Footballer fakes kidnapping

A Brazilian footballer who faked his own kidnapping to get out of a team training session faces up to six months in prison, police said Friday.
Somalia, a player for the Rio club Botafogo, made a police report Wednesday alleging he had been carjacked by an armed man and forced to drive around for two hours -- when the training was happening -- before being robbed of money and jewellery.
But inconsistencies in his complaint raised suspicions, and officers quickly discovered that security video footage from Somalia's home didn't back up his story.