Crystal Palace defender Mamadou Sakho believes his legal battle with WADA over a drug test blunder will not be a distraction on the pitch this season. Sakho is suing the agency for £13million.

The ruling spoke of Salazar using his two sons as guinea pigs in June 2009 as a means of establishing how much testosterone gel could be applied before breaching the legal limits.

British Olympic chiefs have called for even tougher sanctions against Russia to prevent their athletes competing as neutrals in Tokyo next year.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: It emerged in Panorama on that some UKA officials had misgivings about whether administering the legal supplement ahead of the London Marathon was within the 'spirit of sport'.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Russia has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport for more time to prepare an appeal against their four-year ban from international sport.

Willian's effort from the edge of the area slipped from Adrian's grasp and into the side of the net after only 13 minutes of their FA Cup encounter at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night.

Jurgen Klopp has hit out at Atletico Madrid for not playing 'proper football' after his Liverpool side were dumped out of the Champions League by Diego Simeone's side on Wednesday night.

It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's Riath Al-Samarrai reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week. 

Trent Alexander-Arnold may only be 21 but he is already proving to be an inspirational figure to Liverpool's academy players. Neco Williams, 18, says it has been an 'eye-opener' watching him.

AC Milan have turned down an opportunity to sign Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana in the summer, The England international will likely become a free agent at the end of the season.

Former Liverpool striker Ian Rush believes the current generation of Reds could be 'actually better' than the great sides of the past.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich says voters are 'smart enough' to know what to do without his guidance -- as he leaves the field for Cruz to try to defeat Trump in Indiana.

Heidi Cruz responded today to one of the internet's weirdest conspiracy theories  – that Sen. Ted Cruz, her husband, was the 'Zodiac Killer.'

British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir has been cast to play former President Barack Obama in A Higher Loyalty, a CBS miniseries based on the book by fired FBI Director James Comey.

Adam Schiff said Sunday that the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump isn't a partisan issue as he bashes Republicans for putting party ahead of country.

Mark Roe, the CEO of Adelaide based company Fusetec, said the brains have the potential to save lives as surgeons are able to practice high risk surgeries before they treat patients.

The results showed a 13 per cent drop in support for the president from when he took office in 2016. They were carried out by the Military Times and staff at Syracuse University, New York.

The documentary American Factory, which is the first release from the Obamas' production company Higher Ground, earned an Oscars nod on Monday for documentary feature.

By assuming a greater power than he has, President Trump threatens to imperil the very foundation of American democracy by effectively attempting to place himself above the law

The actress, 23, the actor, 57, and his wife went to watch Ashleigh Barty play Markéta Vondroušová at the Women's final of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.

The 53-year-old announced the news on his official Twitter account, writing: 'We've been on full quarantine, our entire house now, for well over two weeks.'

First daughter Ivanka Trump continued to engage with world leaders as she accompanied her father in South Korea.

Nigel Farage said he was ready to put 'country before party' and 'help in any way we can' if a snap poll is triggered.

Senior Tory Brexiteer Steve Baker has warned Boris Johnson he must do a deal with the Brexit Party ahead of a snap general election in order to have any hope of winning a majority.

Nigel Farage said 'of course' the Brexit Party and Tories must do a deal to stop them splitting the Eurosceptic vote in a snap election - which could come as early as October 15.

Members of the European Research Group are reported to have held 'very tentative' discussions with the Brexit Party leader over the possibility of a pact saying it 'would be mad' not to pursue one.

The overwhelming majority of Tory voters and Brexit Party supporters want Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage to agree an electoral pact before the next general election, according to a new poll.

Sajid Javid has failed to rule out a Tory pact with Nigel Farage's Brexit Party at the next election. The Chancellor said the Conservative Party did not need electoral alliances to win.

Hardline Brexiteer Nigel Farage wants to go after Labour seats where UKIP has previously had some success, such as in the Midlands and North East.

Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to reverse his decision to rule out an electoral pact with Nigel Farage.

HARRY COLE: Downing Street killed Nigel Farage's overtures for an electoral pact with the Tories stone dead last week, branding the Brexit stalwart and his millionaire backer Arron Banks 'not fit and proper'.

Boris Johnson has ruled out cutting an electoral pact with Nigel Farage, despite warnings the two parties could split the Brexit vote.

Nigel Farage renewed his appeal for the PM to join forces - but insisted it could only happen if the Tories committed to a 'clean break' from the EU.

The political commentator, 30, married Brit George Farmer over Labor Day weekend at the Trump winery in Charlottesville, Virginia in front of guests including Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.

Conservative Party chairman James Cleverly has immediately rejected a fresh appeal from Nigel Farage to form a general election Leave Alliance.

The Leave.EU boss who, along with Nigel Farage was one of the 'Bad Boys of Brexit', told residents of three constituencies in Stoke-on-Trent to vote Tory and warned he'd release his app.

Angela Rayner taunted Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage today as she said Labour had nothing to fear from the Tories or the Brexit Party in its northern heartlands seats like hers.

Under the proposal, the Tories would have put up 'paper candidates' in dozens of Labour strongholds and done little campaigning in an attempt to give the Brexit Party a free run.

So rarely when movies are based on real people is the true story as compelling as the chain of events depicted on screen, but when it comes to the life of Hal Needham, there seems to be an exception.

The Titanic actor went shirtless as he soaked up the sunshine in royal blue swim-shorts, while his girlfriend dazzled in a simple black ensemble.

It seemed the trio were thick as thieves, seen leaving the upscale eatery Avra as a group before heading off in separate rides. As usual, the 44-year-old Oscar winner kept low-key.

The 45-year-old actor was seen enjoying a shopping trip with his girlfriend Camila Morrone, 22, and his best friend Lukas Haas, 43, in Aspen on Tuesday.

The 45-year-old actor is asking people to donate to the All In Challenge, with one lucky winner able to have a cameo in the new film Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by Martin Scorsese.

For the two enfant terribles in the recent history of the Premier League, this Europa League final threw up two sorely contrasting evenings.

Liverpool had substitute Roberto Firmino to thank for victory in their first Champions League group clash of the season, as he scored in stoppage time. You can relive all the action from Anfield here.

Ousmane Dembele came off the bench to rescue a point for Barcelona in their highly-anticipated showdown with Atletico Madrid. Relive all the action with Sportsmail's MAX WINTERS here.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: There have been flashes of the beast that Chelsea signed but all too often the dark clouds have rolled in. On the pitch he has lost his edge and off it something is affecting him.

Jacob Bogle, a researcher from the US, analysed satellite images of North Korea taken since 2003 and found that a uranium plant at Pyongsan appears to be leaking waste into a nearby river.

Kim Jong Un visited the country's Myohyangsan Medical Appliances Factory just as North Korean official released a statement on tense US relations to secure nuclear negotiation, yesterday.

Twitter users reacted humorously to reports that Kim Jong-un had not died with one person using an image of WWE wrestler Mark William Calaway, better known as The Undertaker.