A Russian basketball team has defended its captain after he was filmed squeezing a cheerleader’s backside at a recent game. The team said the player was merely “delicately moving” the dancer from out of his path.

Ufimets captain Artem Isakov was leading his team in their Russian Super League game against AltaiBasket in Barnaul, Siberia, earlier this week when the incident happened.

After the game, which Ufimets won 76:69, Isakov was seen celebrating with players on the side of the court while the home team’s male and female cheerleaders performed.



Bollocks. He felt her up.