Brandao sentenced to a month in jail for headbutt


  • Football
  • Thursday, 27 Nov 2014

French soccer club Bastia's player Brandao leaves after a hearing at the French Football Federation (FFF) headquarters in Paris November 4, 2014. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) - Bastia forward Brandao has been sentenced to one month in prison for headbutting Paris St Germain midfielder Thiago Motta, a French tribunal said on Thursday.

The sentence, however, is expected to be turned into community service.

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