Premier League footballer Joey Barton has admitted assaulting a former team-mate in a training ground row.
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The 25-year-old changed his plea and admitted a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) shortly before the scheduled start.
He attacked Ousmane Dabo during a training ground row on 1 May last year when both played for Manchester City.
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The trial, which had been due to start more than a year after the alleged assault, was put back until after the season had ended for the convenience of witnesses.
Many of the them are involved in professional football.
Liverpool-born Barton was sold by City to Newcastle in a Ј5.8m deal last summer.
Dabo, 31, is now playing for Rome side Lazio.
It is the third time Barton has been in court during 2008.
(BBC)
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