Everton banned The Sun tabloid from its premises on Saturday over an article about their player Ross Barkley that critics branded "racist".

Gazzetta World reports that United made a "proper offer" for Barcelona's Neymar earlier this month and are ready to break any transfer and wage records to beat Manchester City to the Brazil captain.

Manchester United and Manchester City look to be leading the race for Pep Guardiola should he announce he will depart Bayern Munich at the end of the season.

Manchester United's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is "desperate to land Neymar," while "Woodward's rival at City, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, is working just as hard to pull off the biggest transfer coup in history for Messi."

Singer Janet Jackson has become a Muslim following her marriage to Wissam Al Mana.

British bank HSBC fires six staff after they filmed a mock Islamic State-style execution video during a team-building day out and posted footage online.