Becker faces more tax problem

Former Wimbledon tennis champion Boris Becker, who was handed a suspended jail term and a hefty fine for tax evasion last week, faces more trouble with the German tax authorities.

Becker8217;s lawyer Joerg Weigell said on Monday his client had been ordered to pay a further three million euros 2.92 million in back taxes. 8220;We regard this as totally unjustified and we are negotiating about it,8221; Weigell told Reuters.

Weigell said the order was linked to contracts between Becker and his former manager Ion Tiriac. A report in Monday8217;s German weekly Focus said that the three-times Wimbledon champion faced a probe over alleged fictitious contracts between him and Tiriac from 1985 to 1991. Tiriac8217;s assistant said Becker8217;s former manager had no comment to make on the issue. The Munich tax administration declined to confirm a new investigation had been opened, citing secrecy rules protecting tax information.