Black Stars vice-captain and Villarreal midfielder Thomas Partey is facing new legal challenges.

The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised two additional rape charges against him.

Partey, 32, previously denied allegations involving two women and a separate sexual assault claim against a third woman.

The former Arsenal star has now been charged with two more counts of rape relating to an additional woman.

The fresh allegations were first reported last August, with the two allegedly committed offences taking place between 2021 and 2022.

He pleaded not guilty to five counts of rape and one charge of sexual assault last September.

Partey will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on March 13.