Paolo Di Canio's controversial political views are "pretty irrelevant", according to the man who gave the controversial Italian his first chance in management.

A goalkeeper in Britain jailed for killing two young boys in a car crash while drink-driving has been offered the chance to restart his career after he is released from prison.

Forgotten horse of the season Winker Watson is still on course to make his eventual return to the track in next week’s St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.