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Levante will take their appeal against Copa del Rey elimination to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after their initial move was rejected. The LaLiga club alleged Barcelona used an ineligible player in the first leg of the last-16 tie, but their appeal was rejected by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). Levante beat Barca 2-1 at home in the first part of their two-legged clash, as Ernesto Valverde shuffled his pack, giving games to fringe players and youngsters. Among the unfamiliar names in the starting XI was defender Chumi, who Levante believed to have been suspended for the match after accumulating five yellow cards for Barca's 'B' team in the third tier. Barca were convinced Chumi was eligible, with Valverde suggesting the defender's suspension was active for Sunday's win over Eibar, while the club understood a rule change in November meant a reserve player can feature for the first team in another competition as long as the ...

web sear © Provided by Independent Digital News & Media Limited An Egyptian TV host has been sentenced to one year in prison after interviewing a gay man on his talk show. Mohamed al-Gheiti, who previously expressed his stance against homosexuality, invited the man to discuss his lifestyle on  air  in August 2018. The move led to the  misdemeanors  court in Giza charging him with promoting homosexuality, incitement to debauchery and immorality and contempt of religion. He was also fined 3,000 Egyptian pounds ($A234). According to the  Egypt Independent , lawyer Samir Sabry filed the case against the TV host with the attorney-general, saying he had violated the basic rules, laws and religious constants. During the interview, the guest, whose face was blurred to protect his identity, revealed he was a sex worker and openly discussed his relationship with another man. Mr Sabry insisted that answers to questions about homosexual lifesty...

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri played down Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty miss, but felt the forward was too rushed early in his performance. Ronaldo had a second-half penalty saved while Juve cruised to a 3-0 win over Chievo in their return to Serie A action on Monday. Douglas Costa, Emre Can and Daniele Rugani were on the scoresheet as Juve moved nine points clear at the top. Allegri said his side's win, not Ronaldo's miss, was most important, although he felt the forward was too eager to score in the first half. "Important penalties are others … it can happen to miss a penalty," he told a news conference. "I don't think this is the first time that Ronaldo misses a penalty in his career. The most important thing is that the team won the game at the end." He added: "He (Ronaldo) wanted to score and in the second half technically played much better. "In the first half, he was rushing too much to find the net....