Athletic stars Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Dina Asher-Smith made the most of their post-season break by heading down the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson arrived in Austria with doubts in her mind and left on Sunday night having maybe implanted a few in someone else.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Katarina Johnson-Thompson is talking about recognition and the time it can take for some folk to see what is so clear to others.

Her haul of 4,138 points puts her 96 clear of the Olympic champion from Belgium, which is not unusual - the configuration of this event is such that she usually has the best of day one.

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 26-year-old broke Jessica Ennis-Hill's British record to post 6,981 points and take the title at the World Championships on Thursday. She beat defending champion Nafi Thiam by 304 points.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: There were tears before bedtime for Katarina Johnson-Thompson and a few more after breakfast on Friday morning.

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

Leading athletes from Team GB have taken the extraordinary step of launching legal action against the British Olympic Association over 'ridiculous' marketing rules.

INTERVIEW BY LAURA LAMBERT: While people are tucking into mince pies and turkey on Christmas Day, Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be out on the track, determined to get the edge on her rivals.

From the moment Andy Murray announced his premature 'retirement' from tennis in early January, it has proved to be a rollercoaster of emotions in the sporting world throughout 2019.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: I'll tell you one that surprised me - it was a message from my language tutor,' says Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

EXCLUSIVE BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The heated marketing row that casts a shadow over Team GB's preparations for the Tokyo Olympics is expected to be resolved next week.

Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Greece's Katerina Stefanidi said athletes felt forced to continue training despite the health risks because Olympic chiefs say the Games will still go ahead.

There are three significant events in the 2021 athletics calendar, with the European Indoors on March 5-7 joined by the rescheduled World Indoors on March 19-21 and the Tokyo Olympics.

One Direction stars Niall Horan and Harry Styles were two of the celeb fans who posted heartfelt tributes to the star on social media as the news broke.

Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey had been hospitalized since November and was in and out of a coma from pneumonia before his death

RAY CONNOLLY: Waking up to learn that Glenn Frey, who co-wrote and sang that song with the American group The Eagles, had died, there was much lamentation among rock music fans.

Legal documents reveal the 51-year-old was also named executor of his will, meaning she is in charge of distributing his personal effects as per his instruction.

In her complaint, Cindy Frey (nee Millican) accused Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan of negligence for failing to properly treat her late husband Glenn Frey's ulcerative colitis.

Adele showed she can nail any musical performance as she channelled her inner Nicki Minaj during a raucous rap performance in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Nicki Minaj dropped a music video for her new song Megatron, after promoting the track on social media for weeks.

Nicki Minaj has revealed she obtained a marriage license with her boyfriend, Kenneth Petty.

Nicki Minaj showed off her curvaceous figure in a set of sultry Instagram photos. The rapper and singer wore a body contouring brown Fendi dress and also posed with ex-con boyfriend Kenneth Petty.

Nicki Minaj went on a very special dinner date to Red Lobster with Jimmy Fallon during a pre-taped segment of a live edition of The Tonight Show.

Twelve years after the release of her first mixtape, Playtime is Over, Nicki Minaj is calling out artists and writers alike for what for not acknowledging her influence on hip hop music.

Payne's scheduled appearance at the Jeddah World Fest has sparked fury among activists angry at Saudi Arabia's criminalisation of gays, and jailing of women's rights activists.

On Sunday, Nicki Minaj announced her new collaboration alongside luxury label Fendi in a new Instagram video. The rapper-turned-designer, 36, served a fierce look as she struck a few poses.

Nicki Minaj shared a new trailer for Angry Birds 2 that features more of her character than any other. She plays Pinky in the upcoming sequel, a bird who speaks in the English accent she's used before.

Nicki Minaj suggested she was pregnant and engaged to her boyfriend Kenneth Petty on a track released Friday. He's a registered sex offender and pleased guilty to manslaughter in 2006.

Nicki Minaj hit back at naysayers who have been slamming her for dating convicted felon Kenneth 'Zoo' Petty: 'How f***ing dare you talk about lowering standards.'

Nicki Minaj has obtained a marriage license with boyfriend Kenneth Petty.

Chance the Rapper confessed to Nicki Minaj on her radio show that his wife saved his life by becoming celibate while the two were estranged. They subsequently married earlier this year.

Almost a year after Cardi B threw a shoe at Nicki Minaj during New York Fashion Week, their closest friends are rekindling the feud.Cardi's best friend Star Brim, 27, wasn't there to defend her pal from

The 36-year-old hip-hop star looks the other way when it comes to the 41-year-old registered sex offender's two prison stints

From the sleek style of Kate Mara to the head-turning outfits of Nicki Minaj, stylist Johnny Wujek is responsible for some of the most recognisable celebrity looks.

Their whirlwind romance, which went public last December, has been the subject of some controversy, as fans have pointed out that Petty is a registered sex offender in the state of New York.

Nicki Minaj put on a sizzling display to celebrate the release of her Hot Girl Summer music video, on Tuesday. The Barbie Dreams hitmaker shared videos to Instagram in a plunging white dress.

Nicki Minaj has announced she is retiring from her music career to start a family, according to a tweet posted on Thursday morning. 

Barbies everywhere were shook on Thursday, when their queen Nicki Minaj tweeted that she was leaving her music career behind. On Friday, the rapper backtracked and issued an apology.

When stopping by season six of The Real in LA on Monday, the 40-year-old TV star revealed there is plenty of sibling rivalry in her family.

FENDI has collaborated with world renowned artist Nicki Minaj. The collaboration is the next chapter of FENDI's FF series, entitled FENDI PRINTS ON, named after Nicki's lyrics.

The rapper posed in a hot pink swimsuit as well as a low-cut silver dress as she was admired by both men and women for the October issue of Elle magazine.

Nicki Minaj brought her hunky fiance, manslaughter convict Kenneth Petty, to a Beverly Hills party for her Fendi collaboration on Tuesday.

Nicki Minaj has revealed she could marry her convict fiancé Kenneth Petty in the next week.

Paris Jackson reached back to her inner Hippie style in a retro-suede fringe jacket and flared blue jeans for Nicki Minaj's Fendi Prints On x Nicki Minaj launch party on Tuesday.

The rapper, 36, exchanged vows with Petty in front of 'several family members' at a private Los Angeles home on Monday, TMZ reports.

The Super Bass singer, 36, is thought to have flown her pastor, Lydia Woodson-Sloley, from Brooklyn to Los Angeles for her nuptials, according to TMZ .

Bling alert: Newly married Nicki Minaj was seen in a gallery of images and video on her Instagram with her husband flaunting their gigantic new rocks in Halloween costumes.

Nicki Minaj's fans-The Barbz-are known for quickly jumping to conclusions on social media. And Wednesday night the 36-year-old got her fans worked up when she tweeted 'expecting a'