Met police say the three charged under National Security Act for allegedly assisting Iranian foreign intelligence service

Three men have appeared in court charged under the National Security Act on suspicion of assisting the Iranian foreign intelligence service.

Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, of St John’s Wood, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, of Kensal Rise, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 55, of Ealing, appeared before Westminster magistrates court on Saturday.

• Spanish rider wins stage seven after first summit finish
• Roglic has pink jersey after late charge to take fourth spot

Primoz Roglic pulled on the pink jersey after stage seven of the Giro d’Italia but Juan Ayuso underlined his credentials as his main challenger by snatching victory in Tagliacozzo, in central Italy.

Ayuso (UAE-Team Emirates) had the power to break clear from a select group of favourites in the final few hundred metres of the 12km climb to the finish. His Mexican teammate Isaac Del Toro came second.

• Aspinall beats Dobey 6-1 in final to boost playoff chances
• Littler’s win against Humphries enough for No 1 seeding

Nathan Aspinall beat Chris Dobey 6-1 to take victory on night 15 of the Premier League in Aberdeen and close in on the playoffs, while Gerwyn Price earlier hit a nine-dart finish and Luke Littler made sure of top spot at the O₂.

Aspinall – who coasted past Stephen Bunting 6-1 in the semi-finals – built on a couple of early breaks over Dobey to establish a solid lead. After Dobey, who knocked Littler out to reach the final, lost his throw again in the sixth leg, he then missed two more darts at a double in the next as Aspinall came back to land double 10.

• Player’s condition is not thought to be life-threatening
• Forward underwent abdominal surgery on Monday

Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been placed in an induced coma to aid his recovery from urgent abdominal surgery. The Nigeria international underwent the procedure on Monday night, having suffered a serious injury during Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Leicester.

There is no suggestion that the 27-year-old’s condition is life threatening and it is understood the coma will help restrict his movement and regulate his heart rate.

• Five-time Olympic champion was ‘a functioning addict’
• Wiggins, 45, has been sober for a year after therapy

Sir Bradley Wiggins has revealed he became addicted to cocaine after his retirement from cycling and is “lucky to be here”.

The 2012 Tour de France winner and five-time Olympic champion said his children wanted to put him in rehab amid fears the issue could prove fatal.

• Forest forward collided with post in Leicester match
• The injury is understood not to be life-threatening

Taiwo Awoniyi had urgent surgery on Monday night after the Nottingham Forest striker sustained a serious abdominal injury in the match against Leicester on Sunday.

The Nigeria international collided with the post late on in Forest’s 2-2 Premier League draw with their East Midlands rivals at the City Ground. The surgery was required swiftly to treat the nature of the injury, which is understood not to be life-threatening.