Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has withdrawn from the Spain squad for the Nations League matches against England and Croatia, with Celta Vigo's Iago Aspas replacing him.

The La Liga outfit confirmed the injury news on Friday afternoon ahead of the weekend's action - in which Atletico take on Real Betis on Sunday afternoon.

Football fans are used to seeing Diego Costa play with a snarl. But this time he let out a wide smile for the camera as he posed for a picture with one of his footballing idols, Ronaldo.

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa was sent off for dissent during Saturday's defeat by Barcelona after reportedly aiming a vile insult to the referee regarding his mother.

With just seven games left Costa, who was shown a straight red card, will not feature for the remainder of the season and may have played his last game for Atletico Madrid.

Diego Costa has decided not to train with his Atletico Madrid team-mates, despite the club confirming he is not suffering from an injury. He received an eight-game ban for a red card last week.

Diego Costa has been told by Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone that ‘any player who wants to leave, can leave,’ as the controversial striker returned to training.

INTERVIEW BY PETE JENSON: Valencia defender Gabriel Paulista will never forget the moment he knew he’d arrived in English football. It was his Arsenal debut against Everton.

Diego Costa scored four goals and was later sent off as Real Madrid were beaten 7-3 by city rivals Atletico, leaving Zidane 'hurt' but 'not concerned' at the result.

Choe In-guk - the son of former South Korean foreign minister Choe Dok-shin who defected in 1986 - was filmed arriving in Pyongyang on Saturday where he pledged allegiance to Kim Jong-un.

Reports which emerged in Japan last month claimed that Kenji Fujimoto (pictured), a former chef for Kim Jong-un's father Kim Jong-il, had been arrested on suspicion of a 'past betrayal'.

John Bolton bashed any future talks between Trump and North Korea and Iran, claiming they are 'doomed to failure.' 'He ripped Trump, without using his name, several times,' one attendee said.

North Korean refugees suspected of having caught coronavirus during their escape to China have been quarantined among terminal tuberculosis patients. Pictured: Pyongyang Hospital.

The North Korean man was rushed to hospital after being shot by a Chinese border guard while trying to defect on April 20 where he tested positive for coronavirus, a source has said.

North Korea is hiding the true devastation dealt to its people by coronavirus in a bid to spare China embarrassment, a senior defector has revealed. The true number 'very likely... exceeds imagination'.

Katy Perry made meme history when she performed alongside dancers in shark costumes at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2015. 

On Sunday Katy Perry performed live on stage for the first time since announcing her pregnancy. 

Katy Perry has revealed that her grandmother Ann Pearl Hudson has sadly passed away, breaking the news on Twitter on Monday morning.

Katy Perry has shared a moving video of the moment she told her grandmother she was pregnant.

Katy Perry is performing at the FIGHT ON bushfire recovery concert in regional Victoria, Australia on Wednesday night.  

Katy Perry sent the crowd into a frenzy at the FIGHT ON bushfire recovery concert in Bright, in regional Victoria, on Wednesday night.

He's expecting his second child with his fiancee Katy Perry, but before this relationship he admits that he 'wasn't happy.' 

While many beaches across southern California were closed over the weekend, Orlando Bloom managed to find one that remained open so he could enjoy a brief swim.

The failures of the 2017 project appear to have inspired Katy Perry, based on the reflective lyrics of her forthcoming song Smile.

NRL chief commercial officer Andrew Abdo said the commercial is not intended to be political and showcases highlight moments for the game over the past 30 years.

Latrell Mitchell has hit back at Karl Stefanovic for calling his NRL season promo 'divisive' because he wore an Aboriginal flag over his shoulders.

The ad was launched a week ago and showed the Rabbitohs star standing in the water at a beach with an Aboriginal flag draped over his shoulders.

Mr Morrison announced the government would ban 'non essential' public gatherings of more than 500 people in Australia from Monday.

The beautician wife of NRL star Justin O'Neill is selling hand sanitiser at a hefty price, despite a shortage in hospitals due to the coronavirus crisis. The one litre bottles were initially offered for $199 each.

Professor Kelly was questioned on Friday about the NRL's attempts to restart the season which he said was simply too soon to be considering.

From the day he took over as CEO of the NRL Todd Greenberg was a dead man walking.

NRL stars Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo Carr took to social media to apologise and tell their side of the story after flouting lockdown rules on a camping trip on the NSW mid north coast.

he Gold Coast Titans star back-rower indicated to team officials that he will refuse to get the jab when training resumed training on Monday as his anti-vaxxer wife stood by his decision.

The Prime Minister weighed into the NRL controversy surrounding Gold Coast Titans star anti-vaxxer Bryce Cartwright on 2GB.

NRL WAGs Taylor Winterstein and Jade Grant came out in support of Bryce Cartwright, who told Gold Coast Titans doctors he would refuse the flu shot mandated by the league.

The Gold Coast Titans backrower is waiting to hear whether he can play when the season restarts on May 28 after telling team officials he will refuse the compulsory influenza injection.

Canberra Raiders forwards Josh Papalii, Sia Soliola and Joseph Tapine told their team on Tuesday they would not accept the flu jab, and were told not to come to training on Wednesday.

Gold Coast Titans' Bryce Cartwright, Nathan Peats and Brian Kelly were informed they would be unable to play on Friday afternoon following talks between the NRL and Queensland Government.

The Australian Rugby League Commission will consider dropping the number of NRL referees from two to one, as well as a ruck rule change proposed by Project Apollo.

Up to 20 top Australian rugby league footballers are holding out on having a mandatory flu shot as the NRL prepares to resume its 2020 season. 

I'm A Celebrity's Caitlyn Jenner joked Sophia Hutchins would be 'jealous' of her new slimmed-down frame... before becoming emotional amid a surprise video call from daughter Kendall Jenner.

Ben Simmons has joined Australia's top basketball stars in donating generously to the bushfire relief efforts.

If you thought supermodel and reality star Kendall Jenner had recently joined TikTok, it seems that was not exactly the case.

The 24-year-old Society Management Model wrote: 'I miss my friends. The sooner we quarantine, the sooner we can get back to our peoples again'

The coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of all of us, rich or poor.

Three fishermen offered a life ring to a digger driver who was stuck on a flooded barge in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. He wades through the sea minutes before the dredger breaks in half.

Dozens gathered to watch as the humiliated woman was whipped along with seven other victims outside a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh.

The 65-year-old flew into Sydney from Indonesia on March 22 and was told to self-isolate to prevent the spread of the deadly disease.

Andriadi Putra, 34, from Medan in North Sumatra, Indonesia, has trouble eating and talking because of the 'trunk' like tumour weighing around 88lbs. Putra suffers from Neurofibromatosis.

Looking back, the director admits he had no clue as to how successful a cast list that boasted the talents of Keira Knightley and Andrew Lincoln would eventually be.