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Pogba's brother sentenced to prison

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Mathias Pogba, a brother to Paul Pogba. [AFP]

A Paris court on Thursday sentenced a brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case.

Mathias Pogba will be able to serve his one-year sentence with an electronic bracelet rather than behind bars.

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