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In court, Neymar denies wrongdoing over Barca transfer
AFP, Published on 19/10/2022
» BARCELONA: Neymar only signed documents his father gave him and did nothing illegal, the Brazil superstar told a Spanish court Tuesday where he is on trial for alleged irregularities over his transfer to Barcelona nearly a decade ago.
Tour de France fan who caused pile-up set to avoid jail
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» BREST (FRANCE) - The spectator behind one of the biggest pile-ups in Tour de France history appeared in court Thursday charged with injuring dozens of riders but seemed set to avoid jail after prosecutors demanded a suspended sentence.
Ronaldinho released from Paraguay detention after five months
AFP, Published on 25/08/2020
» ASUNCION: Former Brazil star Ronaldinho was released Monday by a Paraguayan judge after five months in detention over a forged passport.
German sentenced for Dortmund team bus bomb
AFP, Published on 27/11/2018
» DORTMUND: A German man who launched a shrapnel bomb attack on the team bus of football club Borussia Dortmund in April 2017 to make money on the club's shares diving was on Tuesday sentenced to 14 years in jail.
Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving
Sports, Published on 29/10/2017
» PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida: Tiger Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving and agreed to enter a diversion programme on Friday, five months after the superstar golfer was found passed out in his Mercedes with prescription drugs and marijuana in his system.
Chelsea 'fans' convicted of Paris racism
AFP, Published on 04/01/2017
» PARIS - A French court Tuesday gave suspended jail terms to four Chelsea football fans over a racist incident before a Champions League match in Paris and ordered them to pay the victim 10,000 euros (about 375,000 baht) in compensation.
Barca's Neymar transfer deal ratified in Spanish court
AFP, Published on 20/12/2016
» BARCELONA - A Spanish court on Tuesday ratified a deal that leaves Barcelona with a 5.5-million-euro ($6.2 million) fine but avoiding trial on tax evasion charges over Neymar's contested 2013 transfer.
Former Newcastle player adds his name to abuse victims
AFP, Published on 01/12/2016
» LONDON - A former Newcastle United player added his name Wednesday to a growing list of ex-footballers in England who said they had suffered sexual abuse during their time in the sport.
Ex-coach Bennell charged with child abuse
AFP, Published on 30/11/2016
» LONDON - Former coach Barry Bennell, who is at the centre of a scandal rocking English football, was on Tuesday charged with eight counts of child abuse, prosecutors said.
England football sex abuse is 'biggest crisis'
AFP, Published on 29/11/2016
» LONDON - The abuse scandal rocking English football is the greatest crisis current Football Association chairman Greg Clarke can recall, he told Sky News on Tuesday.