Whilst Rakitic, who has been in and out of the starting XI this season, hopes the season can be concluded, he believes Barca should be awarded the title if play cannot continue this summer.

Spain has been without football since March 12, two days before the nation went into a strict lockdown to battle its coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 22,000 lives.

Harry Kane has suggested he may leave Tottenham in order to achieve his ambitions in the game. But would the England captain be better off at a Premier League rivals or moving overseas?

Alexis Sanchez has had a less-than-impressive loan spell with Inter Milan this season having been deemed surplus to requirements last summer by Man United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: There may be more than two months to go, but naming the Premier League XI of the season already seems easy enough. It's Liverpool.

Tyson Fury's trainer and former world Champion Andy Lee has advised Deontay Wilder to not enter the ring with Fury for the third time and instead fight Andy Ruiz.

Dillian Whyte has revealed that the shoulder injury he suffered during his heavyweight defeat to Anthony Joshua in 2015 almost ended his professional boxing career.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Defending singles champions perished at the US Open within 24 hours of each other, one departing to a cacophony of booing and the other to supportive cheers.

Former Australian Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter says he can't understand why Nick Kyrgios hasn't already been suspended following a series of ugly tantrums this year.

EXCLUSIVE BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Boris Becker has called for the US Open to be cancelled in response to the severity of the coronavirus crisis in New York.

Investors should look under the bonnet of their global funds to see how far across the world their money actually stretches. Some are so concentrated in America that the global label is misleading.

As millions of people celebrate the Chinese New Year, This is Money speaks to industry experts about their thoughts on the country's economy, where they see value and their top Chinese fund picks.

Cormac van der Hoeven, pictured, is trying to raise £5m to help AFC Wimbledon complete their new stadium in Wimbledon, South-west London, after the club ran out of funds.

Chris Fraser, the chief executive of Sirius, has recommended a 5.5p-a-share offer from mining giant Anglo American and shareholders have just a few days left to back it or reject it.

It has been a rollercoaster ride for investors over the past few weeks as stock markets have felt the financial effects of coronavirus.

In buying shares in their own firms, directors are signalling they have confidence in the company's future - and that the share price represents good value.

ALEX BRUMMER: In spite of best government efforts the nation is heading for a slump, a surge of insolvencies and levels of unemployment almost certainly not seen in our lifetimes. Action is needed.

To reclaim the high ground, Mail City Editor Alex Brummer suggests the speech Osborne needs to make from his dispatch box.

We have a 10 day trip booked at the end of May to Corfu and so far, I have only paid the deposit. Should we cancel the trip or not do anything and hope that we'll still be able to go, or something else?

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: What happened to impartiality? Now fans with microphones invade every broadcast and are almost encouraged to act out by their bosses.

Ash Barty has served a brilliant response after the debate over changing date of Australia Day threatened to overshadow her stunning fourth round win at her home grand slam.

Jose Mourinho says Lionel Messi should not be considered the scapegoat after Argentina's World Cup final defeat to Germany.

I have multiple pension pots. I am 52 and plan to retire at 55, in summer 2022. I am in receipt of a Royal Air Force pension and along with that I have four other pensions.

The deadline for me to take a decision on the full lump sum without paying tax is due in summer 2021. Anything after that date, I have to pay up to 40 per cent tax on the lump sum if I take it out.

Newcastle's first team stars have launched a bid to save boss Steve Bruce with the club's prospective new owners keen to appoint Mauricio Pochettino as manager, according to The Sun.

Rebecca Judd stocked up on toilet paper amid coronavirus fears on Monday. 

The Sunrise host and Port Adelaide chairman slammed Malthouse's calls for the AFL to abandon the scheduled game between Koch's club and St Kilda in Shanghai next year.

Angela Richardson, the new representative for Guildford, toured an electric bus parked outside Westminster's Queen Elizabeth II Centre on February 6.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: It's been a strange old Six Nations campaign for England, not convincing by any means, yet it could still easily result in them winning the 2020 Championship.

It was the worst weekend yet for VAR in the Premier League with a series of controversial and clearly incorrect decisions. So what should be done with the video technology that's dividing opinion?

DANNY MURPHY: As a footballer, I heard a lot of things from fans they shouldn't be shouting. I caught a lot of stuff about my mum, my wife, my kids. But you still don't go into the crowd, full stop.

The two sparred verbally when Acosta - who Trump has regularly assailed as 'fake news' was invited to ask a question by the president at his New Delhi press conference wrapping up his India trip.

Club legend Gary Neville has brought the 21-year-old back down to Earth and believes he still has things he needs to work on if he is to become truly to draw and establish himself among the elite.

WILL KELLEHER IN TOKYO: Warren Gatland joked Wales would rather play a drinking game against New Zealand than play the third-fourth playoff - but says his squad will be motivated to beat them.

Many investors will be cheered no end by last week's overwhelming Conservative victory. The 'Boris bounce' has already boosted a £100,000 nest-egg invested in the FTSE 100 by some £5,400.

England for the English? Well, not exactly, but a line has to be drawn somewhere and Adnan Januzaj may be it. Here's the latest debate. Enjoy...

Serbia's FA has reportedly called on UEFA to reward them with a 3-0 victory after their politically-charged Euro 2016 qualifier against Albania in Belgrade was abandoned.

Ian Holloway believes football fans should fight in a cage and it should be televised after Manchester City and Liverpool fans punched, bottled and kicked each other in an ugly Tube bust-up.

The Court of Appeal ruled that the £14billion Heathrow expansion project was illegal because the Government did not take its duty to curb climate change into account.

Former Arsenal team-mates Martin Keown and Ray Parlour discuss in an interview with Sportsmail why Arsene Wenger deserves a statue at the club.

All eyes will be on Mohamed Salah and his Liverpool team-mate Sadio Mane during the biggest AFCON to date... but who could make a name for themselves in the next 29 days?

Dimitar Berbatov believes Harry Kane should follow in his footsteps and swap Tottenham for Manchester United this summer for the good of his career. The Bulgarian made the same move back in 2008.

Jesse Lingard is at a crossroads in his career. He is out of favour at his boyhood club, Manchester United. But these players show that leaving Old Trafford might not be the best option...

Leading cosmetic chemist Terri Vinson has shared the four ingredients every woman should have in her skincare regime - as well as how they will work wonders for your skin.

Coloured bed linen, wire hangers, half-drunk wine bottles and mismatched towels should all be confined to the heady days of university. So what staples should every adult home have instead?

Mortgage borrowers anxious about the political turmoil ahead - whoever wins the General Election - should consider taking control of their biggest financial outgoing while the going is good.

Labour MP for Batley and Spen, West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, 58, sparked outrage this week after her black off-the-shoulder dress slipped down her arm at the despatch box.

The guest (pictured) said what Tracy Brabin wore at the despatch box in the House of Commons 'looked like a disco outfit and not like a politician'.

Natasha Siobhan took to the British Facebook group Mrs Hinch Made Me Do It to share a picture of the fluffy grey eBay rug she had decided to tumble dry, with disastrous results.

LiveLend has now introduced a new type of loan where borrowers with a less than sparkling credit record start on a higher rate of interest, but benefit from the rate dropping if they clean up their score.