The National Lottery has announced £355million of funding to over 1,300 elite athletes across the four year Olympiad ahead of Rio 2016.

Lutalo Muhammad is relishing the prospect of renewing one of the biggest rivalries in his sport when he takes to the mat for the men's -80kg taekwondo competition at the European Games.

If you don't want to mark your match-up the same way as every other loved-up pair on Valentine's Day, pay close attention. Here we've rounded up ten lesser-known places linked to love around the globe.

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WILL KELLEHER IN CARDIFF: Wales often overachieved, pulled performances from nowhere... galvanised by Gatland they showed heart and fire. Now they face life after him with Pivac.

The coronavirus has been a catalyst for big changes in the way consumers spend and pay.Ongoing trends like contactless payments and buy now, pay later are accelerating.New trends are emerging, like consumers' preference toward buy online, pick up in-store.Here's how banks, credit card companies, fintechs, and investors are thinking about the new norms in how we shop and pay.Click here for more BI Prime stories.From banks to credit card companies to retailers, the coronavirus pandemic has impacted virtually every player in the payments industry.Ongoing trends, like buy now, pay later and contactless payments, have been accelerated. And new norms in the way we shop, like buy online, pick up in-store, are emerging.We've spoken with execs across the payments ecosystem to understand what's changing,

Rodwell, who played his last game for Sunderland ten months ago, has signed a deal with The Championship club until the end of the season in a bid to get his career back on track.

Sunderland outcast Jack Rodwell is ready to be reinvented at Blackburn Rovers so he can get back to his early success when he won three England caps and a Premier League title.

MIKE WHALLEY AT EWOOD PARK: This was the night when Sheffield United made a serious statement of intent in the Championship promotion race.

Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray believes Bradley Dack is too good to be 'languishing in the middle of the Championship' - and he is right. How Newcastle must give him the platform he clearly deserves.

Australia international midfielder Brandon O'Neill is weighing up a move to England amid interest from Championship sides Blackburn Rovers and Bristol City.

The Geordie Shore star, 24, who has been soaking up the sun after sparking rumours of a reconciliation with Sam Gowland, flashed a little too much flesh

The Geordie Shore star, 27, hit out at former Atomic Kitten singer and mother-of-five Kerry, 39, after she urged Charlotte, 29, to stop having plastic surgery in her magazine column earlier this week.

Vicky Pattison has revealed she is prepping for the National Television Awards with a spray tan.

The former Geordie Shore star, 32, discusses embracing her figure, her cheating ex fiancé and moving on from her year from hell.

Geordie Shore star Chloe Ferry has been keeping herself busy during the coronavirus lockdown by sharing sexy snaps on social media. 

The former Geordie Shore star, 32, took to the photosharing platform on Friday night to reveal she had deleted all the images from 'VickysBridalBod' and renamed the account to be called 'VickysVacays'

The beauty, 30, shared her natural curls with fans for the first time on Tuesday with a stunning Instagram selfie shared while in self-isolation

The reality star, 24, was delighted on Monday as she took to Instagram to show the outline of her abs as she celebrated losing 5lbs in just two days.

She has been keeping up her workouts in lockdown to maintain her two stone weight loss. Yet Chloe Ferry enjoyed a lazy morning on Tuesday as she shared a snap chilling out in her bedroom.

The Geordie Shore star, 24, looked typically glamorous in the bold hairpiece, while also opting for a full face of make-up with grey smokes and a nude lip.

A startup's brand can be one of the most valuable assets for growing its team."People want to work for a cool, exciting company that they've heard of," said Franky Athill, the head of marketing for Patch Plants, a popular urban gardening startup in London.Athill was Patch's fourth team member, and it has since added more than 40 others.He shared his advice with Business Insider about two key things to remember when it's time to add talent to your startup.This article is part of a series on growing a small business, called "From 1 to 100."The search for talent presents a significant challenge for many startups, and the ability to recruit the best people is one of the most critical factors for success.Startups with strong brand engagement can have an advantage in this respect by reaching a wider

The Ocean's Twelve star, 56, celebrated his triumph in style as he partied at the Vanity Fair Oscars bash, held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Viewers were not impressed with ITV's Good Morning Britain's Oscars special from Hollywood. The show was marred with technical errors, and the premature departure of Dame Joan Collins.

Bradley Cooper and Leonardo DiCaprio - who are both 45-years-old - have been close friends for over a decade after bonding over their love of movies.

He's an old friend of her husband, Kanye West.

As the Netflix docuseries Cheer has gained a massive following, Harris has become one of the show's biggest breakouts with his 'mat talks,' hyping up his teammates before a routine.

Joaquin Phoenix won the Actor in a Leading Role gong at Sunday's Academy Awards - and that was just the start of his big night.

Eminem's surprise performance at the Oscars on Sunday was one of the most surprising moments, and now the rapper's Oscar presenter, Barbra Streisand, has reacted to the performance.

He looked incredibly dapper when he attended the Vanity Fair Oscars after party in a designer tuxedo over the weekend. 

Eleven of the greatest legends of Hollywood - among them winners of ten Oscars who together and $9 billion in earnings - had spontaneously gathered together in a single shot.

The celebrated actor fell in love with Streisand after seeing her in 1968 biographical drama Funny Girl, prompting him to wrote her letter requesting she stay at his family home in Swaziland.

Stars come out to celebrate The Black Movie Soundtrack II as Prince and Whitney are paid tribute at the Hollywood Bowl concert

On Saturday, the 28-year-old Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover girl promoted her new Plus-Size lingerie collection at Nordstrom at the Oakbrook Center mall in Illinois.

She's topped the charts, married the man she loves, and reinvented herself as a fashion model.

The 29-year-old plus-size model strutted her stuff in bras and undies from her latest Ashley Graham lingerie collection at a high-rise location overlooking Montreal, Canada, on Monday.

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They were rumored to be dating over a year ago. And Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson finally confirmed the two stunners were an item in a video shared to Instagram on Friday.

Twiggy - the National Treasure from Neasden, the girl once known as Lesley Hornby who became a global star - turned 70 yesterday, writes LINDA KELSEY.

'I just cannot understand it. I don't understand it. I'll never understand it to this day,' she told Entertainment Tonight. They had dated in 1996 after he had a long crush on her.

The troops are in addition to about 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne who deployed to Kuwait earlier this week after the storming of the US Embassy in Baghdad by Iran-backed militiamen.

Kim and Kourtney Kardashian had a physical fight on the explosive season 18 premiere of their show Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Their younger sister Khloe had to separate them.

Khloe Kardashian glumly scrubbed makeup off her walls in a new teaser for this weekend's Keeping Up With The Kardashians. The stains were left by a fight between her sisters Kim and Kourtney.

The reality star, 64, arrived late to lunch with Khloe Kardashian and Kendall Jenner and proceeded to talk openly about her love life, as seen in a teaser for the next episode of KUWTK.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, 22, donned avocado print pyjamas while larking around with her daughter Stormi during the COVID-19 lockdown

The US reality star, 33, was joined by his loved ones during celebration, as mum Kris Jenner praised him for putting on such a 'cute' party for little Dream.

The footage was recorded by a fellow motorist in Moscow, Russia, as the vehicle suddenly appeared from a slip-road. It cruised straight across the carriageway before smashing into the barrier.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has seen his net worth fall by a staggering £2.4billion already this year.