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Park Geun-hye: South Korea's ex-leader jailed for 24 years for corruption 2 hours ag Share this with Facebook   Share this with Twitter   Share Image copyright AFP Image caption Ms Park was brought to court in May 2017 shortly after her arrest South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye has been sentenced to 24 years in jail after she was found guilty of abuse of power and coercion. The verdict was broadcast live and represents the culmination of a scandal which rocked the country, fuelling rage against political and business elites. Park, who was also fined 18bn won (£12m, $17m), faced a string of corruption charges. The former leader was not in court on Friday for the verdict. She has boycotted her trial hearings and has previously accused the courts of being biased against her. She has also denied all wrongdoing and has said she will appeal her sentence. Who is Park Geun-hye? South Korea's presidential scandal explained Did ...

In his latest 'Five things from La Liga' column, Guillem Balague analyses the fantastic form of "super sub" Lionel Messi, as well as Gareth Bale's improvements, Sevilla's striker problem and a couple of promising players at Valencia… More Messi magic Diego Simeone said recently that there is a league with Messi and a league without Messi. For those that still don't see what Messi does and say that Diego Maradona used to win games on his own, you listen to the words of Simeone and realise that Barcelona win titles because they have got Messi. We said in the preview last week that Barcelona have depended a lot on Messi, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Ernesto Valverde - the three key men for this season. There's also Sergio Busquets. Without him against Sevilla the lack of control showed, and while Ivan Rakitic is good with the ball, without the ball he hasn't got what Busquets has - the ability to step up and press high, to break counters and attac...

For the second game in a row, Bojan Bogdanovic paced Croatia in scoring, leading his country to a 2-0 record in the group stage of EuroBasket 2017 with a comfortable 74-58 victory over Romania. Despite it being a home game for Romania, being played in the city Cluj-Napoca, Team Croatia -- which features multiple NBA players -- overwhelmed the hosts, outscoring them in every quarter en route to the 16-point victory. Bogdanovic, who joined the Pacers over the offseason via free agency, led the game in scoring for the second outing in a row, tallying 21 points. In addition to his scoring, Bogdanovic also pulled down six rebounds and passed out an assist. While Bogdanovic was on the floor, Croatia outscored Romania by 17 points. 76ers forward Dario Saric, also suiting up for Croatia, chipped in with a double-double, scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the winning effort. Team Croatia (2-0) will have one day to rest before taking the floor against Montenegro (1-1) on ...

Chelsea defender David Luiz remains on the sidelines with knee and ankle injuries respectively Chelsea defender David Luiz has twice flown to Barcelona to see a knee specialist in a bid to save his season, Sky Sports News  understands. The Brazil international has not undergone surgery, but is still recovering from knee and ankle injuries respectively.  Luiz hopes to be fit by the end of March, in time to face London rivals Tottenham at Stamford Bridge on April 1, live on   Sky Sports Premier League . Luiz last featured for Chelsea against Watford on February 5 The 30-year-old has featured just 10 times in the Premier League this season due to those injuries and has not played for Antonio Conte's side since the 4-1 defeat at Watford on February 5.