Black Cats quiet on Johnson charge

Sunderland are yet to comment on the news that winger Adam Johnson has been charged with three offences of sexual activity with a child under 16 and one of grooming.

The 27-year-old England international was charged on Thursday after answering bail at Peterlee Police Station, and is due to appear at the County Durham town’s Magistrates’ Court on May 20, the day the Black Cats are due to face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.