F1’s commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone says yesterday’s High Court finding against him in London “means nothing” in the dispute between himself and three German banks.

Bernie Ecclestone’s future control of Formula One racing was thrown into doubt today when the UK's High Court ruled against him in a boardroom power struggle.

None of the witnesses called during a courtroom wrangle over authorship of the West End hit play Stones In His Pockets was “dishonest”, a British judge was told today.

Crisis-hit Leicester were today placed in the hands of administrators by a High Court judge to allow breathing space while the rescue bid launched by Gary Lineker is being considered.