The participation of England players at this year's IPL has been thrown into doubt due to fresh visa restrictions on foreigners entering the country due to coronavirus.

Jos Buttler, reaching out, almost at full stretch. Where have we seen that before? It is an image carved into the memory of every sports fan in the country. 

The Test side could face West Indies or Pakistan, this season's proposed red-ball opponents, while Eoin Morgan's white-ball World Cup winners face Australia, who are currently due here in July

Pat Cummins expects the IPL to be merely delayed by the coronavirus pandemic and is optimistic the home Twenty20 World Cup will go ahead as scheduled later this year.

COMMENT: The postponement of the controversial new format for at least a year - which will be confirmed on Friday - gives the ECB the opportunity to admit their mistake.

Australia were due to play three ODIs and three Twenty20s against England from July 3 and ECB chief executive Tom Harrison last week expressed hopes that they would still go ahead.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Hampshire are willing to host more than one Test this summer, with chief Rod Bransgrove confident club can help get cricket up and running again in a biosecure environment.

EXCLUSIVE: England hope to play six Tests this summer at only two venues, in a new proposed schedule for the season that could exclude all county and women's cricket. 

MCC members have been told there no full or partial refunds of their annual subscriptions despite the prospect of watching cricket at Lord's being "increasingly remote" this season.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RICHARD GIBSON: Sam Billings refuses to be haunted by the prospect of missing a second World Cup in as many years due to circumstances beyond his control.

Mark Wood, the England fast bowler who has produced the best form of his career over the last year or so, says the players have 'asked good questions' and have been given 'good answers'.

Charlie Sheen, 52, has weighed in on the backlash surrounding Roseanne Barr, 65, months after her ABC show was axed over her racist tweet. 

'It's pretty tough when you have both David Bowie and Prince championing you, but the music business still can't really be bothered,' says Beverley Knight with a shrug

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The defining vote on whether to resume the season will not take place until May 18, a week on Monday, amidst continued in-fighting between the clubs.

CHRIS SUTTON: If England want to have their best shot at winning Euro 2020, then they need to come to some sort of arrangement with Leicester striker Jamie Vardy.

Euro 2020 is nearly upon us for another month-long period of footballing drama - but this year there's a very big twist to it. This summer's tournament will be spread across 12 host cities across the continent.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Crikey, Adolf had better watch his goosestep. Imperious and haughty, it looks like The Good Life's Margo Leadbetter is taking on the Nazis.

Half a century ago Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz had a hit with Godspell . Then, in 1991, he begat an Old Testament stinker called Children Of Eden .

AMANDA PLATELL: Freddie Bentley, 22, a reality TV star, is seemingly 'gobsmacked' that we should rake over our past, saying schools should no longer teach pupils about World War II.

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

Katy Perry's advice led an American Idol contestant to change her stage name… but in a completely different way than Katy intended, it was revealed on Sunday's show.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival appeared close to forming a government two days before the deadline. Netanyahu said: 'We made offer after offer. Nada.'

Appearing on This Morning, British-Israeli magician Uri Geller claimed he meddled in the General Election by gifting Boris Johnson with an energised spoon because he couldn't let Corbyn win.

Pakistan's Prime Minister met the royal couple in Islamabad as part of their five-day tour. In an interview, the former cricketer said that Diana's death sent shock waves through Pakistan.

ANGELA LEVIN: Andrew's appearance on the BBC2 Newsnight special with Emily Maitlis was a whole new low for the Royal Family. How could it have come to this? Pictured: The interview in London.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN CAPE TOWN: Ben Stokes is one of the best and most complete fielders in world cricket. I can only really think of Chris Jordan as someone who comes anywhere near him.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN CAPE TOWN: The way he led, the moves he made and the way his players responded in this second Test have provided him with the perfect template.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN PORT ELIZABETH: We know what Ben Stokes can do. But for me the more eye-catching and important innings for England on Friday came from Ollie Pope.

This feels like the changing of the England guard now. Over the last 10 days of Test cricket we have seen Joe Root fully in charge of his side.

The 38-year-old comedian cuddled up to little Gene on the couch for a quick nap before returning to her busy lifestyle as a working mom.

James Blunt messaged me. He owns a pub in Chelsea and wasn't sure if he should close it after the Prime Minister said he was 'suggesting', not ordering, people to avoid pubs

LEO MCKINSTRY: The great 19th-century Tory statesman Benjamin Disraeli described his party as 'an organised hypocrisy'. But today that term is better suited to Labour.

KIERAN JACKSON: Ahead of Liverpool's venture in the Club World Cup, a look at all the factors at play and why English sides have notoriously struggled in the competition.

Every team has an unsung hero. Since he signed from Hoffenheim, Roberto Firmino has often played in the shadows - putting in some stellar displays but not always getting the recognition he deserves.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: 'To some extent,' wrote Boris Johnson in his book about his hero Winston Churchill, 'all politicians are gamblers with events.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The new slimmed down Royal Family is a good thing, though I don't for a moment underestimate the strain it has placed upon our 93-year-old Queen.

President Donald Trump on Friday predicted the coronavirus would 'go away without a vaccine' and vowed that America is going to 'transition to greatness.'

James Van Der Beek was warmly encouraging to Ally Brooke after Dancing With The Stars judges decided to save her and eliminate him.

THE NUMBERS GAME: After being named in the Premier League’s Team of the Year for four successive seasons, the simple stuff suddenly seems to be posing problems for De Gea.

In a keynote speech in London, Sajid Javid said Nigel Farage 'deserved credit' for leaving Ukip as it lurched to the far-Right when taken over by Gerard Batten and Tommy Robinson.

SARAH VINE: They were not bound by class or school, but by something else: real friendship, not just as individuals, but also, and perhaps even more so, between their wives.

David Cameron, 52, was left red faced after he accidentally swore while on This Morning today. While discussing the Brexit bus, he claimed he'd 's**t at the TV', leaving the hosts in hysterics.

Samantha Cameron, 48, donned her own design from her Cefinn fashion line as she joined her husband David Cameron on This Morning to talk about their lives after living at No.10 Downing Street.

The presenter opted for a tasteful cream skirt and sheer shirt from popular womanswear brand & Other Stories ahead of her appearance on the ITV show.

John Legend is set to make a cameo in season four of This Is Us, though the EGOT winner's wife Chrissy Teigen had no idea he had a role in the NBC series.

He fell 'head over heels' in love with his Dancing with the Stars partner, Lily Cornish, last year, only for their relationship to be short-lived.

Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury will complete their trilogy after the Wilder camp officially triggered his rematch clause. Fury's promoter in the US, Bob Arum, confirmed they will meet again in July.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: All a conspiracy in the tale of a farmer's revenge, or did the Furys make a pig's ear of their defence against one of the most contentious cases in the history of British sport?

Elizabeth Warren warned that Democrats were setting themselves up for failure as droves of moderates announced their support for Joe Biden to blunt the momentum of Bernie Sanders.

Former Cuban prisoner Alan Gross says Sen. Bernie Sanders made an off-putting remark defending Cuba during a 2014 prison visit.