On Friday, a four-hour video conference took place between all 20 Premier League clubs over Project Restart, where tensions were palpable as to how the season should be ended.

The Manchester City forward, who would become Puma's highest-paid footballer should the deal go through, is also being pursued by rivals Adidas, New Balance and Under Armour.

As the 20 top flight clubs try to find a way to signal a return to action, the prospect of playing the remaining raft of games at neutral grounds is very real.

Professional dancer AJ Pritchard has quit Strictly Come Dancing to become a TV presenter alongside his brother Curtis. 

NIK SIMON AT TWICKENHAM: To be continued. England's Six Nations hopes are still alive but, like any good cliff-hanger, no one quite knows what will happen next.

Steve Borthwick will become Leicester's new head coach on July 1, as current boss Geordan Murphy moves to become director of rugby. 

Most footballers eye a career in coaching or punditry after hanging up their boots but Radamel Falcao is planning to go against the trend by turning his hand to baseball. 

Retired New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski is ready to re-enter the workforce, only instead of an NFL comeback, the three-time Super Bowl champion is eyeing a wrestling gig.

Roger Federer is reportedly 'set to become tennis' first billionaire' in 2020 and only the fourth sportsperson ever to accumulate that level of wealth.

Alex Machavo, of Medford, Oregon, was attacked by the injured animal near Shady Cove on Thursday. According to Andrea Carlson, a local sheriff's spokeswoman, the hunter and his wounded target rolled down a 50-ft embankment with the bear biting 22-year-old Machavo all the way down.

Lydia Callis's larger-than-life facial expressions and dramatic gestures have provided a rare moment of pleasure during the unfolding natural disaster.

Ramos started Spain's Euro 2020 qualifier on Saturday night away at Norway, making a staggering 168th appearance for his country - one more than legend Iker Casillas.

After starting out in Arsenal's youth teams, Serge Gnabry's potential was there for all to see. But whether he could develop his rawness into greatness remained in doubt.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon delivered a withering assessment of the would-be PM, saying he would 'damage the UK's reputation'.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Just imagine the reaction if a bunch of pro-Brexit English MPs had got onto their hind legs in the Commons and started singing Land Of Hope And Glory.

Slipknot have saddened fans by cancelling shows in Singapore, Jakarta and Manila as well as their own two-day Knotfest festival in Tokyo, Japan, which was due to start on March 20.

Reports suggesting that large public gatherings will soon be banned mean racing's position as the last major sport to still be operating normally looks close to ending.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle finally emerged victorious in the fourth gruelling round of voting by MPs, after five other candidates fell by the wayside in the contest to replace John Bercow.

Rebel Wilson has defended the widely-panned movie Cats, claiming it could one day become a cult classic. 

Birmingham wonderkid Bellingham 'will become Dortmund's record signing this summer' after the German club saw off competition from Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea.

EXCLUSIVE: Millionaire financier David Rowland held talks with North Korean leaders in the capital Pyongyang about managing the personal fortunes of the rogue state's ruling family.

Ramos the goat's owner, Ahmad Fadzir, 21, from the town of Kerai in Perak state, says the bonny billy-goat even makes love to the camera.

The Sumatran rhino has become extinct in Malaysia after the last known species has died of cancer aged 25 on Saturday. It comes six months after the death of the last male rhino.

The iconic label first opened a store in Perth in 1971 and will remain active on their online store.

Sunrise host David 'Kochie' Koch became a grandfather for the sixth time last week.

Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz confirmed the house's existence during an interview for the February issue of the Vatican's magazine Women Church World.

Kroger, which also owns Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer and other store brands, announced Monday that it will cease all e-cigarette sales after selling through its current inventory. Walgreens followed suit.

Days after Walmart pulled a controversial sweater featuring a cartoon Santa Claus doing cocaine with the tagline 'Let It Snow' from its website, the infamous novelty item has now become a best-seller.

Saad Al-Kassab, now 22, made nation headlines in 2016 after scoring am ATAR or 96.65 and being named dux of his Catholic school in Melbourne. He had fled from Syria two years earlier.

Hassan Akkad, who fled to the UK after he was imprisoned and tortured in Syria, is working at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London after deciding he had to do something to help.

The timing of USA's meeting with Mexico for a World Cup qualifier on Friday could not have come at more explosive moment in the history of the two neighbouring countries.

The new diverse range of plasters come in dark, medium and light shades and will be available online and in all 741 Tesco UK stores nationwide from Monday, costing £1.

SARAH VINE: Elderly people who live on their own have nowhere to go for human contact. And it seems, for some, isolation is far more gruesome than the prospect of catching the virus itself.

Former Tory minister Rory Stewart was due to stand as an independent candidate, but his withdrawal increases the chances of incumbent Sadiq Khan being re-elected for a second term.

The blonde 5ft 4in cyclist from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire is lucky to be alive after she was born a month prematurely suffering from a collapsed lung.

Laura Trott secured victory in the omnium to take her third gold medal of the European Track Cycling Championships. Trott had already won gold in the women's team pursuit and the scratch race.

When Laura Trott, and her fiancé Jason Kenny, step on the plane back from Rio this week, they'll bring with them a record-breaking five gold medals to their Cheshire home.

The Paris region has seen a 6.4 per cent decline in tourists in the first half of 2016, officials said on Tuesday. They blamed terror attacks as well as strikes and floods for the slump.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Salah Abdeslam's lawyer Sven Mary says that the 'psychological torture' of his detention in a French prison has contributed to his radicalisation.

Rather than focusing on Gareth Southgate's tactical changes, a cameraman seemed more interested in the presenter sat behind the bench during the England v Costa Rica match.

Critics of Boris Johnson's Government and his sweeping reforms to the troubled immigration system will have a new hero following Sir Philip Rutnam's incendiary walkout.

The partnership will see the BT logo appear on the training kits worn by the men's, women's, youth and disability teams of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from November.

The kingdom's immigration department claimed 'regulatory provisions on travel documents would be applied' to citizens who travel to the Asian nation.

HELEN CAHILL - CITY CORRESPONDENT: Saudi fund boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan is in the final stages of taking over as chairman of Newcastle United, sources told Sportsmail.

Magnolia Earl, who turns one on Saturday, was named the winner of the 10th annual Gerber Baby Photo Search on Friday.

Victoria recorded another 17 cases of the deadly virus on Wednesday morning with four new infections linked to Cedar Meats in Brooklyn, west Melbourne.

The unnamed worker has worked at Cedar Meats in Brooklyn, based in Melbourne's west, for several years and was shocked when he heard about the outbreak.

Dr Chris Brown is reportedly set to become this year's Bachelor, according to a new report.  

The Bachelor's Anna Heinrich and Tim Robards are expecting their first child. 

CRAIG BROWN Sir, I was both saddened and distressed by the views expressed by the distinguished parrot, Ms Pretty Polly, in her recent letter to your column.