Robinho denies sex assault claim

BRITAIN’S most expensive footballer Robinho returned to training yesterday after being quizzed by detectives over an alleged serious sexual assault on a woman.

The Manchester City forward issued a statement denying any “wrongdoing or criminality” after he was arrested by police investigating the alleged incident in a Leeds nightclub earlier this month.

West Yorkshire Police began an investigation after a student claimed she had been attacked at The Space club in the early hours of January 14.

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