Russian court jails US basketball star Brittney Griner for 9 years

A Russian court on Thursday found US basketball star Brittney Griner guilty of smuggling and storing drugs and sentenced her to nine years in prison. The court “found the defendant guilty” of smuggling and possessing “a significant amount of narcotics”, judge Anna Sotnikova told a court in the town of Khimki just outside Moscow. The six-foot-nine (2.06 metres) star was detained at a Moscow airport in February.