Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua escaped with minor injuries in a car crash that killed two of his friends and team members on Monday, according to Nigerian authorities and his promoter.

Tyson Fury has passed on his condolences after a car crash in Nigeria which killed two of Anthony Joshua's close friends and team members and left the British boxer injured.

The Sun says the boxer was "inches from death" and "cried in pain as he was pulled from the wreckage" of the "horror crash".