EXCLUSIVE: Championship clubs are pushing increasingly hard for the introduction of a permanent salary cap amid the ongoing battle to force their players into accepting wage cuts.

EXCLUSIVE BY IAN LADYMAN: After an EFL board meeting, club captains and PFA reps have been told to relay to their team-mates the very real possibility of no more football being played.

The EFL are locked in talks about how to resume the campaign behind closed doors amid the coronavirus crisis, which is threatening to bring an early end to the League One and Two seasons.

Should the Premier League and Championship return the vast majority of the outstanding 200 matches may be played at different hours of the day with all of them shown on television or online.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN PORT ELIZABETH: There should be no doubt Jofra Archer is the best man to replace Jimmy Anderson in the third Test here and must be given every chance to prove himself.

NASSER HUSSAIN: If you were picking a tennis squad to play on clay you wouldn't fill it with grass court specialists so I can see the argument for horses-for-courses selections.

Amy Schumer shared two sweet photos with her newborn son to Instagram on Saturday to celebrate five weeks since giving birth. In the post she shares her appreciation for hospital underwear.

She became a mother for the first time a month ago. And Amy Schumer posted a heartwarming snapshot on Tuesday in which she dozed off while cradling her infant son Gene.

Her baby son Gene will be eight weeks old on Sunday. And Amy Schumer uploaded a sweet Instagram snap of her happily snoozing newborn this Friday.

The 38-year-old Emmy winner has signed on to create, direct, write, executive produce, and star in the scripted show, which starts streaming late 2020

The beautiful brunette supermodel, 32, who is expecting a little boy with her filmmaker husband, 31-year-old Justin Ervin, in January, was spotted out in the Big Apple on Friday

Amy Schumer shared a never-seen-before photo from the birth of her son, Gene, on Sunday, as she wrapped up a 'very good year' for her Instagram followers.

Ever since Brad Pitt exploded onto the movie scene in 1991's epic road movie Thelma & Louise, he's been considered a prime example of a Hollywood hunk.

Schumer, 38, shares her little boy with husband Chris Fischer, 40, who is a professional chef.

Amy worked with Bethenny Frankel's charity organization BStrong, which the Bravo star set up to aid with emergency assistance amid times of crisis.

I don't receive many awards, so I was genuinely thrilled tonight to be honoured by The Irish Post for 'Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting and Journalism.'

It's been another insane year, as Britain's prolonged collective Brexit dementia reduced us all to a quarrelling, squabbling, sneering rabble of self-righteous lunatics

LA's a fantastic place to be when the Oscars are on, the whole town buzzing with movie stars and endless glamorous parties

Huge news: I've won Heat magazine's Secret Crush award for the second year running. Heat revealed I scooped a staggering two-thirds of all votes cast

Back to the Good Morning Britain studios after three weeks in America, to find Susanna Reid in full-blown coronavirus alert mode. She has declared herself strictly non-contact

Honor Blackman, my favourite Bond girl as sassy Pussy Galore, died, aged 94, at her home in Lewes, East Sussex, three miles from my village of Newick

The broadcaster, 53, ranted about the showbiz couple - who called it quits after two years of together on Sunday - and criticised celebrity relationships for not being 'honest'.

The singer, 35, put on a brave exterior as she posed next to GMB host Piers Morgan at Simon Cowell's star-studded Syco Victoria & Albert Museum in London on Monday night.

It has been claimed that Cheryl's comeback album has been inspired by her recent heartbreak over her split from Liam Payne, reports The Sun .

Cheryl Cole has split from One Direction star Liam Payne after two-and-a-half years. They have a 15-month-old son, Bear.

Cheryl sent fans into a frenzy over the weekend as she made her debut as a judge on BBC talent show The Greatest Dancer.

Liam Payne, 24, appeared to be focusing all of his attention to new girlfriend Cairo Dwek as the couple were spotted checking into the same hotel in London on Saturday.

She hit headlines at the start of the weekend, as it was reported that she'd been axed by L’Oréal — losing her a deal rumoured to be worth £4million.

The former Girls Aloud star, 36, donned a snazzy red coat as she walked along through the idyllic backdrop for a day of fun

Doctors in Nottingham had to section the man and sedate him after he was taken to hospital confused and paranoid in an episode which he described as being like daydreams.

CLAIRE BLOOMFIELD IN PARIS: Lyon defender Lucy Bronze has insisted she has her heart set on winning a major tournament with England, not a Ballon d'Or, after finishing second.

Women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe endorsed Elizabeth Warren for president on Friday, calling her 'bold' and 'real.'

The American singer joined an array of international stars for a live show in the Arab state during the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup, which runs from the 11th to the 21st of December.

MARTIN SAMUEL IN DOHA, QATAR: Late to the World Cup, late to the European Cup, it is no surprise that the Club World Cup continues to be regarded contemptuously by some back home.

Current rules state that only charitable messaging can be added to shirts in the middle of a Premier League season. But the Reds have asked if the badge can be worn in all top-flight matches.

FIFA's chief refereeing commissioner believes the controversial technology should only work like a 'parachute' to correct an error.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: UEFA will escalate their battle with FIFA for control of the international calendar by endorsing a new Champions League-style tournament in 2021.

With the season possibly extending into July, Sportsmail revealed on Saturday how out-of-contract players are on a collision course with their clubs due to the fact their deals expire on June 30.

With football in England nearing a return with clubs slowly returning to training, Michel D'Hooghe has warned that footballers will have to change their mannerisms on the pitch for health reasons.

The couple strapped down the table and two dining chairs to enjoy breakfast outside Brooks and Stain in Brisbane.

An unlicensed Queensland massage parlour has been slapped with the first fines for flouting the new coronavirus social distancing and quarantine regulations.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is ramping up Queensland's coronavirus crackdown as people continue to ignore the ban on non-essential travel.

From their Gold Coast homes, national co-founders of the group, Julian Corvin and Tara O'Kane, are connecting people in need with those offering to do grocery shopping.

Images have emerged of large crowds at the Jan Powers Powerhouse Farmers' Markets in Brisbane on Saturday morning.

Queensland police attended the event in Rochedale, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night and gave out 58 $1,334 fines for failing to comply with COVID-19 sanctions.

He had been working on the southern Barrier Reef with a group of rangers when he was attacked on Tuesday afternoon.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the Court of Appeal in Brisbane there had been a miscarriage of justice because an interpreter was not present throughout his trial.

Australia's most famous ice cream chain is giving away free chocolate-chip cookie pies with every Deliveroo order over $32 from 5pm on Friday, April 17. And the best part is, you can bake it at home.

Rebecca Lobie has been hunkering down at her Queensland home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Rikky-Leigh Johnson, 25, from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, tipped the scales at 28st at her heaviest. After ending her relationship, she has since gone on to lose 14st 9lb.