Cristiano Ronaldo chose to join Manchester United in 2003 because every other club that was interested in signing the winger wanted to loan him back to Sporting Lisbon, Jorge Mendes has revealed.

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo is set for another two weeks of lockdown when he returns to Italy. Juventus have recalled their foreign players who left Italy during the lockdown.

The Portuguese star is close with mother Maria Dolores, who has had a huge influence on the five-time Ballon d'Or winner's career, and the 65-year-old has shown off her latest gift.

Valdenize Barford, 31, tried to board a BA flight from Rhodes to London with her husband and their 17-month-old son but cabin crew suspected that the bites on the boy's face were signs of chicken pox.

Kate Haussauer, 34, is due to travel with her baby son and husband from Heathrow Airport to Toronto on Saturday. She was told that the planes would not have safe baskets for babies.

Boozy Emma Langford boasted that air crew couldn't afford the £4,000 she'd paid for her seat before launching the horrific attack on from London Heathrow to Cape Town last year.

Jayesh Gobar, 35, has appeared at Lewes Crown Court today charged with the murder of Nelly Myers, 58, who was found dead at a detached property in Rotherfield, East Sussex.

Emma Langford from Old Basing, Hampshire, admitted attacking BA staff on the Boeing 747 flight to Cape Town in South Africa, punching the manager and kicking another.

Emma Langford had to be handcuffed and strapped to her seat while on the British Airways flight from Heathrow to Cape Town following the rampage. She was given a suspended sentence.

Easyjet and Virgin Airlines have also been pounded by global travel bans, and BA is reportedly burning £200million each week as 75 per cent of its fleet is grounded.

Shabnum Sadiq, 39, was employed as a customer care relations manager for BA at Heathrow's Terminal 5. Before falling ill she had told her husband of her fears about catching the virus from passengers.

Geraldine Thomas, 54, of Bargoed, Caerphilly, spent thousands of pounds on all-inclusive breaks to Egypt after lying that she lived alone. Thomas was secretly living with her partner Raymond Adams.

Tracy Turner says her 'life has changed forever' after she sustained crushed bones, back and neck fractures on the machine at the waterpark attached to the Coral Sea Aqua Club Hotel in Egypt.

Magdy Eskander, 62, is accused of placing his hands on the girls' private areas while blocking their mothers' view at Darlington Memorial Hospital. In 2017 he was cleared of all charges.

Jawaria Tbesom is believed to have flown to the Egyptian capital with her daughter Aamina Asum after the pair disappeared from their home in Birmingham two weeks ago.

Mohamed Eid was killed and Ahmed Mohamed lost his leg after jumping from a moving No.934 train from Alexandria to Luxor, Egypt, when they were found without tickets. They could not afford £3 fine.

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Vicki Hawkins, of Margate, let her children have the black henna tattoos while staying at the Hawaii Resort Hotel in Hurghada, Egypt.

The 38-year-old Grammy winner has two sons with husband

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Few of my friends had small babies, the house seemed stiflingly silent (bar my son's crying) and both the days and the nights felt endless.

AMANDA PLATELL: Whatever we do, wherever we roam, a mother's love is unconditional, unextinguishable. They are the ones who are always our rocks.

Kameron Chatwell was watching the Eurovision Song Contest with his mother, presented by Graham Norton, right, at her home in Barry, south Wales when he drank wine and beer.

The 19-year-old is on trial for falsely alleging that she was attacked by 12 Israeli tourists at a hotel in Ayia Napa in July. Her mother claimed there has been a lack of consular assistance

The mother of the 19-year-old from Derbyshire has backed a social media campaign dubbed '#BoycottCyprus' and an online petition to drop all charges against her daughter.

The traumatised youngster faces up to eight years to clear her name, her mother said, warning other British parents: 'This is not an isolated incident - the place is absolutely not safe.'

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has conveyed his concerns about the treatment of the 19-year-old woman and how her case is being handled in Cyprus.

A Rotherham grooming survivor, Ella Hill told FEMAIL she's been closely following the case of a British teenager accused of lying to a court in Cyprus about being gang raped.

The claim has been made by Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell in a new documentary called 'Princess Diana's Wicked Stepmother' that focuses on Countess Raine Spencer.

Earl Spencer, the younger brother of Princess Diana, has shared a snap of the 24ft tall Christmas tree that's taken pride of place at Althorp House, Northamptonshire.

Angela Levin, who wrote Harry: Conversations with the Prince in 2018, made the claim following the ongoing fallout caused by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's decision to step back from the royal family.

Described as Diana's 'rock', Paul Burrell weighed on the royal rift ahead of the crisis summit at Sandringham later today, expressing his sympathy for the Queen who he said: 'I feel very sorry for.'

Prince Harry, 35, has grown close to Meghan Markle's, 38, mother Doria Ragland, 63, and has been asking for her advice in his own mother Princess Diana's absence, a source told The Sun.

British royal author Tina Brown has claimed that Prince Harry is still deeply affected by Princess Diana's death and by his unclear role as the second son. 

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Stephanie Broadley, 28, from Lincolnshire, was failed by staff at Grimsby's Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, in May 2018.

A central London mansion with a royal history is available to buy - boasting a 'wellness floor' complete with pool, bar and sauna, behind the exterior's 18 windows, pictured.

Earl Spencer, the younger brother of Princess Diana, is happily wiling away the hours in lockdown at Althorp House, the family seat in Northamptonshire.

Maddison admitted she would love to 'f***' either Liam or Chris Hemsworth while playing a game of F, Marry, Kill during an appearance on the Zach Sang Show with with actress Liz Gillies.

She was romantically linked to Chris Hemsworth for three years back in 2005.

Chris Hemsworth and wife Elsa Pataky have joined his older brother Luke and wife Samantha in Melbourne for a pre-Christmas celebration. 

Elsa Pataky and her husband Chris Hemsworth made the move from Hollywood to Byron Bay back in 2014.

He's been relatively silent about his brother Liam's acrimonious split with Miley Cyrus last year. 

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Many of Birmingham's players have agreed to defer up to 50 per cent of their wages from April to help ensure all the non-footballing staff will be paid in full

EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: Sources have disclosed that a peace treaty is among a number of measures being discussed by various executives as the COVID-19 crisis continues.

Dr Zach Binney, an epidemiologist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, says tens of thousands of spectators in close proximity in a stadium is 'very, very dangerous.'

People around the UK are ditching handshakes amid coronavirus fears, and with greetings in the spotlight, etiquette expert William Hanson says it's a good time to brush up on our etiquette.

She starred alongside Amy Schumer in the 2018 hit film I Feel Pretty. And on Monday, Emily Ratajkowski gushed about her former co-star while attending a red carpet premiere in New York City.

The 38-year-old Emmy winner has signed on to create, direct, write, executive produce, and star in the scripted show, which starts streaming late 2020

Michael Che announced Monday that his grandmother died from coronavirus Sunday night and the New Yorker urged fans to champion a healthy diet over simply washing their hands thoroughly.

And despite rumours the singer, 34, is 'at odds' with her beau, 24, over their family planning, Cheryl is supposedly not looking to expand her brood and eager to get back into her music career.

The Old Trafford-based club released the World Cup winner as the France international was reluctant to sign a new contract. He joined Juventus in the summer of 2012, before United bought him back.

Shirley Maclaren is one of 135 Australians on the Holland America Line Zaandam ship stranded in the Pacific Ocean off Central America, where four passengers have died from coronavirus.