Sportswear company Sports Direct has said that both sales and profits have risen, in line with expectations, albeit with some stronger weeks offset by England's disappointing World Cup performance.

Group sales for the 13 weeks ending 27th July were up 12.2% and gross profit increased 11.8% to £301.2 million.

Dave Forsey, chief executive of Sports Direct International plc, said: "Within Sports Retail we continue to focus on upgrading our store portfolio and integrating recent acquisitions, including Eybl and Sports Experts in Austria.”