Soccer-Argentina's Boca Juniors drop player convicted of gender violence

FILE PHOTO: Colombian Boca Juniors' striker, Sebastian Villa, listens to justice reading a sentence to prison in Argentina on gender violence charges, next to his lawyer Martin Apolo, in a courtroom in Buenos Aires, Argentina June 2, 2023.REUTERS/Cristina Sille

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina soccer club Boca Juniors have decided to drop Colombian winger Sebastian Villa from the team following his conviction for violence against his former partner Daniela Cortes.

The 27-year-old Villa, a Colombia international, received a prison sentence of two years and one month on Friday following the conviction, which was suspended due to it being less than three years.