It's HOT OR NOT time once again, as IAN LADYMAN runs the rule over the good and bad from the world of sport this week, including Glenn Hoddle, Gary Neville and Mark Cavendish.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson admits to a struggle learning French but says a new life in Montpellier and mentoring from Jessica Ennis-Hill could translate into gold-winning performances.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Johnson-Thompson, there was a degree of redemption, considering it was this discipline that wrecked her chances in the heptathlon.

HOT OR NOT: Patrick Bamford rediscovers form at Middlesbrough

On the basis of her impressive performances in winning a European heptathlon silver medal in Berlin this week, the odds are finally shortening on her one day finding a way past Nafi Thiam.

It says something about her complex psychology that Katarina Johnson-Thompson arrived to a headliner's billing in an Austrian mountain town on Friday and found it all rather strange.

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

Before Jodie Comer played the ruthless assassin Villanelle in the hit show, she honed her skills in drama classes at the same Liverpool school attended as the indoor pentathlon champion.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: There were tears before bedtime for Katarina Johnson-Thompson and a few more after breakfast on Friday morning.

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

Nicki Minaj dropped a music video for her new song Megatron, after promoting the track on social media for weeks.

Nicki Minaj has revealed she obtained a marriage license with her boyfriend, Kenneth Petty.

Nicki Minaj went on a very special dinner date to Red Lobster with Jimmy Fallon during a pre-taped segment of a live edition of The Tonight Show.

Twelve years after the release of her first mixtape, Playtime is Over, Nicki Minaj is calling out artists and writers alike for what for not acknowledging her influence on hip hop music.

Payne's scheduled appearance at the Jeddah World Fest has sparked fury among activists angry at Saudi Arabia's criminalisation of gays, and jailing of women's rights activists.

Nicki Minaj suggested she was pregnant and engaged to her boyfriend Kenneth Petty on a track released Friday. He's a registered sex offender and pleased guilty to manslaughter in 2006.

Nicki Minaj hit back at naysayers who have been slamming her for dating convicted felon Kenneth 'Zoo' Petty: 'How f***ing dare you talk about lowering standards.'

Chance the Rapper confessed to Nicki Minaj on her radio show that his wife saved his life by becoming celibate while the two were estranged. They subsequently married earlier this year.

Saunders, an A&R with Rockstarr Music Group, took to Instagram with a post ripping the Grammy-nominated artist, 36, over the presentation and promotion of the single.

Nicki Minaj and fiancé Kenneth Petty are officially walking down the aisle. The Super Bass rapper divulged on her Queen Radio show on Monday that she and Petty are set to wed in 'about 80 days'

The rapper, 36, sparked a fan frenzy when she changed her Twitter bio to Mrs Petty on Friday, two weeks after obtaining a marriage licence from Beverly Hills courthouse.

Nicki Minaj put on a sizzling display to celebrate the release of her Hot Girl Summer music video, on Tuesday. The Barbie Dreams hitmaker shared videos to Instagram in a plunging white dress.

Nicki Minaj brought her hunky fiance, manslaughter convict Kenneth Petty, to a Beverly Hills party for her Fendi collaboration on Tuesday.

Nicki Minaj has revealed she could marry her convict fiancé Kenneth Petty in the next week.

Paris Jackson reached back to her inner Hippie style in a retro-suede fringe jacket and flared blue jeans for Nicki Minaj's Fendi Prints On x Nicki Minaj launch party on Tuesday.

The rapper, 36, exchanged vows with Petty in front of 'several family members' at a private Los Angeles home on Monday, TMZ reports.

Bling alert: Newly married Nicki Minaj was seen in a gallery of images and video on her Instagram with her husband flaunting their gigantic new rocks in Halloween costumes.

The Anaconda singer also paid tribute to her late friend and tour mate Juice WRLD, days after his death at 21 amid a seizure while at Midway Airport in Chicago.

Nicki Minaj's brother Jelani Maraj was sentenced to 25 years-to-life in a New York court Monday, following his 2017 conviction for raping an 11-year-old child while her mother was at work.

The 37-year-old singer showcased her curvy figure in a skin-tight top with matching bottoms while heading into Mr. Jones with new hubby, Kenneth 'Zoo' Petty.

Listeners called the Anaconda rapper out as disrespectful after using the lyrics: 'All you b*****s Rosa Parks, uh oh, get your a** up' in the forthcoming track, tentatively titled Yikes.

The rapper, 32, found himself caught in a vicious and deeply personal exchange with the Anaconda hitmaker, 37.

The rapper, 37, was bemused after discovering a porn site uploaded her Instagram video with the caption, ''Juicy Thick Trinidadian Twerking'.

Wendy Williams added fuel to her feud with rapper Nicki Minaj during a taping of her talk show on Tuesday by taunting her about the rapper's 'sex offender' husband.

Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, will now be able to legally surf the internet as part of the conditions of his pre-trial release.

The Eagles are low on fire-power with Christian Benteke, Connor Wickham and Alexander Sorloth all having problems - be it form or injury - and Roy Hodgson is desperate to add some attacking threat.

The CSKA Moscow legend played in a trial game with Chelsea during the early days of his career. Avram Grant was in charge of the Blues at the time and was not convinced by the Russian midfielder.

A source claimed that the soap star, 48, told one crew member: 'I know you want some of me,' in a break from filming for the 35th Anniversary special.

The actress, 43, teased that Linda could be killed off during the BBC soap's 35th anniversary special as one of Albert Square's residents meet their fate in the deadly episode.

EastEnders first look spoiler pictures show Callum Highway bound and gagged during his kidnap ordeal amid Keanu Taylor's explosive revenge plot against the Mitchells.

The BBC soap will mark its 35th Anniversary next week with a dramatic run of episodes, and one character will be killed off as a boat party on the River Thames takes a tragic turn.

James, 34, commented on a picture of Jacqueline, 27, writing: 'You look like you are waiting for the sunshine bus and if anyone touches your football you will go mad.'

Scott Mitchell, 56, revealed that watching EastEnders helps battle the neurodegenerative disease Barbara Windsor was diagnosed with six years ago.

Viewers rushed to Twitter to praise the soap after a gripping episode saw Whitney finally escape Leon's clutches by stabbing him with a knife.

EastEnders star Lacey Turner has admitted she couldn't allow herself to get excited about her pregnancy before giving birth to daughter Dusty, seven months.

The actor, best known for his role as Steven Beale on the BBC soap, was left stunned after the youth brandished a bread-knife as he made his way home from a local fitness studio.

The 42-year-old has spoken about why he feels it was 'harsh' of EastEnders to axe him following his split from longtime girlfriend, Rebekah Rose-Ward.

Many viewers took to Twitter to poke fun at the hilarious transformation, after the character was recast for the seventh time with newcomer Dayle Hudson.

EastEnders' Ben Mitchell faces serious danger in Friday's episode as he steps out in front of a speeding motorbike after failing to hear it coming.

Appearing on Thursday's episode of Loose Women, the EastEnders star, 31, reflected on her journey to motherhood after welcoming daughter Dusty in July with husband Matt Kay.