CHRIS FOY: Never mind the World Cup connotations. For now, the bigger picture can remain out of focus, in the background. Friday night it is all about Wales versus England.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: As an England ‘fan’, I’m still buzzing about that win over Wales, while the coach in me is trying not to get too carried away. However, that the result was huge leap forward.

MIKE KEEGAN AT WEMBLEY: Warrington Wolves have won the Challenge Cup after overcoming the odds to defeat favourites St Helens in a competitive final at Wembley Stadium.

Brian McDermott could not hide his delight after Toronto completed their fairytale rise by winning promotion to Super League.

The Canadian outfit are on the lookout for big-name signings following their promotion from the Championship and intend to follow up on their initial approach once his Rugby World Cup is over.

The 34-year-old will be officially unveiled at a press conference at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium next Thursday and join up with his new team-mates after a period of rest and recovery.

History will be made this Sunday when the Toronto Wolfpack become the first ever North American club to play in the top flight of a British sports league. We have everything you need to know about them.

Sonny Bill Williams insists the magic will come after making a low-key return to rugby league in Toronto Wolfpack's 28-10 defeat by Castleford in their opening Super League match.

Leeds Rhinos coach Richard Agar watched his side hammer Super League new boys Toronto Wolfpack 66-12 to keep them rooted to the foot of the table but tipped them to avoid relegation.

The 41-year-old revealed he is 'not afraid to die' during his efforts to help citizens cope with the ongoing pandemic, but fears that looting will increase in his homeland as the crisis worsens.

Johnny Depp has settled a lawsuit with firm Buckley LLP which was suing him for $350,000 in unpaid fees over a case in which the actor sued his long-time lawyer Jacob Bloom (inset), also over fees.

David Killackey, who worked on Heard and Depp's classic cars in the wake of their 2016 split, claimed that the actress's father, David Heard, made 'death threats' against her ex-husband.

She was last seen with beau Timothée Chalamet in late October for a dinner date in Los Angeles. And over two months later, Lily-Rose Deep was spotted with another handsome leading man.

Joanne Harris's bestselling novel Chocolat, which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, was inspired by France's picturesque south west.

The ugly story of Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard is far from over. Here, ALISON BOSHOFF examines what revelations are yet to come.

Johnny Depp's libel trial in London against The Sun, which accused him of beating his ex-wife Amber Heard, has been adjourned due to the coronavirus (pictured, Depp in February).

Amber Heard is seen with Elon Musk's arm draped around her, as they ride the elevator at the luxury downtown LA apartment complex where she once lived with Johnny Depp.

Paul Barresi was hired by Amber Heard's legal team to find people who had been verbally or physically abused by Johnny Depp. But the P.I. said he couldn't find anyone to say a bad word against Depp.

Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke and The Crown's Claire Foy are just some of the names to have appeared on the programme since its launch on 26 March 2000.

Tributes have been paid to Game Of Thrones actor BJ Hogg following his death aged 65.

Game of Thrones actor Michael Condron has taking up a job as an Asda delivery driver at Northern Ireleand's Belfast Shore Road store, after acting projects were cancelled due to coronavirus.

Staff working in the children's Panda Unit at Salford Royal came up with the innovative way to reassure young patients after fearing they could be spooked by the medics' concealed faces in PPE.

JEFFREY ARCHER: Julian didn't reply. He was distracted by a screeching sound outside, as if a car was trying to avoid a collision.

The tech giant, which shuttered almost all of its outlets across the globe in response to the coronavirus pandemic two months ago, announced the news on Friday.

Hundreds of Belarusians, including Second World War veterans, attended a Victory Day parade in Minsk on Saturday that marked the 75th anniversary of the allied victory over Nazi Germany.

In Germany, zoos such as Berlin Zoo, pictured with empty seats, are struggling to afford to look after their animals as their doors remain closed to the public during the coronavirus lock down.

TONY RENNELL: Author Bernice Lerner has written her mother Rachel Genuth's story as a Belsen victim, intertwined with that of Brigadier Glyn Hughes, her liberator, in the new book, To Meet In Hell.

In the European study researchers from Martin Luther University, Germany, looked at death rates across 66 administrative regions in Italy, Spain, France and Germany.

Around 75 demonstrators, including ex-servicemen and women, bumped shoulders at the park at Trafalgar Train Station in West Gippsland, Victoria on Saturday, demanding an end to lockdown.

By late April 1945, the German army was in retreat and, after nearly six long years of war, the Allies were finally poised to defeat Adolf Hitler.

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1945: The situation early this morning was moving quickly. British tanks were rolling into Denmark, crossing the German border into Jutland.

Researchers from Poland's Institute of National Remembrance pieced together the layout of the Preventive Security Police Camp for Polish Youth in Lodz, where hundreds of children died.

The ferocious statement by the Academy's Chair and interim CEO Harvey Mason Jr. claims that Deborah Dugan 'wanted millions' to withdraw allegations she had made against the organisation.

The actress, 26, and her sibling, 23, enjoyed Red Light Management's Grammy Awards after party, at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood on Sunday.

The performer won a Grammy back in 2014 for Best Musical Theater Album after originating the role of Lola in the Broadway musical adaptation of the movie Kinky Boots.

Just days after presenting a tribute to Nipsey Hussle at the Grammy Awards, director Ava DuVernay's documentary about the late rapper is moving forward at Netflix.

Love Island Australia host Sophie Monk is making the most of her time in Fiji with boyfriend Joshua Gross.  But on Sunday, Love Island narrator Eoghan McDermott cheekily interrupted the couples.

Taking to Instagram on Friday, the Australian beauty, 38, displayed her tanned bump as she sat overlooking a stunning seascape with bright blue skies and crystal clear waters

She recently returned from a festive family getaway to Fiji. And Storm looked sun-kissed and radiant as she attended the Cirque du Soleil press night at London's Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday.

Irish musician Ronan, 42, shared the 'super exciting' news during an interview with OK! magazine, as the couple prepare to have their second child together.

The 'Bula Force' arrived in the fire ravaged East Gippsland region of Victoria on January 18 before heading home on Tuesday.

With medical supplies in high demand during the coronavirus pandemic, Australian fashion designers are now creating purposeful medical clothing for practitioners and hospitals.

Last week they were spotted going to a pet store with a fluffy bunny On Sunday, the actress, 44, and her daughter, 11, left the rabbit at home, taking the family's rescue mutt instead.

Alex Thomas-Smith, a stand-in for the West End musical Dear Evan Hansen, had his wildest dreams come true when he met the actress at his show over the weekend.

Jon Voight caught up with a friend on the phone as he left a grocery store in the upscale neighborhood of Bel-Air with wine and sandwich in hand.

GAME has today confirmed it intends to close 40 stores throughout the UK. Notice has been served at sites in Derby, Norwich Chapelfield, Lakeside, Bexleyheath and Carmarthen.

Nicholas Glasgow, a yoga instructor in Iowa City, Iowa, was arrested for beating a fellow moviegoer for using their cell phone during a screening of Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood

Debbie, from Glasgow, who was in a near-fatal car accident in 2009 told how she broke four vertebrae, while the skin had been torn from her face to skull. She will appear in tonight's Tattoo Fixers on E4.

The clip, posted online by Brooke Vance, from Glasgow, shows a Flake bar smoking and turning charred like a piece of wood or coal as it's blasted by a blow torch, but not a drop turns to goo,.

Conditions in East Renfrewshire, just south of Glasgow, were so bad that ITV's Scotland correspondent Peter Smith struggled to speak through the snow and the rain. The clip has since gone viral.