Maintenance, upkeep and near endless running costs; the many pleasures of owning a superyacht are punctuated by some less than glamorous realities.

Russian football authorities are to launch an anti-racism taskforce after a banana was thrown at Anzhi Makhachkala’s Congolese defender Christopher Samba.

Just one week after suffering an on-field cardiac arrest, Fabrice Muamba was able to watch most of his team Bolton’s emotional victory over English Premier League relegation rivals Blackburn Rovers.

Football is part of the lifeblood of the people of Brazil. So it is a matter of some national concern that the five-time world champions have never brought home an Olympic gold medal.