Former Aston Villa and Bolton defender Jlloyd Samuel has died in a car crash, Cheshire Police have confirmed.

Samuel, 37, a Trinidad and Tobago international, played for Villa between 1998 and 2007 and spent four years at Bolton.

He also had spells with Iranian clubs Esteghlal and Paykan.

Cheshire Police said officers had been called to a serious collision involving a van and a Range Rover in High Legh, Cheshire at 07:55 BST.

"Sadly the driver of the car, Jlloyd Samuel, 37, from Lymm, died at the...

Former Trinidad and Tobago coach Rene Simoes has told ESPN Brasil that he excluded Dwight Yorke and Russell Latapy from his squad in 2001 because the pair drank heavily the evening before a training session.

Simoes caused a shock when he announced that Yorke, then at Manchester United, and Latapy, at Scottish club Hibernian, had been axed from his squad in June that year.

Ahead of a key World Cup qualifier against Jamaica, Simoes told reporters the duo had failed to attend a training session --...