Sir Mo Farah has expressed his relief that he will not be affected by Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, after a day of confusion about whether he would be prevented from returning to his family in America.

The four-time Olympic gold medal winner, who was born in Somalia, voiced fears that the ban could mean he had to tell his children “Daddy may not be able to come home,” because of the temporary ban on citizens from seven countries entering the US.

He said on Sunday: “On 1st January this year, Her Majesty The Queen made me a Knight of the Realm. On 27th January, President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien.”