Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez has been released from hospital and prison after he was stabbed in Indianapolis and arrested for his role in the incident.
In a condition set by a judge, the 38-year-old had to be processed, which involved him having his fingerprints recorded and a head and shoulders photo taken, at Marion County Jail after leaving hospital.
He was then released and briefly spoke to a reporter, saying he was slowly recovering from multiple stab wounds to his torso.
“Sorry I can’t answer all your questions,” he said, adding that his recovery would be “a long process”.
Sanchez, a pundit for Fox Sports since 2021, was in Indianapolis to commentate on a game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, 5 October.
However, in a statement the previous day, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said it was investigating a “physical disturbance” involving two adult males “resulting in one man receiving lacerations and the other sustaining injuries consistent with stab wounds”.
In a second statement, police said Sanchez remained in hospital but had been arrested for “battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication”.
Fox Sports said: “Mark Sanchez was injured in Indianapolis on Saturday and is currently recovering in the hospital in stable condition.”
Sanchez was the fifth overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft for the New York Jets.
In his five seasons with the Jets, where he wore the number six, Sanchez guided them to two consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances.
Across his 10-year career – which also included spells at the Philadelphia Eagles, the Dallas Cowboys, the Chicago Bears and the Washington Commanders – he threw for 15,357 yards with 86 touchdowns and 89 interceptions.
Pontypridd are considering a surprise bid for a place in Welsh rugby’s second-tier despite initially rejecting the chance to join Super Rygbi Cymru (SRC).
The Sardis Road side play in the third-tier Welsh Premiership having refused to apply for one of 10 places in SRC when launched in 2024.
At the time, Pontypridd said the competition would “jeopardise its solvency as a commercial entity” due to a reduced number of fixtures.
In a statement released following a members meeting, executive director Phil Miles wrote: “It is still unclear what the outcome of the WRU consultation project will be, in terms of the number and branding of the regions, and the structure of the semi-pro and community game below that.
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Cardiff RFC also initially took a stance against joining the SRC before the then new owners Helford Capital Limited led a successful application to be included.
Since then, Cardiff RFC’s senior organisation Cardiff Rugby, who play in the United Rugby Championship, were rescued from oblivion by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in April 2025.
However, Cardiff remain the only team from the region to be in SRC after Merthyr also declined to be involved.
The WRU is now formulating proposals that will revamp its professional tier with a reduction from four to two or three teams touted.
Miles also wrote that in recent years, the south Wales valleys club, five-time Welsh club champions, has spent recent years “firefighting and resolving” financial issues.
Fans have been left convinced Charli XCX made a veiled attack on Taylor Swift during her Saturday Night Live performance stepping out in a Kansas City T-shirt
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Fans believed Charli XCX’s Kansas City t-shirt was aimed at Taylor Swift’s fiance
The alleged feud between Charli XCX and Taylor Swift has been rumbling in the background for some time, with their fans at loggerheads as recently as last year. This comes after the Brat hitmaker was in line to reach the number one spot in the charts until Taylor, 35, decided at the last minute to re-release her song, The Tortured Poets Department.
And now, fans are speculating whether Charli XCX made a veiled dig at Taylor during her impromptu appearance on Saturday Night Live. The 33-year-old singer joined artist Role Model as he performed his hit song Sally, When the Wine Runs Out.
During his performance, he shouted out, “where’s my Sally tonight?” And it was at this point the singer made her way out on to the stage wearing a black mini skirt and a matching t-shirt that read “Max’s Kansas City.”
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And so now, fans have been left wondering if her top was in reference to Taylor’s fiancé Travis Kelce who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. This comes after many believed that Taylor’s song Actually Romantic from her The Life of a Showgirl album, was a diss track aimed at the Brat star.
Taking to social media one person wrote: “Charli and Role Model just owned SNL!” Another said Taylor would be “screaming into her pillows”, following Charli’s cameo appearance.
While speculation of a re-ignited feud was circulating the internet, a few well-informed fans set the record straight. One person said: “Role Model’s 2024 album is called Kansas Anymore and the shirt actually references a bar at 213 Park Ave in NYC.”
Meanwhile another person simply posted a picture of Role Model wearing the exact same t-shirt during a separate segment of the show.
But it seemed that some were still keen on an ongoing feud. Another person took to X and said: “No one cares that it’s his merch. She knew exactly wtf she was doing and how she could used it as shade but also play it off if brought up. It’s weird fan behavior.”
It wasn’t that long ago Taylor was singing Cahrli XCX’s praises. And Charli was forced to take to TikTok and clear up rumours that there were diss tracks on her Brat album.
She said at the time: “I’m seeing online that some people think there are diss tracks on Brat. I just wanted to come on here and clarify that there aren’t. he tracks in question aren’t diss tracks, they’re really just about how it’s so complicated being an artist, especially a female artist, where you are pitted against your peers but also expected to be best friends with every single person constantly, and if you’re not, you’re, like, deemed a bad feminist.”
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She added: “And that, to me, is such an unrealistic expectation. So yeah, these songs are about as a woman, as an artist, some days you can feel on top of the world, some days you can feel unbelievably insecure.”
She continued: “Other days you can feel highly competitive, some days you can feel like literal trash, and it’s really emotional and complicated to deal with, and you’re not supposed to talk about it, but these songs do talk about it. And I’ll probably be chastised for that.”
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Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann says Northern Ireland have a “special way” of playing and he did not mean any offence with his comments after his side’s 3-1 win in Cologne last month.
The four-time World Cup winners will take on Michael O’Neill’s side again at Windsor Park in World Cup qualifying on Monday evening.
After the September meeting, Nagelsmann described Northern Ireland as “not brilliant to watch” and they “played a lot of long balls”.
Speaking on BBC NI’s coverage of the game in Germany, former Northern Ireland defender Stephen Craigan felt the description “was a bit disrespectful” to his old side.
Last week, O’Neill said that it was not his job to set up the team to the benefit of opposing managers.
On Sunday, Nagelsmann said his characterisation of Northern Ireland’s style was intended “with a lot of respect”.
“I said it may not be beautiful to watch but the more important topic, the key topic I mentioned, is they do it really well. They play long balls with an idea,” he added.
“They have a special mood in the team and I also mentioned it’s very difficult to beat this team, they don’t concede many goals and create a lot of chances also by set-pieces by doing this way.
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Northern Ireland beat Slovakia 2-0 on Friday night, while Germany were comfortable winners against Luxembourg last time out.
The two sides go into Monday’s game both with six points from three qualifiers in Group A, with Germany ahead only on goal difference at the halfway stage of the campaign.
Nagelsmann said Northern Ireland will not be “easy to beat” at Windsor Park where they are unbeaten in seven games.
“They have a really special way [of playing] and we need every player on the pitch to defend these situations,” he added.
“The first leg it was not easy to beat this team. They play a lot of long balls, they cover all the space and to win the second ball you have to fight, the third and the fourth balls as well.
Torrential flooding has continued to sweep parts of central and southeastern Mexico, raising the death toll to at least 44 people in less than a week.
Heavy downpours caused by two tropical storms have triggered landslides and flooding across five states, including Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, Queretaro and San Luis Potosi, the government said in a statement on Sunday.
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Floods have killed 18 people in Veracruz state, 16 in Hidalgo, nine in Puebla and one in Queretaro, the statement said.
Mexico’s El Universal newspaper put the death toll even higher — at 48 — and reported that dozens remain missing.
Around 320,000 people have experienced power outages, and at least 16,000 homes have been damaged, according to authorities, who fear that more landslides and overflowing rivers could exacerbate the damage.
‘We will not leave anyone’
President Claudia Sheinbaum said the military has been mobilised to help with rescue operations and aid distributions. “We will not leave anyone without support,” she said in a post on X.
Photos posted by the military showed people being evacuated by soldiers with life rafts, homes flooded with mud, and rescue workers trudging through waist-high waters.
Members of Mexico’s National Guard transport people to Tulancingo after heavy rains in Hidalgo state, Mexico, on October 12 [Alfredo Estrella/AFP]
Mexico has been hit by particularly heavy rains this year, and Mexico City recorded its rainiest June in more than two decades.
Authorities have attributed the latest deadly downpours to the remnants of Hurricane Priscilla and Tropical Rainstorm Raymond, both of which dumped heavy rains on Mexico’s west.
Israel has agreed to release many Palestinian prisoners as the ceasefire holds.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians are held in Israeli jails – most of them without charge.
And as the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is centred on the release of detainees, about 2,000 of them are due to be released.
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But the mistreatment of detainees by Israeli forces has been documented for decades.
So in addition to international law, is Israel breaking its own laws in its arrest and treatment of prisoners? Why did it arrest and torture so many people during its war on Gaza? And is it using mass detention to maintain its occupation?
Presenter: Neave Barker
Guests:
Naji Abbas – Director of the Prisoners & Detainees Department at Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
Ubai Aboudi – Executive director at Bisan Center for Research and Development, held in administrative detention in Israel without trial
