Fury and Joshua are on course for an all-British heavyweight dust-up, with the pair holding all five of the division's reputable belts but the 'Gypsy King' says he's 100% confident of winning that fight.

Joshua's first defence after regaining the IBF, WBA and WBO belts was scheduled to take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in June but it was scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump said Monday from the White House: 'Germany's looking at things, and we're looking at things, and we're talking about a lot more money than Germany's talking about'.

Authorities from the Chinese eastern province Zhejiang claimed Monday that none of the 1,500 students who showed high body temperatures was diagnosed with coronavirus.

National security adviser Robert O'Brien's deputy, Matthew Pottinger, pushed to shut down air travel from the then-coronavirus epicenter Europe in February but Trump did so March 11.

'Numerous people are wondering how the US system can tolerate such a person as a president,' Chinese state-run tabloid Global Times accused in an opinion piece.

China suggested Tuesday that Donald Trump is 'blackmailing' them by blaming Beijing for the coronavirus pandemic and demanding it pay compensations to the U.S.

Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. will be taking strong action against China as he ordered investigations into Beijing after claiming they could have done more to stop the pandemic.

The Morrison government stood firm on its calls for an independent probe into the origins of COVID-19. In response, Chinese diplomats threatened to cut economic ties with the country.

EXCLUSIVE BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: Chris Wood never quite considered killing himself, but he did wonder about the point of living. Cricketer by day, gambler by night.

The FTSE 100 was down by 144 to 5757 points, wiping out much of the strong gains it had seen this week after signs of several countries easing lockdown measures.

Hu Xijin, the outspoken head of Communist propaganda outlet the Global Times, has launched an astonishing attack on Trump, accusing the US president of 'publicly lying about China'.

Trump said late on Thursday his trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the pandemic, as his administration crafted retaliatory measures over the outbreak.

There are three significant events in the 2021 athletics calendar, with the European Indoors on March 5-7 joined by the rescheduled World Indoors on March 19-21 and the Tokyo Olympics.

HARRY COLE: One MP who says he's a victim of attempts to trick him into giving information over the internet is Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat.

Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, panned the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology on Monday.

President Donald Trump suggested that the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe is the result of a 'horrible mistake' made by China, during a Fox News virtual town hall on Sunday.

Scott Morrison said a 'proper assessment' into the deadly virus is necessary.

Elodie Clouvel, a world champion modern pentathlete, said she believed she and her partner - another athlete - caught the virus while at the competition in Wuhan from October 18 to 27.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched a new round of attacks on China, accusing Beijing of covering up coronavirus outbreak and charging them with providing faulty medical equipment.

President Trump said he believed the American coronavirus death toll was accurate - but not China's - amid reports that he planned to start sowing doubt about the U.S. totals.

Gordon Ramsay, Gino D'Acampo and Fred Sirieix's planned stint around Asia for Gordon, Gino & Fred: Road Trip has been postponed thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Donald Trump turned down suggestions by aides who encouraged him to press Chinese President Xi Jinping on transparency.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China is holding back essential information about the coronavirus, although a whistleblower says a top U.S. official failed to ask for it in January.

At least three groups of cruise ships, with 15 in total, are clustered together off Coco Cay and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas and about 12 are off the coast of Manila, in the Philippines.

DEREK LAWRENSON AT PEBBLE BEACH: Nothing in the record of Gary Woodland suggested he would hold on to win the US Open. He had just two top tens in majors to his name in 30 attempts.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: In the long run it may not prove such a bad thing that Coco Gauff was unable to produce a stunning upset of Naomi Osaka.

The tennis ace, 37, who is presently competing in the US Open at Flushing Meadow, New York, revealed she finds it 'really kind of painful' to leave the toddler she shares with husband Alexis Ohanian.

Nick Kyrgios claimed video games were ruining him and demanded a linesman be removed during a typically dramatic exit from the US Open in New York.

The actor, 38, looked enthralled as he watched Johanna Konta of Great Britain play against Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic on Sunday.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Defending singles champions perished at the US Open within 24 hours of each other, one departing to a cacophony of booing and the other to supportive cheers.

Naomi Osaka's 10-match US Open winning streak and title defence are done after she was outplayed in the fourth-round by Belinda Bencic in a 7-5, 6-4 defeat.

After winning the first set on Monday night, Alexander Zverev's momentum faded and Diego Schwartzman went on to book his place in the quarter-finals following a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 win.

The Good Place actress, 33, oozed style in a casually chic ensemble, consisting of an oversized black blazer and a pair of form-fitting cycling shorts.

She's the Australian actress who rarely puts a foot out of line when it comes to fashion.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: When you have lost your fourth Grand Slam final in a row it is perhaps a tiny consolation to get an arm around the shoulder from royalty as Serena Williams did.

Rafael Nadal's dramatic, five-set US Open final win over Daniil Medvedev was given front-page billing by prominent Spanish newspapers AS and Marca - but ignored by Barcelona-based outlets.

Serena Williams carried her two-year-old daughter Olympia down the runway for her New York Fashion Week Show this Tuesday.

World No 1 Novak Djokovic has taken an innovative approach to training ahead of the Japan Open by stepping into the dohyo to face a sumo wrestler. 

Shareholders more than trebled their ethical investments last year, according to analysts Impactvesting.

Jeff Prestridge speaks to fund manager Kartik Kumar about his key role in overhauling the portfolio of Artemis Alpha, a £135million investment trust primarily invested in the UK stock market.

Investors should look under the bonnet of their global funds to see how far across the world their money actually stretches. Some are so concentrated in America that the global label is misleading.

The latest Profit Watch UK report from The Share Centre has revealed UK-listed company profits fell for a second quarter in a row between October and December last year.

The sweeping changes will mean that investors who hold shares through a third party stockbroker or in an Isa account will no longer receive the vouchers which were launched in 2004.

Markets started off believing that the coronavirus outbreak would be brief and contained, and the ill-effects would be eased by central banks or governments.

Choosing the right DIY platform is crucial but a wealth of choice and changes to charges have left many investors scratching their heads. We pick some of the best.

Some people will disapprove of the idea of making money from this struggle. But investors have been snapping up shares in businesses developing vaccines or tests.

Investors will be glad to see the back of the first three months of 2020, after the coronavirus outbreak meant that the first quarter of the year proved brutal.

While mini-bonds are not normally protected, B&G used a regulated company to drum up clients and raise money, which means investors who poured money in that way could be entitled to a payout.

Technology stocks, which are usually the worst-hit during market downturns, are among the best performers over the past six weeks during the coronavirus chaos. This is Money finds out why.