She leads Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam and Carolin Schafer, who sit three and six points back respectively going into the long jump, javelin and 800m.

The 25-year-old is favourite for the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships, which were getting under way on Thursday but has played down her chances of winning.

In the space of a pentathlon on Friday, Johnson-Thompson ran, jumped and threw her way out of the realm of perennial underachiever and into one reserved for world champions.

Sometimes the opposition is just too good. For that reason alone, Katarina Johnson-Thompson will reflect on the silver linings of her trip to Berlin instead of celebrating a golden hat-trick.

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.

The heptathlete, 26, shared a sun-drenched snap of herself to Instagram on Monday posing on an idyllic sea swing.

He already scored big at the Olympics and now Ryan Lochte is winning over the ladies with his perfectly chiseled physique.

The final judgement on Steven and Ileana Lochte‘s Port Orange home took place in October last year. Their son Ryan Lochte (pictured with his mom) has 11 Olympic medals and earned millions in endorsements outside of the pool.

Hours after declaring on the Today show that he was 'active' and 'available' on Tinder, the Team USA swimmer in an attempted disguise sneaked into the hotel where Kayla Rae Reid is staying.

After admitting in January that he can't swim, at the age of 40, singer John Legend is taking baby steps, learning to swim from an Olympic champion.

The golden retriever was celebrated at Guisachan House in Tomich, Inverness-shire. The well-loved canine was first bred on the estate in the 19th century by estate owner Lord Tweedmouth.

The Made In Chelsea star shared a collection of photos to her Instagram wearing a sequined gold mini dress that featured long sleeves and a chunky black satin buckle around her neck.

She had her locks pulled tightly back into a bun at the late summer event hailing from the Garden State.

She made her Glastonbury festival debut over the weekend to rave reviews.

The 23-year-old reality star flaunted her impressively long legs in a golden feathered mini dress before enlisting the help of a pair of horses to give her the ultimate photo shoot backdrop.

The couple were at the Florida theme park over Halloween to mark the one-year anniversary of their daughter's Make-a-Wish trip when they ran into Kara Geiselman's young daughter - Belle.

St Helens have begun the search for a new head coach following confirmation that Justin Holbrook will join Gold Coast Titans at the end of the season.

Priyanka Chopra commanded attention in a sleeveless golden gown with train at the Clive davis Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills on Saturday.

The Radio 1 host, 32, turned heads on the red carpet in a plunging gold glittery floor-length dress as she attended the Grammy Awards at Los Angeles' Staple Centre on Sunday.

Jolie kept warm in a long black overcoat which she wore over black leggings and paired with nude flats. Her long hair was loose and she sported sunglasses and drop earrings.

Sonny Bill Williams is part of the New Zealand squad hoping to mark the inaugural rugby sevens competition at the Games by topping the podium after transitioning to the format.

Justin Gatlin does not care that Usain Bolt laughs at the challenge he is mounting for 100 metres supremacy this summer.

MATT LAWTON: Seb Coe has said he will feel ‘queasy’ should Justin Gatlin, or any other convicted drugs cheat, win gold at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

As Usain Bolt fulfilled his final media duties inside the Bird’s Nest stadium after winning 100m gold, with cleaners tidying around him and, a fan draped draped in the Jamaican flag screamed: ‘Yes Usain Bolt!'

Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin set up the sequel to their world championship sprint showdown on Wednesday, both winning their semifinal heats in the 200 metres.

USA's Justin Gatlin, 34, hopes to become the fastest man in the world, beating out rival sprinter Jamaican Usain Bolt. The New Yorker has been banned from the Olympics twice for doping

Laura Dern was spotted on the streets of Santa Monica enjoying some on-on-one bonding time with her son Ellery, 18, at a restaurant in Santa Monica on Wednesday afternoon.

Before becoming the longtime announcer of the long-running syndicated program in 1994, he was a prominent radio host in the 1960s throughout the 1980s.

OLIVER HOLT: I hope that making such a generous apology to Messrs Sullivan and Gold and Baroness Brady, the visionaries in charge of West Ham, did not stick in the throats of Sky Sports bosses.

She’s long been heralded as Team GB’s Olympic poster girl, but on my way to meet Jessica Ennis, I mused on what it must be like to add another moniker to her already impressive list of titles.

Beauty purists will argue that the bronzed look is only suited to blondes. However, Binky can't live without a little sunkissed shimmer, here she and make-up artist, Daniel Sandler show you how to achieve the golden look.

Four people in NSW and two on the Gold Coast are being tested for the deadly new coronavirus spreading from China as the global death toll rose to 26 with 844 confirmed cases.

MSP for Renfrewshire North and West Derek Mackay is entitled to a =n automatic severance payment of £11,945 for losing ministerial office.

The Pussycat Dolls star, 41, looked incredible in a one-shouldered pink gown as she oozed elegance while her dashing beau swapped The X Factor

EXCLUSIVE BY OLIVER HOLT: There is a picture on the walls of the Lord Bagenal Inn that shows a group of men and women standing proudly in the main street beside a horse called Different Pace. 

It worked with Politologue in Wednesday's Queen Mother Champion Chase and Paul Nicholls is hoping that saving Clan Des Obeaux for one big shot will pay off in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Former jockey Mark Dwyer has paid tribute to Cheltenham Gold Cup winning trainer Peter Beaumont, who has died at the age of 85.

She took the stage as a presenter alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. And ahead of her appearance, Tina Fey looked statuesque as she stepped out at the Tony Awards red carpet in New York on Sunday.

Selena Gomez was nothing but smiles on set of her new music video on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The 27-year-old rocked a gold halter dress for the shoot.

TeamGB taekwondo champion Jade Jones kicked her way Olympic history when she won gold to make her the most successful Briton in her sport.

MATT BARLOW AT THE STADE DE FRANCE: This time, Joachim Low was left scratching his head as opposed to another part of his anatomy as Poland made his world champions appear mortal..

With seven games of the tournament remaining, kicking off with Poland's quarter-final clash against Portugal on Thursday night, three players sit top of the standings with three goals each.

The 2014 World Cup Golden Boot was won by Colombia's James Rodriguez, who set the tournament alight with six goals and goal of the tournament before earning a transfer to Real Madrid.

British music promoter Rob Goldstone helped set up a Trump Tower meeting with Russians under the expectation they had 'smoking gun' material on Hillary, he told lawmakers.

Ryan William Victor Grafton, 26, is accused of running off with almost $500 in merchandise from an Oxenford sex shop, stealing cars, and also pinching a mobile phone on the Gold Coast.

This is the heartwarming moment five elephants were rescued from an abandoned goldmine in Malaysia. Video shows wildlife officers digging a ramp to help free the elephants.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott attended the holiest site in Sikhism, the Golden Temple in Punjab, India, as part of celebrations for the 550th birthday of the religion's founder, Guru Nanak Dev.

Britain's No 1 boxer Josh Taylor has vowed to never again let alcohol jeopardise that hard-earned status nor imperil his golden future.

Laura Trott added the women's omnium world title to the team pursuit gold at the world championships in Melbourne on Saturday.

Despite her astonishing success in the cycling team pursuit yesterday, not everything has gone to plan for Laura Trott.