In April 2014, the Barcelona defender Dani Alves was about to take a corner in a match against Villarreal when a banana landed on the pitch in front of him. He won huge support globally when he ...

An appeals court has acquitted former Barcelona and Brazil full-back Dani Alves of sexual assault and overturned a four-and-half-year prison sentence. Alves, 41, was sentenced in February 2024 for ...

VILLARREAL, Spain (AP) — Barcelona defender Dani Alves responded to a racist taunt when a banana landed at his feet during Sunday’s game at Villarreal by picking up the fruit, peeling and then ...

The banana landed on the pitch near the 30-year ... and permanently banning him from their ground. “The player Dani Alves gave a daring and strong response to racism in sports,” Brazil's ...

Dani Alves once said he would “play until I ... In 2014, when he was about to take a corner kick for Barcelona at Villarreal, a banana flew from the crowd. He picked it up, peeled it and ...

Zaragoza were fined just 9,000 euros. In 2014, after a banana was thrown at him, Brazil's Dani Alves, picked it up and ate it slowly before taking a corner. England internationals Marcus Rashford ...

The club was fined 9,000 euros ($9,907.20). Barcelona defender Dani Alves had a banana thrown at him as he was about to take a corner kick at Villarreal's El Madrigal stadium. Alves peeled the ...

Dani Alves has spent his first night in pre-trial ... When a spectator hurled a banana at his feet on the sideline, he nonchalantly scooped it up, peeled it and took a bite before proceeding ...

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Dani Alves eats a banana after it was thrown on the field. (SBS) FIFA president Sepp Blatter and several top players have come out in support of Barcelona's Dani Alves, who ate half of a banana ...

where Barcelona’s Dani Alves picked the banana up and ate it. He joked: “The potassium did me good. It gave me the energy to send over two more crosses and we scored from one of them.” ...

The commotion and rumpus created, not so much about the incident where a spectator—I won't dignify the moron by labelling him a supporter—lobbed a banana at Dani Alves during the Villarreal vs.