Jessica Ennis-Hill faces a key test of her Olympic preparations in Germany this weekend when she competes in her first heptathlon since winning gold at last year's World Championships.

The 30-year-old is set to look the part when she defends her heptathlon crown in Rio this summer after picking up her Team GB kit for Brazil at an event in Birmingham on Tuesday.

Jessica Ennis-Hill is content to be heading into the Rio Olympics in a more relaxed frame of mind than she entered London 2012 when carrying the hopes of a nation.

It was a far cry from Rio de Janeiro but Britain’s golden girl Jessica Ennis-Hill impressed as she put the final touches to her Olympic preparation at the Stretford Grand Prix in Manchester.

The Muller Anniversary Games takes place at London's Olympic Stadium this weekend as some of the world's best athletes prepare for the start of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Ennis-Hill'S storming, season’s best performance in the 100m hurdles will have her rivals quivering ahead of next month's Olympics.

The American dipped under the 28-year-old time of 12.21, clocking 12.20 seconds at the London Anniversary Games to break the record set in Stara Zagora by Yordanka Donkova.

Toni Minichiello has coached Ennis-Hill, now 30, since she was 13, and believes she is capable of winning in 12 days’ time on what could be Super Saturday 2 for Team GB in Rio.

With the Rio Olympic Games just around the corner, Sir Chris Hoy - the most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time - has picked out his top 10 British athletes to watch out for.

Day eight saw Mo Farah win gold in the 10,000m, as Jess Ennis-Hill took silver in the heptathlon and Greg Rutherford claimed a bronze medal in the men's long jump competition.

The mother of British Olympic heptathlon athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson has written her daughter a heart-warming letter as she tries to win her first Olympic medal this evening.

MARTHA KELNER: Jessica Ennis-Hill won the most stunning of silver medals on Sunday, coming within two seconds of defending her title as Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam clinched gold.

Jessica Ennis-Hill did not use the word retirement on Sunday morning when speaking after just three hours’ sleep, but it seemed her mind was made up as she reflected on her achievements.

Jessica Ennis says her son Reggie, two, is her priority now and that 'everything changed' after she became a mum. The 30-year-old has retired from Olympic sport after her silver medal in Rio.

Three of Great Britain's Olympic heroes, Justin Rose, Bradley Wiggins and Jessica Ennis-Hill, returned home on Tuesday, but they did so in very different ways.

Sheffield athlete Jessica Ennis-Hill was pictured at London Heathrow Airport today, having achieved a heptathlon silver medal two years after the birth of her son Reggie.

Britain's bronze medal long jumper Greg Rutherford had an emotional reunion with his partner Susie Verrill and son Milo, while silver medallist Mark Cavendish also returned from Rio.

To carry on, or not to carry on: that is the question now haunting Jessica Ennis-Hill. The woman who won gold in London 2012 and became a symbol of all that was glorious about the Games.

MARTHA KELNER: Jessica Ennis-Hill bowed out in her usual, understated fashion — posting a picture collage online showing the finest moments of what was a glittering career.

Experts predicted Ennis-Hill could earn at least double that after she called time on a stellar career that finished with Olympic silver in Rio, just two years on from having her first child, Reggie.

Jessica Ennis-Hill is set to be awarded her second World Championship heptathlon gold medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced Russian athlete Tatyana Chernova will be stripped of her title.

It was Reggie's bath time when Ennis-Hill found out she would finally be awarded the 2011 world championship heptathlon title which was stolen from her by a Russian drugs cheat.

Ennis-Hill is due to receive heptathlon gold from Daegu 2011 after she was upgraded from silver when Tatyana Chernova was stripped of her title following a doping offence.

Usain Bolt may have felt a tinge of sadness as he received his 100m bronze medal on Sunday evening, but the legendary sprinter still managed a smile for Jessica Ennis-Hill.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN PYEONGCHANG: The Scot left the ice in floods of tears on Tuesday after the first of her three speed skating medal attempts ended with a final-lap smash into the barriers.

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Griff Rhys Jones needs to be on stage. 'I love, love, love being funny in front of an audience,' he says. 'I adore it.'

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The brilliant choreographer's contemporary take on the tragic love story finally arrives in London.

Moncks comes from the folk behind nearby Park Chinois, that rather fabulous folly of Cantonese deluxe. But here the kitchen struggles to match the splendour of the decor

This smooth, sexy and sharply hilarious read is a million times better than very nice -it's totally fabulous.

After award-winning hits of classics Robert Icke ends his stint as an associate director at the Almeida with a dense but intriguing work that is very much of the moment.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of two outstanding composers of operettas, Franz von Suppé and Jacques Offenbach, though you could be forgiven for not noticing.

Have you had your blood pressure checked recently? If not you may be in for a shock.

Kings Of Leon, Rudimental and Little Mix headline the Liverpool festival in Sefton Park. Franz Ferdinand, Dizzee Rascal and Anne-Marie provide support. Fri-Sun

Historic Royal Palaces has argued that the project will block protected views of the tower which is part of a system introduced in 1938 to also guard views of St Paul's vistas and the Palace of Westminster.

In a letter to Mr Johnson on Sunday, campaigners said only an independent inquiry could get the 'critical' answers needed to explain the 'outsized effect' Covid-19 was having on BAME communities.

Alec Baldwin reprised his imitation of President Trump on the season finale of Saturday Night Live - this time with the Commander in Chief giving a commencement speech via Zoom.

A clever Australian shopper has demonstrated how to neatly fold reusable shopping bags to save pantry or drawer space in the kitchen. The bag is folded in certain ways to avoid unravelling.

Maurizio Sarri has backed Emre Can after the midfielder hit out over his omission from Juventus' Champions League squad. Can will not play during the group stages.

Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl has expressed his hope that captain Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg signs a new deal with the club.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES AND ADRIAN KAJUMBA: Hertfordshire Police have opened an investigation into allegations that Mark Sampson received threatening messages.

WHEN CLIVE MET EDDIE: The man in charge of England's 2019 challenge meets the man he is striving to emulate ahead of England launching their World Cup in Sapporo next weekend.

After taking the lead through Scott Malone, the Rams were denied a penalty when Martyn Waghorn appeared to be felled by Joe Bennett only for referee Darren England to wave away appeals.

CHRIS FOY IN MIYAZAKI: The head coach is satisfied that his Red Rose squad have acclimatised quickly since arriving here in the far south of the country on Tuesday evening.

Maguire's £85million switch - the most money ever spent on a defender - has naturally left fans and pundits closely scrutinizing the 26-year-old's performances in a red shirt.

Paris Saint-Germain's ultras have warned Neymar they are not prepared to give him a warm welcome as he prepares to return to the French side's starting line-up.

Sterling has enjoyed a blistering start to the season, scoring eight goals in seven games for Manchester City and England, earning him comparisions with some of the game's greats.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: With the coronavirus shutting down sport, there is now a worry over the survival of county cricket clubs due to the financial impact of the sport's shutdown.

1. The relevant Tariff Regulations - Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms & Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as "Tariff Regulations 2014") - in so far as they govern the obligation of the procurer of electricity to pay to the generating company for the supply received do not define or specify the "due date" for such payment. The Regulations do make provision for incentive for timely payment, the rebate admissible being subject to gradual decrease over the period specified also specifying surcharge leviable for late payment. As is the usual practice in the power industry, the Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) contain stipulation, inter-alia, for Letter of Credit (LC), the terms and conditions settled by the parties indicating the event on which such LC can be encashed. It is the contention of the Appellant (Distribution Licensee - Procurer) that the period specified in the Regulations for rebate to be availed by payment of the bill for supply of electricity should also be treated as the period within which such payment can be legitimately insisted upon, the end of the said period being "due date" prior to which the LC cannot be invoked. The PPA which was entered upon between the parties herein carries a stipulation that the payment of the periodic bill (raised on Appeal No. 26 of 2018 & IA No. 131 of 2018 Page 2 of 24 month-to-month basis) is to be made by the last bank working day of the month in which it is raised, described as the "due date". It is also the contention of the Appellant that this stipulation (as to due date) runs contrary to the Tariff Regulations providing for the incentive (rebate) for timely payment (within 30 days), and the liability for late payment surcharge (LPSC) and, consequently, the PPA will have to be enforced only after being aligned and brought in line with letter and spirit of the Regulations.