From furious protests over government corruption to the Zika epidemic, the road to Rio has been beset with problems, but locals have said visitors can expect a warm welcome.

The World Cup is always an intense battle of the best national football teams in the world to see who comes out on top, but there is another contest going on - the battle of the kits.

DOMINIC KING AT ASHTON GATE: The result was not what Aidy Boothroyd wanted; there were elements of the performance, meanwhile, that will have left him shaking his head.

Cardi B has revealed in a deleted tweet that she lost five pounds in four days while 'throwing up everything I swallow' because of the stomach illness that landed her in the hospital last week.

Sunjic would soon trudge back down the tunnel after tussling with Blackburn frontman Sam Gallagher inside the box, leaving referee Oliver Langford no choice but to hand him his marching orders.

Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed aside threats of a Christmas surprise from North Korea, joking maybe he would get a 'beautiful vase' from Kim Jong Un instead of a missile test. 

JACK DOYLE: To stop No Deal, Dominic Grieve is prepared to risk putting Jeremy Corbyn into Downing Street. That is the only logical conclusion from the threat he made on the Today programme.

President Trump is using the strong performance of the American economy as a weapon against Democrats, claiming growth would not be so high if they had won the 2016 election.

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool's septet of Ballon d'Or nominees is the surest indication his club have re-established themselves as a leading European force.

The Duke of Sussex, 35, attended the event at the Honourable Artillery Company along with 65 sportsmen and women who have been selected for the Paralympics -style competition.

Ministers and their special advisers are flatly refusing to work with Andrew Sabisky, 27, after he was found to have advocated extreme positions to enforce teenage contraception.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has injected a very welcome dose of hope into an atmosphere of almost unrelenting despair since replacing Mark Carney.

The Prince is coming to the HBO streaming service. It's based on Janetti's satirical version of six-year-old Prince George, who features heavily on his Instagram page.

Vanessa Romito failed to find love with 'husband' Chris Nicholls on Married At First Sight.

Married At First Sight's Vanessa Romito was a no-show at Tuesday's explosive reunion dinner party.

Dashcam footage filmed in Krabi, southern Thailand, shows how the truck turns a corner, throwing cement all over the road, and causing a huge cloud of dust to cover a woman's car.

The former Love Island winner, 29, proudly showed off her blossoming baby bump in a pretty white swimsuit as she shared an Instagram snap from her Virgin Islands break on Saturday.

Verstappen has 100 starts and seven wins to his name since becoming the sport's youngest driver and next season he could yet become the youngest champion.

Naomi Campbell, Winnie Harlow and Alessandra Ambrosio took to the runway at the glittering Tommy Hilfiger presentation during London Fashion Week on Sunday.

The Welsh actor, 72, cut a dapper figure as he opted for a classic black suit as he joined wife Kate Fahy at the 92nd Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Mike Pence has promised that Americans will get thousands of coronavirus tests per day from now on after the government switched to a faster method, amid widespread criticism of efforts so far.

The restrictions mean that Australian women and anyone over 14 in the Al-Hawl camp in Syria would be told who they can and can't associate with, banned from social media and meet curfews.

Ant McPartlin, 42, was seen keeping his costs down as he enjoyed a budget friendly tube journey to head to the Britain's Got Talent photocall in London on Sunday.

Buses in London were strewn with anti-social mess including vomit, urine and blood thousands of times last year. Several bus routes had vehicles soiled on average more than twice per week.

Trump unveiled a scorched earth attack on the Clintons ahead of the debate, taking mourning Benghazi relatives as his guests as a man who claims to be Bill Clinton's son turned up in Vegas.

Own-label wines from British retailers Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Morrisons all took home gold awards in the International Wine Challenge.

DOMINIC LAWSON: Florence Widdicombe opened a pack of Tesco charity Christmas cards and found on one a note from a prisoner in China declaring that he had been forced to do this work.

Mass retailers like Tesco, Sainsbury's and Tesco can have a 'leading role' in helping cut the number of unhealthy overweight Britons if they make changes to the way they market food.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell, 49, confirmed to FEMAIL that filming took place in her US residence, before New York was placed on official lockdown on the week of March 13th.

DOMINIC LAWSON: We mustn't gloat about the public uprising in Paris. Some of it has involved setting fire to buildings. And there are some pretty unpleasant types among the demonstrators.

Laura Trott claimed a dominant victory in the omnium at the opening round of the Track Cycling World Cup in Cali. The double Olympic champion led by 10 points going into Sunday's final events.

MARTHA KELNER: After winning Wimbledon, Olympic gold and becoming world No 1, Murray could make history again by becoming the first person to win the SPOTY trophy three times.

Real Madrid and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has had his sensational 2016 recognised once again after being nominated for Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.

The Met Office earlier issued a severe 'yellow' warning for rain in Northern Ireland and Scotland and warned that the wet weather could cause travel disruption.

A year has passed since the beheading of 37 Saudi men and still the families wait to receive the bodies. At the time, they did not even know their loved ones had been executed.

The 24th season of The Bachelor USA will begin filming in the coming weeks. 

In the new promo video, the latest recruit to the show's line-up dazzles in a silver sequinned gown as she is finally unveiled in the impassioned video teaser

The 26-year-old hip-hop star captioned her clip: 'Hated or love it ya still listen to BARDI even on the low!'

The X Factor stars headed to Leeds to rehearse their sets ahead of the first concert on the show's annual tour in Belfast on Friday.

The actress, who plays the calculative Claire Underwood, became the show's new lead after her co-star Kevin Spacey was fired last year following a number of sex assault allegations.

Singer wore a little black dress as she joined her husband at the PHD Rooftop party.

The race, made up of 30 teams of runners, took place earlier today through the streets of Greenwich, London. Obstacles including space hoppers and steeplechases were placed close to the finish.

Disney's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is already a hit at the box office, currently the third highest-grossing movie of the year, and now it has added a trio of Oscar nominations.

Detractors won't be welcome at Alex Clark and Emily O'Kane's planned new restaurant.

She's expecting the arrival of her first baby boy in just under two weeks.

Bold and decisive actions are now needed not only to reduce the spread of the disease, but also to stem the free-falling economy and provide a safety net to people and business and commerce.

When the crisis is over and India limps back to a semblance of normalcy, the Prime Minister has no option but to treat this adversity as an opportunity.

The actor, 52, sported long, damp hair and bright yellow overalls for the scene he filmed where he was joined by co-star Rachel.

In an interaction with Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld, Director and Advisor to Chairman of Corporate Boards, Prabal Basu Roy discusses about the global market condition, China’s strategy and the Indian economic scenario post Covid-19

BW Businessworld’s Manish Kumar Jha in a special edition on States' measures & economic policies for Covid-19, spoke with Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani over the phone. Issues ranging from labour to MSME and export amid the hope for flattening the Covid-19 curve, he is talking his way forward for an economic recovery.