Brazil defender Dani Alves detained in Spain on suspicion of sexual assault

BRAZIL defender Dani Alves was taken into custody today in Spain over allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Barcelona nightclub last month, police said.

The 39-year-old player was summoned to a Barcelona police station where he was “taken into custody” and will now be questioned by a judge, said a spokesman for Catalonia’s regional police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra.