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Sterling admits dangerous driving after M3 crash
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Image caption: Sterling made eight appearances for Feyenoord earlier this year
By Dave Gilyeat
South of England
Published 15 September 2026, 14:11 BST
Updated 5 minutes ago
Former England footballer Raheem Sterling has admitted dangerous driving after he crashed a Lamborghini into motorway barriers in May.
The 31-year-old, from Berkshire, also pleaded guilty to possessing nitrous oxide for wrongful inhalation and failing to provide a specimen for analysis.
Sterling was arrested after crashing on the M3 in Hampshire on 28 May.
He has 82 England caps, the last of which came at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The former England winger admitted driving dangerously in a Lamborghini Urus on the M25, M3, A327, and Minley Road before the crash.
He was also found to be in possession of six canisters of nitrous oxide, a Class C drug.
Hampshire Police previously said the charges followed a single-vehicle collision on the M3 southbound near the Minley interchange. No other vehicles were involved, and no injuries were reported.
Sterling most recently played for Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie, having left Chelsea in January after just eight appearances.
In four years at Chelsea - including a season-long loan at Arsenal - he made 59 league appearances.
With Manchester City he won four Premier League titles before moving to Chelsea in 2022. He is currently without a club.
In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sterling was made an MBE for services to racial equality in sport.