Mako Vunipola has been named in the Saracens starting side to face Leicester Tigers this weekend despite being stood down from England duty over coronavirus fears.

Gloucester have informed players and staff that their wages will be slashed by 25 per cent and several rivals are set to follow suit, amid fears of a looming financial apocalypse.

England lock George Kruis has admitted his frustration at seeing possibly his last Six Nations derailed but insists rugby players have not got it as bad as Olympic athletes.

Former Atletico Madrid strikers Diego Costa and Radamel Falcao can star together under the guiding hand of Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and rekindle a fearsome double-act next season.

Health officials are investigating if a person has caught the deadly new coronavirus in New South Wales.

Several Gunners' stars were reluctant to make too much contact with players from opponents Portsmouth as they lined up at the start of Monday night's FA Cup match.

The singer, 26, has revealed she is fearful for her father's health after he has been hospitalised twice during the coronavirus lockdown.

The mother rushed the child to A&E at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry on Thursday after informing medics who were awaiting their arrival.

The P&O Indonesian Explorer cruise was due to depart Singapore on February 28 and arrive in Sydney 14 days later.

The ITV host explained on her daytime show that despite her daughter just having a 'bit of a cold', her husband Steve Smith is jetting to Asia to be with her. Symptoms of COVID9 are not like those of a cold.

The ITVBe series is said to be following travelling advice with cast members avoiding putting themselves in danger by staying at home.

Slipknot have saddened fans by cancelling shows in Singapore, Jakarta and Manila as well as their own two-day Knotfest festival in Tokyo, Japan, which was due to start on March 20.

It comes as several countries have placed travel restrictions and limits on large gatherings that have led to the likes of Stormzy, Avril Lavigne, and Slipknot postponing shows.

Best suffered the damage to his left foot in Ulster's Champions Cup quarter-final defeat by Leinster on Saturday and following a scan on Monday it was confirmed he will be fit to lead Ireland in Japan

The fly-half has not appeared for Leinster since the turn of the year, and was ruled out of last Saturday’s Champions Cup quarter-final victory over Ulster with a quad issue.

Gregor Townsend confessed it 'doesn't look good' for Hamish Watson after admitting the Scotland flanker's World Cup might be over already. The Dark Blues suffered a 27-3 mauling from Ireland.

Sexton captained Ireland for the first time on Thursday, but he was replaced by Jack Carty for the second-half of his side's five-try win over the Bears.

SPECIAL REPORT BY MARCUS TOWNEND: There is concern that ramifications of the coronavirus shutdown will be felt for years, rather than months, in the racing community.

Serie A bosses are reportedly working out plans to resume training and hope to be playing by the end of May or the start of June, with each side still having 12 fixtures remaining.

She's coming off the release of a starkly confessional album that revealed much about her past relationship. But this weekend she looked carefree with her mom in Chicago.

University of Ottawa's Amir Attaran recently wrote an article in the Harvard Public Health Review, saying the Olympics should be moved from Rio to prevent a 'full-blown global health disaster'.

Samantha Armytage revealed she has serious doubts about covering the Rio Olympics over fears of contracting or being exposed to the Zika virus, with plans to have children over the coming years

Taking to Instagram on Sunday morning, the 39-year-old Sunrise host decided to clarify herself after The Daily Telegraph reported she wants to have children 'in the next few years'.

The British long-jumper has frozen samples of his sperm amid fears about the Zika virus at this summer's Olympic Games in Rio. The virus can cause birth defects and be transmitted through sex.

The Northern Ireland sportsman was due to compete in the sporting event in August. But he said today that it was a risk he was 'unwilling to take'.

While organizers didn't name her, Rihanna, 28, has been identified as the performer who dropped out of the festival by Colombian news outlets.

Hideki Matsuyama has become the latest golfer to withdraw from the Olympics because of concerns over the Zika virus. He joins the likes of Rory McIlroy and Jason Day in deciding not to compete.

Carly Patterson, one of the most decorated gymnasts in United States Olympic history has revealed she will be skipping the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Games due to the threat of the Zika virus.

Gold-winning Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn has admitted that she won't be going to the Summer games in Rio, Brazil this year because she's scared of contracting the Zika virus.

A dozen staff are threatening to follow sports journalist Richard Conway (pictured) who is said to have told bosses he is bowing out of the event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This freeze should remain in place until each individual unit of blood collected in the two counties can be tested, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.

Pregnant Deiseane Santiago, 22, originally from Sao Paulo in Brazil, came to Britain last November on a five-month visitor visa to spend time with 26-year-old fiance Simon Ellis (pictured).

From furious protests over government corruption to the Zika epidemic, the road to Rio has been beset with problems, but locals have said visitors can expect a warm welcome.

It is not yet clear whether they Palm Beach County resident contracted the infection from Palm Beach mosquitoes or from insects during a recent trip to Miami, Florida, where there is a Zika outbreak.

Taekwondo star Jade, 23, today launches her bid to defend the Gold medal she won at London 2012, supported by her family including grandfather Martin Foulkes.

A patient has been diagnosed with Zika in Pinellas County. The area just outside Tampa is 265 miles away from Miami on the other side of the peninsula from the original outbreak zone.

So far 483 people in New York City have been diagnosed with Zika, and 49 of those were pregnant at the time of their diagnosis.

Hermine made landfall in Florida early Friday as a Category 1 hurricane with forecasters warning as much as 20 inches of rain on Thursday.

Australian swimmer-turned-commentator, Giaan Rooney, has announced she's pregnant with her second child, just months after travelling to Brazil amid the Zika virus concerns

Official data says just 16 Zika-infected babies have been born since the mosquito-born illness swept the Americas last year. However, more than 3,300 pregnant women got the virus in 2016.

Gympie Regional Council will go on a three-month hunt from April to inspect all still water sources in a bid to stamp out the potentially lethal insects.

Meghan's visit to Fiji and Tonga goes against travel advice that pregnant women should consider not travelling to the countries because of the 'moderate risk' of catching the tropical disease.

The Paralympic table tennis star, 31, who participated in the competition series with professional dancer Janette Manrara for six weeks, spoke to The Sun

The woman, named as Helen, found a note taped to the door of her Perth rental property outlining why the house was in lockdown.

A pensioner who smuggled more than £53million worth of rare baby eels to the Far East from a barn in the West Country has been spared jail after lawyer argued he could catch the virus.

New South Wales Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons almost had his trip to the UK to meet Prince Charles cancelled over coronavirus fears.

It is understood the Prince of Wales met his 93-year-old mother at Buckingham Palace on March 12 - less than two weeks ago. The virus has an estimated incubation period of one to 14 days.

The Prince of Wales' doctor believes that the royal may have been contagious from March 13 at the earliest - just 24 hours after he last saw his 93-year-old mother the Queen.

Discussing the royal's diagnosis Kate said she has no symptoms but admitted the many people who have come into contact with Charles in recent weeks 'are going to be concerned.' 

Kate explained her eye is not infected and hospital staff also tested her chest and temperature, as she had been concerned about coronavirus, following news Prince Charles had tested positive for it.