Boris Becker

Becker had been sentenced to 30 months behind bars in April after being found guilty of hiding $3.1 million of assets and loans to avoid paying debts, The ...

[BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/63987543) reported. [BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/63987543), “Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.” [The Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/sports-prisons-boris-becker-c5d54f05304818b6d1677ed7fb3e9233) reported.

Former tennis superstar Boris Becker has been released from prison after serving a sentence relating to his 2017 bankruptcy, British media said.

Just before he was sentenced, an emotional Becker admitted he had hit rock bottom. I'm not going to hide or run away. But added: "I will face it. have sought to distance yourself from your offending and your bankruptcy. "You... He said he "shocked" and "embarrassed" when he was declared bankrupt and had relied on advisers to manage his life outside tennis.

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - German tennis star Boris Becker, 55, has been freed from a British prison, the government said on Thursday, meaning he is now ...

He went on to two win more Wimbledon titles. Becker had previously been convicted of tax evasion in Germany in 2002, for which he received a suspended prison sentence. “Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity,” the Home Office said in a statement while declining to comment directly on Becker’s case.

Boris Becker, legendary tennis player, was recently freed from prison after serving time for his 2017 bankruptcy.

Furthermore, this was one of the longest matches in history. However, he was transported to the lower-security Huntercombe jail near Oxford in southern England, which houses foreign prisoners awaiting deportation. In April, the six-time grand slam winner was sentenced to prison for concealing £2.5 million in assets and loans in order to avoid paying his obligations.

Three-time Wimbledon tennis champion said to have been released from prison after eight months.

According to [the Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20723871/boris-beckers-mum-home-for-christmas/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=sunsporttwitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1670795530), Elvira Becker said: “This is the best Christmas present I could hope for – I cannot wait to hold my beloved son in my arms.” The two-part documentary follows Becker’s life over three years in a series of interviews. The former world No 1 tennis player and BBC commentator will be deported because he is a foreign national without British citizenship who received a custodial sentence of more than 12 months. “I [will] face [my sentence], I’m not going to hide or run away. [I will] accept whatever sentence I’m going to get.” The Home Office removed 1,136 foreign national offenders under its early removal programme last year.

In April, Becker was found guilty of four charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy case under the Insolvency Act and was sentenced by Judge Deborah Taylor at ...

He was originally due to serve half his sentence in jail. Becker was released from a UK prison after serving just eight months of his sentence and had been due to be deported from the UK, PA Media reported on Thursday. [Boris Becker](http://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/tennis/boris-becker-jail-sentence-bankruptcy-spt-intl/index.html) has left for Germany after serving just eight months of his sentence in the UK, his lawyer said on Thursday, after UK media reported he had been released from custody and was due to be deported.

Boris Becker has been released from prison, according to reports in the UK media, and is now set to be deported to Germany.

The two-part feature will be aired on Apple TV+ , and is directed by Alex Gibney and John Battsek. Becker’s former mentor Ion Tiriac had spoken to L’Equipe in June and said then that the German had hoped to be released by the end of the year. He is now set to be deported to Germany now that he has completed eight months of the two-and-a-half year sentence he received under the Insolvency Act, for hiding assets after declaring bankruptcy in 2017.

German national Becker was jailed for two and a half years in April for flouting insolvency rules by hiding £2.5 million ($3.1 million) of assets and loans ...

Tennis legend Boris Becker of Germany has been freed from prison early due to a fast-track deportation program. Becker served eight months in England ...

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The German star and former coach of Novak Djokovic served eight months of his two-and-a-half year sentence.

[according to the German newspaper Bild](https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/unterhaltung/leute/leute/kommt-boris-becker-im-november-raus-wie-es-ihm-wirklich-im-briten-knast-geht-81673518.bild.html). [According to CBS News,](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boris-becker-released-british-prison-will-be-deported-uk-media/) Becker's 87-year-old mother, Elvira, told a friend that her son's release was "the best Christmas present I could hope for." One of his Wimbledon titles came when he was only 17 years old, which made him the youngest champion in tournament history. The former star athlete has denied all the charges and said he had cooperated cooperated with the bankruptcy proceedings -- even offering up his wedding ring, according to Reuters. He had already been convicted of tax evasion in Germany in 2002, which turned into a suspended prison sentence. Becker, a German who's lived in Britain since 2012, is now facing deportation from the United Kingdom.