Rio Ferdinand believes Arjen Robben chose a move to Chelsea over Manchester United in part because of the 'smell' of the Carrington training ground.

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff plan to start training the team's players via a video-link from Monday due to the ongoing coronaviurus crisis.

Spurs manager Mourinho was forced to admit he was in the wrong after flouting social distancing advice by overseeing a training session with midfielder Tanguy Ndombele in Barnet.

Mourinho was pictured putting Ndombele, Ryan Sessegnon and Davinson Sanchez through a training session on Hadley Common on Tuesday - an episode that has left Ndombele bemused.

There are no questions over the Portuguese's commitment to the job, though, as he was pictured flouting government rules last week when he held a one-on-one training session with some players.

Mourinho oversaw a training session with midfielder Tanguy Ndombele on Hadley Common in Barnet earlier this month and was spoken to by unhappy Spurs chiefs.

Tottenham are at the centre of another social distancing breach during the coronavirus crisis, this time involving Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko.

Despite being stuck inside due to the lockdown, Tottenham players are still being put to the test by manager Jose Mourinho in training sessions conducted over Zoom.

Argentina defender Nicolas Tagliafico has praised captain Lionel Messi for his desire to win a trophy for his country as they begin their quest to end a 26-year wait for silverware.

Real Madrid fans are relishing the prospect of watching 18-year-old Takefusa Kubo after his latest impressive display at the Copa America against Ecuador on Monday night.

Stars from Argentina and Brazil have been training in preparation for their crucial Copa America semi-final showdown on Tuesday evening.

He may have won the Champions League last season, but Alisson Becker learned a few crucial lessons along the way. After being beaten by Lionel Messi once, amends have been made.

Lionel Messi has started his recovery from a calf injury as the Barcelona star pushes to be fit for the start of the La Liga season on August 16. He trained alone with his team-mates away in the USA.

Borussia Dortmund will return to training on Monday amid the coronavirus outbreak but will only allow their players to train in twos.

Former Today Show hosts Lisa Wilkinson, 59, and Karl Stefanovic, 44, have reportedly been at loggerheads since their glory days anchoring breakfast TV.

Over the years, Val Lehman has picked up a whole swag of Logies for portraying bad girl Bea Smith on the hit TV show Prisoner. 

Cressida Bonas, 30, has opened up about her lifelong fear in a trailer for her new podcast Fear Itself. The Winchester-born actress famously dated Prince Harry for three years.

The Duchess of Sussex's first gig after quitting the royal family has been revealed - with Meghan voicing a Disney documentary on elephants.

Artist Keith Biele, 51, reportedly disliked how American President Trump addressed the Duke of Sussex, 35, and his wife Meghan Markle following their move from Vancouver to California last month.

Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 38, supporters added the British charity WellChild to their #ArchieDay campaign to make a nod to their son's 'fatherland' the UK.

Photographer Samir Hussein told US weekly that the Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 38, were 'very happy' with the image taken as they walked through the rain at the Endeavour Awards.

The Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 38, fans are celebrating raising over £40,000 for charity with their fundraising campaign #ArchieDay to mark the youngster's birthday today.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared a video of her reading Archie the book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld on Wednesday, his first birthday.

While the trio will remain contracted by their respective counties, the majority of their wages will be paid by the ECB in exchange for influencing their match availability and fitness programmes.

RICHARD GIBSON IN DURBAN - England's resolve to use the one-day series as a sink-or-swim trial for emerging players will occur in Johannesburg after wet weather wrecked the second match.

NASSER HUSSAIN - VERDICT: The first thing England's women should do ahead of Thursday's Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against India is do whatever the opposite is of a rain dance.

Culture minister Mims Davies said she was launching a consultation on whether the existing age limit of 16 for all UK National Lottery games should be raised for some or all games and products.

The current funding cycle ends in March 2021, so no longer covers the Olympics as intended, and the budget is yet to be set for the four-year period to Paris 2024, which many fear is going to be slashed.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) spoke on Saturday at Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's (left) birthday party in Altoona, Iowa, an annual Republican fundraiser in the early nominating state.

Marco Rubio couldn't have planned to cause a viral sensation around his water bottle when he gave last week's response to the State of the Union, but now that it's happening he's capitalizing on the moment.

Rubio suggested on Wednesday that he was still mulling over his 2016 options. But an adviser says, 'he has told us to proceed as if he is running for president.'

Republican White House hopeful Marco Rubio is facing demands to call off a fundraiser at the Highland Park, TX, home of developer Harlan Crow because of its collection of Nazi memorabilia.

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Friday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin as 'a gangster and a thug,' and vowed to take a hard line against him if he reaches the Oval Office.

CNBC's hosts progressively lost control of Wednesday night's event as the GOP field hammered them for asking inaccurate questions and tryign to turn Republican against Republican.

Last week the Russian president called the GOP front-runner a 'very outstanding' and 'unquestionably talented' man who was the 'absolute leader of the presidential race.'

Mattis, 68, submitted his letter of resignation to President Donald Trump on Thursday, shocking Democrats and establishment Republicans who saw him as a steady hand in the cabinet.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN BRUSSELS: Her time of 10.88sec was a season's best, but more impressive was that she blitzed Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the double Olympic champion from Jamaica.

Dr Catherine Houlihan, from Aberdeen, returned home to the UK from the African nation in June after spending a month at the heart of the epidemic in the North Kivu province.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, has emerged as the most trusted public official during the coronavirus outbreak.

Barry Bateman was the first journalist to arrive at Pistorius' home following the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp. He says important evidence was ignored by both prosecution and defence.

The anomaly at the heart of Right Or Wrong: The Memoir Of Lord Bell: half the time, Bell is bragging about preferring lying to telling the truth. The other half, he is standing on his high horse. 

News of the unlikely partnership was revealed in a letter of complaint to prison authorities by Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir after a treadmill and exercise bike used by the pair were moved.

Oscar Pistorius had his cell searched in a dawn raid by prison officers suspicious of his friendship with an underworld figure. A hard drive was seized and is being analysed by police.

Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer charts the run-up to the murder on Valentine's Day 2013 at his home in Pretoria, South Africa - and the courtroom dramas that followed.

Players have reportedly planned to boycott training on Monday until a pay deal is finalised amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The New Zealand Warriors will fly to Australia on Sunday despite COVID-19 travel bans as the NRL gears up resume in four weeks. 

The family of a French tourist who mysteriously vanished in New Zealand say the teenager was 'quite disturbed'.

It took LeBron James to help the Los Angeles Lakers snap a lengthy losing streak against Portland. James had 28 points and seven assists and the Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers 114-110.

Buoyed by a perfect five-game homestand, the Denver Nuggets hit the road and kept on winning. Paul Millsap scored 21 points and the Nuggets dominated the second half in defeating the Lakers.

LA Lakers snapped their season-long four-game losing streak, after LeBron James (left) scored 21 points in victory against Portland Trail Blazers.