Sunderland player apologises for paintball prank

Sunderland midfielder Niall Flynn has apologised after being fined for his part in an incident in which paintball guns were used in public.

The 18-year-old Dubliner has been fined the maximum amount allowed – two weeks’ wages – and ordered to undertake 60 hours’ community service for the City of Sunderland Council after an internal disciplinary investigation, during which the teenager was suspended.