Football Football Disgraced Russia footballers sentenced to prison Mamaev and Kokorin attacked two officials in an upmarket Moscow cafe after a drunken night out in October 2018. The players also assaulted the chauffeur of a TV presenter as he waited in a car park. AFP Moscow 08 May, 2019 20:44 IST Russian soccer player Alexander Kokorin, who is charged with a brutal assault and held in custody, attends a court hearing in Moscow. - Reuters AFP Moscow 08 May, 2019 20:44 IST Moscow court on Wednesday found Russian footballers Pavel Mamaev and Alexander Kokorin guilty of hooliganism over a night of drunken assaults and sentenced them to a year and a half in prison.Mamaev received a sentence of one year and five months, while Kokorin one year and six months. The court also convicted two of their co-defendants including Kokorin's brother, issuing similar sentences.The footballers have already served about seven months in detention, which will count toward their sentence. By Russian rules, a day in pre-trial jail counts toward 1.5 days in a colony. They will spend the remainder in penal colonies.Mamaev, a midfielder for Krasnodar, and Kokorin, a Zenit Saint Petersburg forward, attacked two officials in an upmarket Moscow cafe after a drunken night out in October 2018.One of the officials, Denis Pak, an ethnic Korean, was hit with a chair while eating. The players also assaulted the chauffeur of a TV presenter as he waited in a car park. The driver was hospitalised with injuries and a criminal probe was opened.Both players are Russian internationals though Kokorin last played for the national side in late 2017, while Mamaev was last selected in 2016.The attacks led to a stinging public backlash but it was not the first time the players' behaviour has landed them in hot water.The Russian Football Union suspended the pair in July 2016 after a video emerged from a Monte Carlo nightclub showed them cavorting at a champagne-fuelled party shortly after Russia's early exit from Euro 2016.Earlier this week prosecutor Svetlana Tarasova called for Kokorin and Mamaev to serve a year and a half in a penal colony. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address. Dugout videos