Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has admitted speeding on the motorway in his Rolls-Royce, court officials have confirmed. The 26-year-old, who owns a fleet of luxury cars, was caught exceeding the 70mph speed limit on the M60 in Manchester last December 12th. An official of the UK Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) confirmed the details […]
Former footballer Christian Karembeu, a 1998 World Cup winner with France, says two of his relatives have been killed during the unrest in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia that has left seven people dead. Speaking during an interview with Europe 1 radio on Monday, the former Real Madrid midfielder said his two relatives […]
A former Derry underage footballer has signed with the NFL’s New York Giants as an undrafted free agent. Jude McAtamney has spent the previous two years playing for Rutgers University in New Jersey having first moved to America in 2021. McAtamney won an Ulster U-20 title with his county back in 2018 and was his […]
Tributes have been paid to former Sunderland and Republic of Ireland defender Charlie Hurley following his death at the age of 87. Nicknamed ‘The King’, Hurley made more than 400 appearances for Sunderland and was named the club’s Player of the Century in 1979. He began his professional career at Millwall and ended it at […]
Six men have been arrested in connection with the killing of South African footballer Luke Fleurs. The 24-year-old Kaizer Chiefs star was shot dead in a car-jacking at a petrol station in Johannesburg last week. In a statement, police said that the six suspects were arrested in Soweto on Wednesday morning. The police say they […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African footballer and Olympian Luke Fleurs has been killed in a hijacking in Johannesburg, his Kaizer Chiefs club said on Thursday. The 24-year-old defender was shot while waiting to be attended to at a petrol station in the Honeydew suburb in Johannesburg, according to police. “Luke Fleurs tragically lost his life […]
Brazilian football star Dani Alves has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman and sentenced to four years and six months in prison. The ruling by a three-judge panel in a Barcelona court on Thursday followed a three-day trial this month. Alves (40) denied any wrongdoing during the trial. The decision can be […]
Former Netherlands international Quincy Promes was sentenced to six years in prison by an Amsterdam court on Wednesday in connection with drug trafficking. The court considered it proven that he was involved in the smuggling of around 1,350 kilos of cocaine via the port of Antwerp in January 2020. A second defendant, a cousin of […]
Former Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves denied raping a woman in a nightclub as he took the stand on the final day of his trial in Spain. The 40-year-old has been in prison without bail since he was arrested in January of last year. He told a Barcelona court the woman could have left […]
Brazilian football star Dani Alves has denied accusations that he raped a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub. After two days of listening to evidence from the alleged victim, witnesses, police and experts, Alves testified that their encounter was consensual. His accuser said that Alves raped her in the toilets of an exclusive nightclub early […]
Brazilian footballer Dani Alves sat in silence and listened to a stream of witnesses give evidence during the second day of his sexual assault trial in Spain on Tuesday. Alves is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the bathroom of an upscale Barcelona nightclub on December 31st, 2022. He has denied any wrongdoing. State […]
Brazilian football star Dani Alves went on trial in Spain on Monday, a year after he allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub. Alves, a former Barcelona player, is accused of sexually assaulting the woman on the night of December 31st, 2022. He denies any wrongdoing. After arriving in a police van, […]