Alves goes to jail over nightclub r@pe

Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves has been sentenced to four and half years in prison after he was found guilty of r@pe in Spain.

Alves was first arrested in January 2023 and has been in pre-trial detention ever since.

The 40-year-old former Barcelona star had denied s@xually assaulting the woman in the early hours of 31 December 2022.

As well as handing Alves a four-and-a-half year sentence, the court said he should face a further five years’ probation.