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Moyes charged over female reporter 'slap' comment

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Sunderland manager David Moyes. Photo: Courtesy

Sunderland manager David Moyes has been charged after suggesting to a female reporter she might "get a slap", England's Football Association announced on Wednesday.

Moyes, 54, made the remark, for which he has apologised, to BBC reporter Vicki Sparks following Sunderland's 0-0 draw with Burnley in the Premier League on March 18.

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