An inquest has been opened and adjourned into the death of Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty.

Doughty was found collapsed in the gym of his home in Skillington, Grantham, Lincolnshire, by family members last Saturday afternoon.

An inquest at Lincoln Cathedral Centre on Wednesday heard that post-mortem tests carried out on the 54-year-old had so far proved inconclusive.

Doughty was described as fit and well by his family when he told them he was going to work out in the gym in a separate annex at his home at around midday on Saturday.

Just over an hour later, at 1.15pm, he was found in the gym "collapsed and lifeless".

Emergency services were called and paramedics attended the property.

They attempted to resuscitate Doughty, but he was confirmed dead at the scene at 1.59pm.

Police attended and confirmed there was no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.

They believed Doughty, who was born in Park Village, north west London, had died of natural causes.

A post-mortem examination was carried out by a pathologist at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham on Monday.

The pathologist was unable to give a definitive cause of death and further histological and toxicological tests have been carried out, the coroner was told.

Doughty's wife, Lucy, formally identified his body in Grantham on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Coroner Colin Allerston adjourned the inquest to a date to be fixed pending the results of the further tests.