American Pharoah faces his date with destiny as he attempts to become the 12th Triple Crown winner, and the first since Affirmed in 1978, in the Belmont Stakes tonight.

The brother of Premier League footballer Titus Bramble told police investigating claims he raped a 19-year-old woman: “They don’t just come back to the hotel to go to sleep, they come back for sex,” a jury was told today.