A 28-year-old Irishman is due to appear in court in Spain after being stopped at Alicante airport with 44 grams of cocaine in packets in his stomach.

Three Premiership footballers facing sex assault allegations remained behind bars in Spain today as they pinned their hopes on a new legal bid to secure their release.

THREE Leicester City players have been remanded in custody by an investigating judge probing an alleged assault on three women in a Spanish hotel, court officials in Cartagena said yesterday.

Six Leicester City footballers were due in court today following allegations of sexual assault on three women in the Spanish resort of La Manga.

Six Leicester players will learn if they are to face charges today after being detained overnight following allegations of sexual assault by three German women in Cartagena.