The visitors went on to win the game on March 11 and advance to the quarter-final stage of the Champions League - but there were concerns pre-match that it should not have been held.

Atletico Madrid midfielder Marcos Llorente has auctioned off the shirt in which he scored two goals against Liverpool to raise money for Spain's fight against coronavirus. 

Around 3,000 Atletico Madrid supporters travelled for their Champions League victory in Liverpool. It came a day after LaLiga announced league games would play behind closed doors.

The four-day Festival was staged as planned in front of 250,000 people, with additional hygiene measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, and concluded on March 13. 

A scientific adviser is interested to see whether there is a link between the number of coronavirus deaths in Liverpool and Spain after the Reds faced Atletico Madrid at Anfield in March.

The match has since received a huge amount of scrutiny after a huge crowd of 54,000 - with 3,000 fans arriving from Madrid - were allowed to attend the match, against the advice of the WHO.

Diego Simeone's side prevailed at Anfield on March 11 to book their place in the Champions League quarter-finals but it came against a backdrop of sporting uncertainty because of Covid-19.

The Spaniard's playing days so far have taken him from Spain, to Italy, to England and back to his homeland again, but the Liverpool centre-back has made a lasting impression.

Liverpool's Champions League quarter-final at home to Atletico Madrid will be the focus of an inquiry by the city council over concerns it spread coronavirus in the area.

He won't select Trent Alexander-Arnold over Gary Neville right now, but Rafael feels it is only a matter of time before the Liverpool youngster rockets past the level of his former team-mate.

West Bromwich Albion midfielder Jake Livermore recalls how he took the young left back under his wing when he arrived in Yorkshire as a quiet teenager from Scotland.

Lifting the Premier League trophy was a regular occurrence during the striker's six years at Old Trafford but United have gone seven years and counting since last being champions of England.

Liverpool lead second-place Manchester City by 25 points, and Hugo Lloris insists 'everyone' within the game wants to see the 2019-20 campaign reach its natural conclusion on the pitch. 

A return so soon without extensive knowledge on the coronavirus has left club medics fearing the worst, with many insisting that it still poses a 'risk of death' despite safety measures already laid out.

Both Premier League clubs have watched 17-year-old KV Mechelen midfielder in this season. Vranckx caught the eye when he scored the first and set up the second in a 2-0 win over Anderlecht. 

Just a week before, she braved through a live performance while hosting the Billboard Music Awards when her appendix burst: 'I just didn't want to leave people hanging.'

Will Breman blew away the coaches on The Voice's live playoffs Monday as the show began to whittle the top 20 singers down to 13.

The 40-year-old singerwas revealed as the 2019 People magazine Sexiest Man Alive on Tuesday while serving as a judge on The Voice.

Chrissy Teigen clapped back at a troll on Twitter who criticized her husband John Legend after he was named the Sexiest Man Alive 2019.

The 40-year-old crooner looked stylish in a brown Fendi shearling-trimmed wool-fleece blouson jacket - which retails at $3,980 - on the solo outing Wednesday.

The SNL cold open featured 'telenovela sensation' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, played by Melissa Villasenor, and special guest star Jon Hamm as Ambassador Bill Taylor.

The show's studio with its trademark red chairs will be vacant except for host Carson Daly, who will direct traffic with a scaled-down crew adhering to current social distancing statues.

Strictly Come Dancing may go ahead this autumn without its usual studio audience cheering on the performers.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Five years ago, when I was already plenty old enough to know better, I went to Orlando to chronicle the end of Tiger Woods' career.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: It was late in the afternoon on the fifth day of the second Test at Newlands when a beautiful thing happened in the stand next to the Oaks Enclosure.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Two years ago, the NFL made a change to its rules. 'It is a foul if a player lowers his head to initiate and make contact with his helmet against an opponent.'

OLIVER HOLT: I hope that making such a generous apology to Messrs Sullivan and Gold and Baroness Brady, the visionaries in charge of West Ham, did not stick in the throats of Sky Sports bosses.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: So let me get this right: becuase Liverpool finally lost a game we are supposed to recalibrate their season as a brush with ordinariness? Seriously?

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: For the first time in 30 years, Liverpool are the champions. We knew that already and it looks now as though the coronavirus has confirmed it.

OLIVER HOLT: At the Olympic Museum in Tokyo, in the shadow of the beautiful new Olympic Stadium, there is an exhibition dedicated to the 1964 Games, when Tokyo last hosted the event.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: The Premier League, we are told, is worried that it is looking 'petulant' and 'ridiculous' in the face of the coronavirus crisis. It is right to be worried.

OLIVER HOLT: And so, after all the years of taking, when the nation was plunged into a crisis and football's rainy day came, Premier League's billionaire owners had a simple message for us.

OLIVER HOLT: Billy Joe Saunders has pledged £25,000 to charities supporting the victims of domestic violence. The money may not last long after his tutorial for men on how to hit their partners.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: In the midst of all this, in the midst of the lockdown and my dad in a care home no one can visit any more and my mum reaching for her shopping.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Voiding the Premier League season is not an option that we should even be entertaining. The same applies to all our leagues.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Are we so desperate for football to return that we turn a sport that we cherish for its escapism, its tribalism and its beauty into a giant sterile zone?

England became Triple Crown winners with a rollercoaster victory against Wales at Twickenham.

This week Binky recreates Queen Elsa's make-up from Disney's Frozen. She is joined by Olivia Newman-Young who shares her tips on how to achieve the wide-eyed Disney look.

If you could take just four beauty products to a remote desert island.. what would they be? Top Australian makeup artist Heidi Hamoud shares her tips for the perfect dewy base and killer lashes

IAN LADYMAN: Atletico Madrid prevailed against Liverpool so Diego Simeone's defensive masterclass had proved his brilliance. Except it didn't, not really.

Liverpool will be offered the chance to sign Manchester United flop Radamel Falcao on loan this summer. The Colombian striker has disappointed since his loan to Old Trafford.

The Ballon d'Or is awarded to the best player applying his trade in Europe, but is often considered the ultimate prize on a personal level for any footballer.

Every day Australian drivers are caught on camera using their phones eating, reading and even doing drugs at speeds of up to 100km/h.

AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver has said the bushfires engulfing Australia could wipe off up to 1 per cent of the nation's GDP growth this year - a staggering $13billion.

DOMINIC LAWSON: Every year my sister gives me the same birthday present. Sorry, that's not fair: Nigella gives me a jumper, but each year it is one of a different colour.

Joe Gomez said his infamous clash with Raheem Sterling has made him more guarded but admits he has learned from the experience.

John Barnes has warned Jadon Sancho against completing a £100million transfer to Liverpool in the summer before he is ready.

Wan-Bissaka has starred at Manchester United since his £50million move while Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to go from strength-to-strength for Premier League champions-elect Liverpool.

Three Lions fans may not be able to cheer on their manager and players in the Euros this summer but they can take a trip down memory lane to summer of '96 via the ITV Hub and ITV 4.

Neil Critchley urged Liverpool's young stars to use their FA Cup heroics as springboard to better things as he savoured the best night of his career.