Associated Press

Madrid, March 4:

Eight English Premiership soccer players have been detained by Spanish police after an alleged sexual assault on three women in a south-eastern town, police said on Thursday.

The women alleged nine players from Leicester City had forced their way into a hotel room in Cartagena town late on Wednesday and several of them had made a sexual assault causing injuries, according to a police statement.

Nine players were initially detained but one was later released. Police said four of the players were charged with sexual assault while all eight were charged with breaking and entering.

According to the police statement, a guard at Los Belones hotel said some of the players who appeared to be drunk had been troubling other customers. The women reported the incident at Alicante airport, police said.