Former Barcelona, Brazil defender Alves given jail term for sexual assault

MADRID, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Former FC Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves was on Thursday given a four-and-a-half-year sentence after being found guilty of sexual aggression by a court in Barcelona.

The 40-year-old will also have to spend a further five years of "supervised freedom" and pay the victim 150,000 euros (163,000 U.S. dollars), as well as the costs of the trial.

The case relates to an inci