Soccer: Soccer star on assault charge

Everton soccer star Danny Cadamarteri is due to stand trial today charged with assaulting a woman in a late night fracas.

The 21-year-old striker has pleaded not guilty to the alleged attack, which is said to have taken place in Liverpool city centre on October 1 last year.

His alleged victim Joeline Joel, 24, was treated for a broken cheekbone after the incident.

Cadamarteri, who has also played for England under-21s and Fulham, is charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The trial is expected to last five days.