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.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Let us disregard the succession just for a moment and agree that if Mike Ashley departs Newcastle United, it will be a reason to celebrate. 

EXCLUSIVE BY CRAIG HOPE: Mike Ashley was hours away from confirming the £300million sale of Newcastle United last week only for the Saudi owners in-waiting to insist on a delay.

EXCLUSIVE BY MARTIN SAMUEL: The deposit paid by the Saudi Arabian consortium is non-refundable, meaning Newcastle owner Ashley gets richer even if the takeover is not ratified.

Pochettino was relieved of his duties at Spurs back in November, but the club continue to pay his substantial £8.5m-a-year wages, and now the Argentine is being linked with Newcastle.

TOP SPIN SPECIAL: England’s Ashes hopes are long gone, but here Sportsmail looks at five final Ashes Tests which were ‘dead rubbers’ but had ramifications beyond the result of the game.

England and the Czechs are level on six points - although Gareth Southgate's side have played a game less - with Kosovo a point further back after a late 3-2 defeat of Bulgaria in Sofia.

Many people have either cancelled or postponed their travel amid the coronavirus outbreak, however, that's not the case for Jana Kramer and her family.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a last minute dash across the border from Canada to the US to start their new life in Los Angeles.

Point Roberts in Washington State is located on the southern tip of a Canadian peninsula and so is not connected by land to mainland America. It has no coronavirus cases.

The 37-year-old AFL WAG turned heads at Melbourne Fashion Festival on Thursday.

Collingwood President Eddie McGuire unleashed on Channel Nine reporter Tony Jones when pressed about refunds for cash-strapped members amid the coronavirus pandemic.

McGuire lost his cool with Channel Nine sports journalist Tony Jones on Wednesday night when he was grilled about whether cash-strapped AFL club members would be offered refunds.

Nadia Bartel has been hard at work on her fashion line while in lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Western Bulldogs vice-captain had his licence suspended for 12 months and was slapped with a $1,652 fine for flouting Victoria's coronavirus social distancing rules.

The Western Bulldogs vice-captain is expected to be charged on summons with drink driving and other traffic matters over the crash in Melbourne on Thursday night.

She was recently forced to hide from her children in the bathroom.

Authorities said they arrested Amir Attia, 45, of Tustin, California, on Wednesday, in connection with the incident that allegedly occurred in July 2018, when he was driving the woman to her home.

The 18-year-old Daughter of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, appeared causally chic wearing a pair of 90's style blue wash jeans that accentuated her lean supermodel legs.

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez looked smitten as they celebrated her manager Benny Medina's birthday party at Papi Steak in Miami on Friday.

The Uber driver had been trying to turn on to Ballow St, in Fortitude Valley in Brisbane on January 12 when he collided with a black Mazda.

Ashley Graham posted a video of herself on Instagram pumping breast milk during an Uber ride on Tuesday afternoon. The top model became mom to a newborn baby boy in late January.

DoorDash, led by CEO Tony Xu, did not specify when exactly it plans to go public, but its debut will test the appetite of investors, who have been unforgiving in recent months toward IPOs.

Uber driver Kent Blyth picked Daniel Lee Richard Graeme Paul up in Palm Beach, south of Brisbane, in the early hours of January 27.

Rita Ora was keeping the party going on Monday evening when she headed out to a party in a stylish plaid dress, looking uncharacteristically demure.

The popular Australian restaurant chain has been suffering as the outbreak of coronavirus leaves diners too scared to leave their homes, instead ordering food to their front doors.

More than 372 million ride-hail trips in New York City between 2017 and 2018 were studied to look at patterns of crashes.

The food delivery services are being sued in a class action lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan for levying heavy commission fees on restaurants that lead to higher menu prices.

Sandra Jacqueline Denton, also known by the stage name Pepa from groundbreaking '90s hip hop act Salt-N-Pepa, is getting involved in legal proceedings against ride-sharing app Uber.

She lives in an 11,500 square foot mansion in uber exclusive neighborhood Calabasas. And Kourtney Kardashian gave a peek inside her mansion in her newest post for Poosh.

Brendan Fevola has revealed that he's finally deleted the Uber Eats app, after splashing out more than $35,000 on the food delivery service.   

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

The two sparred verbally when Acosta - who Trump has regularly assailed as 'fake news' was invited to ask a question by the president at his New Delhi press conference wrapping up his India trip.

The democratic presidential candidates' campaign teams agreed that moving Sunday's event was the 'best path forward'. Both have also canceled rallies due to the virus.

The humorous clash between the high-profile siblings took place Monday when Andrew appeared via video link on Chris' CNN program, Cuomo Prime Time.

Marya Sherron, the sister of Kious Jordan Kelly, told Chris Cuomo of CNN on Thursday that the family was in pain over the shock death of the beloved 48-year-old assistant nursing manager.

Trump appeared to take a dig at Fauci by retweeting the #FireFauci hashtag Sunday, just hours after the doctor said he received pushback for recommending a US shutdown in February.

Lawmakers and the WH reached an agreement Tuesday to replenish the payment protection program after Democrats blocked the measure for not including enough relief for other programs.

Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan, who has appeared on The Apprentice alongside the president, slammed Donald Trump for lacking the 'kind of leadership needed in a crisis'.

Stoke boss Nathan Jones admitted his much-changed side were 'nowhere good enough' after they crashed out of the Carabao Cup to League Two Crawley.

Shaqiri has been a peripheral figure at Anfield having played just 256 minutes of football all season and the Reds are open to bids for the winger but may have to accept a lower fee.

During a Premier League tie with Swansea City at Old Trafford, Young is seen barking orders at his United team-mates, before an object appears to enter his mouth, believed to be from a bird flying over.

In-form Rashford had plenty of superlatives for the Welsh international, who signed from Swansea for around £15million, heaping praise on his attitude since he stepped foot on the training ground.

Warren Gatland's Welsh career ended in defeat on Friday as Wales were beaten by the All Blacks in the bronze medal match in Tokyo. Relive the match with JAMES DUTTON.

The 56-year-old finished after the Rugby World Cup and was succeeded by his fellow New Zealander Wayne Pivac, who will take charge of Wales for the first time against Gatland's Barbarians.