Friday and has retained a former chief justice of the Quebec supreme court to head up an independent investigation (REUTERS, 10/1). ... LIONEL MESSI will "take legal action against El Mundo." The Barcelona star, his family and his representatives have released a press release relating to the "article which appeared in the newspaper El Mundo on September 29, 2015, suggesting the FC Barcelona and Argentina player Lionel Messi committed a tax offence in relation to the charity matches organized by the Leo Messi Foundation between 2012 and 2013" (SPORT, 10/1).
