The wife of Simon Thomas has died three days after being diagnosed with leukaemia, the Sky Sports presenter has announced.

The 44-year-old broke the news in an emotional Twitter message this morning saying he was “crushed with indescribable pain”.

Gemma Thomas, 40, leaves behind the couple’s son eight-year-old Ethan, who Mr Thomas described as “in bits”.

The presenter said his wife had fallen ill three days ago with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and passed away yesterday surrounded by her friends and family.