Spanish court sets $1.1 mln bail for Dani Alves to be released from prison

Ex-Brazil international footballer Dani Alves is to be released from jail pending an appeal against his rape conviction in exchange for posting bail of one million euros ($108,000), a Barcelona court said Wednesday. The ruling came a day after his lawyer requested his release on the grounds that he had already served a quarter of his four-and-a-half-year sentence in pre-trial detention following his arrest in January 2023.