Belal Shmait, 36, from Western Sydney was sentenced to two years behind bars over his role in a violent attack of a man in Bondi Beach in 2017.

Ronaldo beat off competition from Atletico Madrid starlet Joao Felix, Manchester City's Bernardo Silva, Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes and Wolves' Ruben Neves.

Details have been leaked by Football Leaks, via Der Spiegel, regarding one of Cristiano Ronaldo's most lucrative sponsorship deals with sportswear giants Nike.

Cristiano Ronaldo will look back fondly on this decade but despite winning more trophies in 2019, this year has been his worst statistically in terms of goalscoring over the last 10 years.

The news had been widely expected since the Olympics were pushed back by 12 months, with the coronavirus crisis also creating a backlog of qualifying fixtures.

ON THE ROAD - ADAM SHERGOLD: Ronnie Radford's famous goal for Hereford in 1972 is generally considered a great football moment. But not in the Cumbrian town of Barrow-in-Furness.

The magic of the FA Cup has provided countless iconic moments and on this day 21 years ago it did just that when Manchester United took on bitter rivals Arsenal.

Manny Pacquiao showed age is just a number as he produced an impressive onslaught over Adrien Broner to retain his WBA 'regular' welterweight title by unanimous decision in Las Vegas.

Floyd Mayweather claims he will make $80m this year from exhibition fights alone. The 41-year-old is returning to Japan for a bout in July after facing Tenshin Nasukawa on New Year's Eve.

The boxer, who announced last month his return to the ring, gave the 19-year-old a Mercedes-Benz G63, as revealed by a post on her Instagram story displaying her shock at the present.

Mayweather has not fought professionally since 2017 and has now revealed his desire to make a career change and move to the other side of the pads.

Andrew Milroy died from a single stab wound to the chest in Lloret de Mar during the early hours of yesterday morning.

Anthony Garcia admitted adding a sample of the bodily fluid to a sample of yoghurt while working at a grocery story in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Witnesses in Shenzhen, in the Guangdong province of China, said the 32-year-old father was walking with his naked son and four-year-old daughter on the street when he launched the sickening attack.

Clarence Williams, of Palo Alto Middle School in Killeen, Texas, has been placed on paid leave for a week while the local school district reviews a report of the incident. School officials did not provide details on what prompted the teacher to allegedly tape the boy's mouth shut on October 23.

An eight-year-old girl who died from torture was forced to eat her own faeces after her father and his mistress left her to starve in a locked toilet, a Dubai court heard.

The world's richest people grew even richer in 2013, adding $524 billion to their collective net worth, with Bill Gates adding $15.8billion to his net worth.

The law breaking men were caught at a rented rest house in Al-Farouq area of Buraidah and accused of holding a party with women who were unrelated.

JEFF POWELL: For once in her bubbly lifetime of mischievous laughter, Joan Rivers was not being funny as she shielded her eyes and in hushed tones asked at ringside: 'Is it always like this?'

Former Barcelona and Spain manager Luis Enrique has paid tribute to his daughter Xana, the 'star that guides our family', after announcing her death at the age of nine. 

Ansu Fati's father has revealed his desire for his son to represent Portugal internationally despite the Barcelona wonderkid having recently been awarded with a Spanish passport.

She is about to take TV by storm as lesbian superhero Batwoman, avenging the wrongs wrought on society by criminals.

The German midfielder has proved to be an influential figure of Pep Guardiola's team over the last couple of seasons as they went on to claim back-to-back Premier League titles.

England lost 3-0 to Germany in that fixture at Wembley five years ago, as they played in front of a record 45,619 crowd. On Saturday, the Lionesses will play in a near full house.

Former Polish PM Mr Tusk suggested the UK would be focused on 'damage control' in the talks and warned Downing Street against planned divergence from continental rules.

Police Scotland detectives have not 'received any complaint of criminality' but are 'assessing available information' in the wake of Thursday's bombshell revelations.

Kate Forbes only found out that she would announce the Scottish Government's spending pledges for the coming year at around 8am today - just after Derek Mackay resigned in disgrace.

JAN MOIR: Oh my friends, it's been a long, hard year. Brexit, a General Election, Cats the movie, Prince Andrew, Greggs vegan sausage rolls, and the celebrity version of The X Factor.

Alyssa, from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, wanted to hear Hello My Love by Westlife but ended up with Alexandra Burke's version of Hallelujah when her Amazon Echo Dot speaker didn't understand.

A reunion could be on the cards for JLS as JB Gill sparked speculation that the four-piece could unite amid the 10th anniversary of their debut album.

Stacey Solomon, 30, took to Instagram to reveal the Jurassic Park-themed packed lunch she created for her seven-year-old son Leighton. The Sun reported the amount of food was criticised online.

The two men, Captain John Ritchie and Captain James Grant, were stationed in Singapore as part of the Scottish Highlanders.

Azlin Arujunah and Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both 27, are accused of pouring boiling water over their son at their home in Singapore as well as keeping him in a small metal cat cage.

Azlin Arujunah and Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both 27, have been accused of abusing their son at their family home in Singapore three years ago.

RORY KEANE: This Ireland squad were primed to reach a first-ever World Cup semi-final, and possibly more. But they have been seemingly in free-fall since the events of February 2 at the Aviva.

RORY KEANE AT THE AVIVA STADIUM: Johnny Sexton says Ireland are trying to draw a line under the hellish events of last year and Saturday was a good start as Andy Farrell's side won.

There is an irony that 20 minutes after Barry Geraghty thought that his Champion Hurdle hopes might have been dashed on the final Saturday in November a bright new chance emerged.

EXCLUSIVE: When Aidan O'Brien-trained Anthony Van Dyck landed Britain's most prestigious Flat race last June, the colt scooped a first prize of £921,538 with the historic race worth a total of £1,623,900.

Andrea Pirlo has sued a man who pretended to be the Italian footballer for two years in order to receive free clothes and jewellery.

The midfielder, now playing for Boca Juniors, retired from international football back in November 2017 after Italy's shock defeat to Sweden, which denied them a place at the 2018 World Cup.

Fabio Quagliarella endured more than five years of harrowing paranoia, secrecy and torment. His family were abused in the street, his beloved city of Naples cast him out as a traitor.

She had to lose him to love herself. While on the Zach Sang Show, Selena Gomez spoke on her status as a single woman, and described the kind of love she hopes to find in the future.

Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music's Beats 1, Selena, 27, told how she feels she was previously a 'people pleaser' until she had a 'huge moment' where she 'stopped caring'.

Selena Gomez is a single lady and she is making sure everyone knows. The 27-year-old singer took to Instagram on Wednesday to clarify her relationship status.

The 27-year-old was 'putting a lot of pressure on herself' ahead of her return to the stage as the opener of the show at the Microsoft Theater, according to E! News .

'I still struggle with confidence and you know, it's going to be something that I'm always working on. Rare made me feel incredible. That name was so important to me the moment I heard it.'

Former Labour MP for Barnsley East Michael Dugher took to Twitter after Jeremy Corbyn's New Year message to compare the leader to Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda.

Before Rebel Wilson made a name for herself in Hollywood, she studied law and arts at the University of New South Wales (UNSW

The spring series of the Jonathan Ross show has reportedly been axed after a year of plummeting ratings.

She's the Australian Pitch Perfect star who previously admitted she had 'never been drunk'.