Cullen has caught the eye this term during his second season on loan at Championship Charlton, emerging as one of the division’s standout midfielders despite the Addicks' struggles.

Championship leaders Leeds United believe it is 'vital' for the current season to be finished and are prepared to play behind closed doors to do so as they chase Premier League promotion.

The top six clubs in the Championship are prepared to launch a legal challenge against the Premier League if they are denied three promotion places.

Championship clubs are determined to resume playing and finish the season no matter what - even if it means completing the remaining fixtures behind closed doors.

West Brom have come up with an inventive way to show how the coronavirus can spread if people don't stay at home.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I try not to be overly partisan in my columns because I love good rugby and admire top-quality play from all teams, but I hope Scotland record a thumping win over Italy.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: It's been a strange old Six Nations campaign for England, not convincing by any means, yet it could still easily result in them winning the 2020 Championship.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: These are difficult times for all sports but I believe such moments create a time for organisations to demonstrate they are in touch with the world around them.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Professional rugby's financial vulnerability has been cruelly exposed and, frankly, it has always been built on shifting sands.

Norwich face tough opposition at the Molineux on Sunday as the Black Country club are 8th in the table and thrashed Espanyol 4-0 in the Europa League on Thursday night.

It was the worst weekend yet for VAR in the Premier League with a series of controversial and clearly incorrect decisions. So what should be done with the video technology that's dividing opinion?

Tottenham host Norwich and Sheffield Wednesday play Man City tonight in the FA Cup fifth round. Sportsmail's KIERAN JACKSON will provide live commentary of the action and the quarter-final draw.

Tim Krul had Spurs' penalty takers and the directions they would shoot listed on his water bottle ahead of Norwich's shock win on spot kicks in the FA Cup on Wednesday night.

Norwich manager Daniel Farke will ignore the Premier League's coronavirus edict and shake hands with Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder on Saturday.

CRAIG HOPE AT BRAMALL LANE: Dean Henderson could well be playing his way out of a third season on loan at Sheffield United, as his heroics took them back into the top six.

DANNY MURPHY: As a footballer, I heard a lot of things from fans they shouldn't be shouting. I caught a lot of stuff about my mum, my wife, my kids. But you still don't go into the crowd, full stop.

JOE BERNSTEIN: The last active English footballers in Europe are returning home after lower division football in Sweden was called off until the end of April.

On Saturday, the Premier League leaders joined Tottenham, Newcastle and Norwich City in putting them on furlough - although they promised to top up staff wages so they are paid their full salaries.

Evans, 30, has been told he is surplus to requirements at Bramall Lane with manager Wilder breaking the club transfer record four times this summer as he prepares for life in the Premier League.

Evans, 30, scored 18 goals for Joey Barton's side during a successful loan spell last season and now joins on a two-year deal with an option of a further 12 months.

Ivan Campo has hit out at the Spanish government over their handling of the coronavirus outbreak. The former Real Madrid star hit out at politicians with the pandemic spreading through Spain.

The coronavirus crisis has swept the globe and nothing has been left untouched. That applies too to sport, which has been fairly absent across the world over the last week.

COMMENT: The top 10 - bar Sheffield United, and good for them - seek to ban Manchester City from Europe next season, regardless of the state of their appeal against a UEFA-imposed sanction.

Kieran Trippier confessed he carried on being available for Tottenham Hotspur despite not being in his best shape and form during his final season at the club.

Voiding the 2019-20 season is now reportedly 'off the table' with UEFA and the European leagues committing to completing the current campaign.

Blades boss Chris Wilder has already been keeping tabs with his team by video links after the pandemic forced them out of their Steelphalt Academy centre in March.

Brescia president Massimo Cellino has hit out at his fellow Serie A chiefs who are insistant on resuming the current Serie A campaign amid the coronavirus crisis. Italy is the worst-hit country.

Marcel Garrigou-Grandchamp, a retired Lyon doctor, told Gazzetta Dello Sport 'football was an accelerator of the epidemic'. The doctor published a chart showing an explosion of cases.

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has revealed how all-English Champions League ties were always the most pressurised matches he played in club football.

UEFA president said he would consider finishing the European competitions behind closed doors but will accept they might have to be cancelled if they were unable to resume by September.

UEFA have introduced the idea of squeezing the remaining Champions League and Europa League games into just three weeks in August, with clubs facing a frantic schedule.

The Spanish FA have proposed the clubs they wish to take part in European football next term should the Spanish top flight fail to be completed, but it is set to cause huge controversy.

EXCLUSIVE: Billionaire owner Stan Kroenke has often been criticised by Arsenal supporters for what some perceive as a lack of spending in the transfer market, but he has promised millions here.

If domestic leagues are not back until July or August then UEFA is considering playing the remainder of the two competitions in a condensed timeframe.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Proposals to take the current La Liga table as final and use them to decide European places for next season has sent shockwaves through the Spanish game.

Mark Jenson is the co-founder of The Mag, now the leading independent website on all things Newcastle United. He speaks out about what it is like to support a team owned by the retail giant.

The Red Devils have not won the league since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013 or the Champions League since 2008. Shearer thinks he knows what it would take to get United back to winning major honours.

The Swiss international has been on the periphery of Jurgen Klopp's squad this season due to several injuries that have prevented him from challenging the Reds' established front three.

If the Premier League cannot be concluded due to the current suspension, it could offer Arsenal a major boost in terms of a return to Europe's top table, despite Mikel Arteta's side sitting ninth.

It has been reported that an agreement has been reached which will see outstanding Champions League and Europa League ties be played throughout August before the new season.

Premier League teams may be forced to settle Champions League and relegation spots through play-off games if the season is not able to get back up and running, according to a UEFA plan.

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.

AHEAD OF THE GAME - MATT HUGHES: Sky Sports and BT Sport will resist pressure to screen for free the 47 Premier League matches they have left this season.

UEFA are facing up to the prospect of another huge Champions League headache after the Ligue 1 season was cancelled and all sporting events were banned in France until at least September.

The Champions League came to an abrupt halt in the middle of March following the outbreak of the coronavirus and now UEFA are desperate to get the show back on the road.

Taking charge of football's heavyweights heaps pressure on a referee, but Mark Clattenburg looks back fondly on his encounters with legends of the game in the Premier League and abroad.

Misha Nonoo, 31, and husband Mikey Hess, 33, were among the guests who watched Bumble executive Erin Foster, 37, and Simon Tikhman tie the knot in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.

Lindsay Lohan has shot down claims she was trying to flirt with Liam Hemsworth, after leaving several 'thirsty' comments on his Instagram recently.

MSNBC is reportedly in talks to sign former Fox News host Shepard Smith, who could take Chuck Todd's 5pm MTP Daily slot on the network.

Australian mining tycoon Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest claimed bushfires ravaging the country have been mainly caused by fuel loads.