Katarina Johnson-Thompson insists she has no plans to switch away from heptathlon to jumping events - but has indicated she is open to contesting a decathlon before the close of her career.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson sits top of the leaderboard after the opening morning of the heptathlon at the European Championships.

Athletic stars Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Dina Asher-Smith made the most of their post-season break by heading down the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN GOTZIS: Perhaps she was being a little harsh on herself. Having admitted that she still feels like an 'impostor' at the highest level, she made a mockery of her words.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson arrived in Austria with doubts in her mind and left on Sunday night having maybe implanted a few in someone else.

Her haul of 4,138 points puts her 96 clear of the Olympic champion from Belgium, which is not unusual - the configuration of this event is such that she usually has the best of day one.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: After all the squirming and falling and doubting and fouling, the Kat finally let herself out of the bag. The 26-year-old can now officially call herself the world's best.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The 26-year-old scored an astonishing 6,981 points to crush the Olympic champion Nafi Thiam and go sixth on the all-time list, ahead of Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill.

The 26-year-old broke Jessica Ennis-Hill's British record to post 6,981 points and take the title at the World Championships on Thursday. She beat defending champion Nafi Thiam by 304 points.

Johnson-Thompson could break the 12-year-old European heptathlon record, according to the former champion who played a major role in the transformation of her career.

Leading athletes from Team GB have taken the extraordinary step of launching legal action against the British Olympic Association over 'ridiculous' marketing rules.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: I'll tell you one that surprised me - it was a message from my language tutor,' says Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

EXCLUSIVE BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The heated marketing row that casts a shadow over Team GB's preparations for the Tokyo Olympics is expected to be resolved next week.

Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Greece's Katerina Stefanidi said athletes felt forced to continue training despite the health risks because Olympic chiefs say the Games will still go ahead.

There are three significant events in the 2021 athletics calendar, with the European Indoors on March 5-7 joined by the rescheduled World Indoors on March 19-21 and the Tokyo Olympics.

One Direction stars Niall Horan and Harry Styles were two of the celeb fans who posted heartfelt tributes to the star on social media as the news broke.

Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey had been hospitalized since November and was in and out of a coma from pneumonia before his death

RAY CONNOLLY: Waking up to learn that Glenn Frey, who co-wrote and sang that song with the American group The Eagles, had died, there was much lamentation among rock music fans.

Meek and girlfriend Milan Harris, 30, welcomed a baby boy on Wednesday May 6, which also happened to be the rapper's 33rd birthday. It is their first child together.

The socialite, 34, has broken her silence over her father-in-law Alexander Thynn's death from coronavirus on her Instagram account on Sunday.

Yet the EastEnders star, 43, was making the most of the glorious weather as she took to Instagram to share a series of snaps from a sunbathing session.

The actress, 32, appears in the emotional preview as Georgie continues to struggle following the death of her fiancé Captain Elvis Harte, who was tragically killed several series erlier.

The actress shone in a dramatic scene on Tuesday's episode of Our Girl which saw her character break down in tears over the death of Fingers.

The GCB star went hell for leather to attend the Rebecca Minkoff show and sported a black dress which clung to her petite figure.

Shoe designer: Ryan Lochte shows off his most famous sneaker design on the first episode of new reality show What Would Ryan Lochte do?

The father of Olympic swimming champion Ryan Lochte today insisted he would never ask his $3million son for financial aid - despite losing his home to foreclosure.

Brazillian police have released footage of Ryan Lochte and three US swimmers at the Rio de Janeiro gas station where they claimed to have been robbed as swimmers say claims were fabricated.

Joseph MacMillan from Glasgow was deemed fit to work while also suffering from diabetes, pancreatitis and heart problems as he suffered from cancer that left him needing his nose amputated.

Storm Ali crept underneath a grassy front garden and uprooted a huge tree in Scotland. Liz Reid filmed as her garden path and surrounding grass regularly lifted and fell from the wind.

The monarch, 92, arrived at the chapel on the Balmoral estate in Scotland this morning accompanied by her nephew David Armstrong-Jones in the rear of the car.

Salvatore Mannino, 52, was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on September 20, after being taken ill in St Giles' Cathedral. The father-of-four disappeared from Pisa, Italy, the day before.

The two men were scaling Ben Hope in Sutherland and sent a distress call. A search and rescue effort was paused overnight but bodies were found at 2am.

It comes after it was revealed today that Prince Charles has the coronavirus and may have been contagious just 24 hours after last seeing the Queen.

It comes after the UK yesterday posted 43 coronavirus deaths, sparking hope that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's unprecedented lockdown was working to control the ever-worsening crisis.

A total of 1,408 people in Britain have died from coronavirus. England recorded 159 new deaths in the last 24 hours, while Wales reported 14, Scotland six and Northern Ireland one.

Statistics published by the Department of Health reveal a record high number of victims for the second day in a row and more than 4,000 people have been diagnosed in a single day.

Twenty-eight more patients died overnight in England. Six more patients died in Scotland, five in Wales and four in Northern Ireland.

England recorded 866 new deaths, while the other 87 were confirmed in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The sharp fall adds to growing evidence that the peak of the UK's epidemic has blown over and that efforts now must be concentrated on stopping the spread of the virus surging to a second peak.

Data from the Office for National Statistics, which includes deaths which happen in care homes, shows 13,000 people had died by April 10 but the Government had only announced 9,000 by then.

Nicola Sturgeon today suggested people in Scotland could soon be allowed to meet a small 'bubble' of friends or family outside of their households under plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown.

Friends say it's just that Simon 'can't bear' the idea of matrimony, monogamy or losing his freedom. This is no secret. But why is the X Factor judge so scared to become Lauren Silverman's husband?

He's an Olympic gold medalist, loved the world over. But that didn't save Mo Farah from a thorough sliming as he received an honorary Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award.

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: There could be no more appropriate venue than Walton Heath as the Ryder Cup golfers keep their celebratory vibe going at the British Masters.

WORLD OF GOLD EXCLUSIVE BY DEREK LAWRENSON: Nathaniel, 57, arrives with a clutch of great stories about his father and the natural bonhomie that was the preserve of his old man.

Georgia, also known as Toff, also explained her sadness at not being able to grieve with her family amid the coronavorus lockdown, writing: 'There's too much sadness at the moment.'

The former Made In Chelsea star, 30, displayed her growing bump in a pretty pink frilled bikini as she enjoyed the sunshine in her garden during the coronavirus lockdown.

Free agent striker Nicky Ajose is weighing up a number of offers after attracting interest from Blackpool, Exeter City and Lincoln City following his release by Charlton.

The 2018 MTV Video Music Awards will take place Monday at New York's Radio City Hall. The show will feature a slew of performances including a tribute to Aretha Franklin, who died on August 16.

Honouring the DJ, who tragically died in April at the age of 28, she said: 'I wanna take a minute to say, I just found out that Avicii and I won Best Dance.'