Crystal Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey has denied making a Nazi salute during a meal with his team-mates.
The Wales international was pictured with his right arm in the air in a photo posted on Instagram by Palace midfielder Max Meyer, who is German.
The picture was taken after Palaceâs FA Cup third round win over Grimsby.
Hennessey said he âwaved and shouted at the person taking the picture to get on with itâ and âput my hand over my mouth to make the sound carryâ.
Lilian Thuram reveals he was shocked to see his son Marcus spitting in his opponentâs face: âI asked myself if he was my son.â
Thuram, 23, was sent off during Borussia Monchengladbach-Hoffenheim last weekend after spitting in Stefan Posch âs face.
âI was watching the game and I was left shocked,â Lilian Thuram, a former Parma and Juventus defender, told RCI Guadeloupe .
âLater on, I had his explanation. He was angry, and the saliva came off his mouth without him wanting it. Marcus wants people to know it wasnât intentional, he knows this gesture shouldnât exist on a football pitch.â
The Borussia Monchengladbachâs winger has received a fine and a five-match ban.
The cruise liner captain accused of abandoning ship after he struck rocks off the Tuscan coast last Friday has reportedly claimed he was unable to lead the evacuation because he slipped and tripped into a lifeboat while helping passengers leave the stricken vessel.
During a three-hour hearing on Tuesday, captain Francesco Schettino said it was an accident that he left the Costa Concordia, according to La Repubblica.
âThe passengers were pouring on to the decks, taking the lifeboats by assault,â the newspaper quoted him as telling a judge during a hearing to determine whether he should be held in custody on charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship.
âI didnât even have a life jacket because I had given it to one of the passengers. I was trying to get people to get into the boats in an orderly fashion. Suddenly, since the ship was at a 60-70° angle, I tripped and I ended up in one of the boats. Thatâs how I found myself in the lifeboat,â said Schettino.
âSuspended there, I was unable to lower the boat into the sea, because the space was blocked by other boats in the water.â
âI was standing over the horse waiting to help with the removal of the body, in the course of which, to my memory I received a call and, without thinking, I sat down to take it. Hearing a shout from one of my team, I gestured to wait until I was finished.â