Emiliano Sala's former club Nantes are demanding that Cardiff City pay the transfer fee agreed for the player, according to reports.

Claudio Ranieri insisted he had moved on from his title-winning spell at Leicester as he was unveiled as the new coach of Ligue 1 club Nantes.

Anna O’Donoghue samples sun, sea and castles and the odd mechanical elephant on her visit to Nantes, and discovers how the Loire Valley’s cultural capital comes into full bloom in the summer months.

Fast-changing Nantes has transformed itself into a lively, buzzing, spacious city that sparkles with creativity and a strong Celtic-meets-Gallic culture, writes Conor Power.

A fire is ravaging a 19th century basilica in the western French city of Nantes, and has left just a shell of the rooftop.