EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: A host of Championship clubs could start next season with points deductions as a row simmers over how the coronavirus crisis should affect financial regulations.

Andy Holt suggests football clubs should go into 'protective hibernation' to safeguard their futures during this uncertain period and fears games may not be played in front of crowds for a long time.

The Scottish Professional Football League's contentious resolution is resting on just one Championship club that failed to vote by Friday's 5pm deadline. The body received 39 responses.

EXCLUSIVE: Football League clubs have put their squads on mandatory leave - but told their British players not to leave the country. EFL have confirmed training is suspended until May 16.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The Championship club are at the centre of a battle after their crucial vote against voiding the season was not registered on time due to technical problems.

SPECIAL REPORT - JACK GAUGHAN: The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the need for football to reboot. 'Sustainability' and 'reset' have become buzzwords over the past weeks.

EXCLUSIVE: Football League clubs are growing closer to voting for the introduction of salary caps to safeguard the futures of stricken institutions, Sportsmail can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Football League clubs have been at pains to keep their players' secret sessions under wraps so not jeopardise the money they'll receive from the Government.

EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: Sources have disclosed that a peace treaty is among a number of measures being discussed by various executives as the COVID-19 crisis continues.

The Cottagers, like every Championship club, have their players training individually at home while football is shut down due to the deadly pandemic, but some have coped better than others.

EXCLUSIVE BY DANIEL MATTHEWS AND ADRIAN KAJUMBA: A percentage of Reading's U23 squad will be affected, understood to be those less likely to be involved with the first team.

Championship strugglers Luton Town have dismissed manager Graeme Jones and three of his coaching staff as the coronavirus lockdown bites down on EFL football.

EXCLUSIVE: Out-of-contract players are going to clash with EFL clubs over plans to ask them to play through July without extra payment. Many are coming to the end of their contracts in June.

In a letter to the Football League's Championship, Leagues One and League Two clubs today Parry confirmed the EFL remain in talks with the government about a return date.

The Aston Villa captain has auctioned off the famous No 10 shirt with all proceeds going to NHS Charities Together following the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Should the Premier League and Championship return the vast majority of the outstanding 200 matches may be played at different hours of the day with all of them shown on television or online.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN CAPE TOWN: Ben Stokes is one of the best and most complete fielders in world cricket. I can only really think of Chris Jordan as someone who comes anywhere near him.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN CAPE TOWN: It is an English trait to focus on what a player is not quite so good at, but after his century it is best to concentrate on what Dom Sibley can do very well.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN CAPE TOWN: The way he led, the moves he made and the way his players responded in this second Test have provided him with the perfect template.

NASSER HUSSAIN: Former England captain and Sportsmail columnist sits down to talk to assistant coach and his former international team-mate Graham Thorpe.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN PORT ELIZABETH: There should be no doubt Jofra Archer is the best man to replace Jimmy Anderson in the third Test here and must be given every chance to prove himself.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN PORT ELIZABETH: Joe Denly has impressed me in his Test career and looks to have the game to be a No 3 in international cricket, but he clearly has to work on his tempo.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN PORT ELIZABETH: The young players are really finding their way under Joe Root and it does look as though it is the England captain who is moulding his side.

This feels like the changing of the England guard now. Over the last 10 days of Test cricket we have seen Joe Root fully in charge of his side.

NASSER HUSSAIN: The Wanderers pitch has been one of the bounciest in the world for five or six years, so the key for England is to adapt to that.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN JOHANNESBURG: Joe Root endured a chaotic, frenetic morning ahead of the first day of this final Test but the England captain impressed me with his calm decision making.

NASSER HUSSAIN: The England dressing room did not exactly need lifting anyway but if anything could lift any team it has been Mark Wood's performance here.

NASSER HUSSAIN: The real challenges will come with India next winter and Australia the following one, but this comfortable 3-1 series win represents the green shoots of recovery for Joe Root's England.

NASSER HUSSAIN: If you were picking a tennis squad to play on clay you wouldn't fill it with grass court specialists so I can see the argument for horses-for-courses selections.

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.

NASSER HUSSAIN: You have to think outside the box at times like this and Sky had the idea of trying to emulate Gogglebox with their look at the last day at Headingley.

Etiquette expert William Hanson said senders should cut out the waffle and keep messages as clear as possible. He also believes people should not bother with 'hopeless chase ups'.

The most irritating trait of the millennial generation is their inability to commit, according to etiquette expert William Hanson, who's revealed the polite way to cancel - but only if you must.

UK etiquette expert William Hanson has offered his top tips on how to survive the party season - and his advice includes what to do if you're ditched with someone boring or if you forget a name.

Amy Schumer is hoping for the sympathy vote to get nominated in September's Primetime Emmys.

She became a mother for the first time a month ago. And Amy Schumer posted a heartwarming snapshot on Tuesday in which she dozed off while cradling her infant son Gene.

Jennifer Lawrence is upset with Amy Schumer's parenting schedule. She asked the comedian questions about The Handmaid's Tale via text and Amy was too busy with her son to answer.

Amy Schumer's newborn son Gene is close to her heart. The comedienne held her baby boy to her bosom and smiled sweetly into the camera for a new Instagram photo shared on Sunday.

Her baby son Gene will be eight weeks old on Sunday. And Amy Schumer uploaded a sweet Instagram snap of her happily snoozing newborn this Friday.

Amy Schumer was in a celebratory mood on Saturday as she got her first period since since finding out she was pregnant last year.

The 38-year-old comedienne was nominated in the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special category as she celebrated the news on social media.

She welcomed her son Gene Attell with husband Chris Fischer on Sunday, May 5. And on Sunday afternoon, Amy Schumer shared a snap of herself while while lounging on a surfboard..

They just welcomed son Gene into the world in May. But on Tuesday, comedienne Amy Schumer and husband Chris Fischer put their two-month-old on the hot seat as they jokingly grilled him

Amy Schumer and her husband Chris Fischer are still getting into the swing of things. The new mom, 38, shared a photo of her husband, 38 after a round of volleyball. The two were drenched in sweat.

The spat started four days ago when the actress posted an Instagram snap with her baby boy asking, if anyone would be interested in watching a documentary series about her pregnancy and birth.

The 38-year-old new mother was the only woman to make the list, which was topped by Kevin Hart

Vanessa Williams and Martha Stewart were among the star-studded crowd to watch Serena Williams steamroll to victory and advance to US Open Semi-Finals on Tuesday.

'She put the work in,' said the 45-year-old Harley who has also worked with Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Megan Fox. 'At the end of the day, it's all Jessica.'

Scientists from Kaiser Permanente in Southern California looked at nearly 50,000 women. Some endured hyperemesis gravidarum, while others had more comfortable pregnancies.

The comedian, 38, took to Instagram to post a picture of herself looking shocked on the loo with a pregnancy test stick next to her.