Manchester United have condemned racial abuse which was aimed at midfielder Paul Pogba on social media after his missed penalty in the 1-1 draw at Wolves on Monday night.

Geraint Thomas shrugged off his third crash of the Tour de France as Caleb Ewan won stage 16 in soaring temperatures in Nimes.

Premier League champions Manchester City matched a record-breaking season on the pitch with unprecedented revenues off it, according to the club’s annual report, released yesterday.

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of a permanent settlement which could date back to the Iron Age on one of Europe's most inhospitable islands.

London’s famous Hamleys toy store was today the subject of a management buyout deal worth £47.4m (€67.9m).