UFC star Conor McGregor is in talks to fight Manny Pacquiao as the Irishman targets a return to the boxing ring. McGregor is preparing to fight Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 on Saturday.

EXCLUSIVE: Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez believes Conor McGregor will be victorious in his return fight against Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone on Saturday night.

Conor McGregor is 'serious' about returning to boxing and talks have taken place with representatives of both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. 

Conor McGregor may well be set for a sensational return to the boxing ring to face another great of the sport, after Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao put pen to paper on a deal with his management.

April 18 has been circled in the diary, not just by MMA fans but also anyone craving some competitive live sport. Here, Sportsmail looks at the questions surrounding the UFC 249 show.

The UFC fighter has helped in the fight against the deadly disease by donating one million euros that has gone towards cardiac monitors, oxygen equipment and 50,000 masks for hospitals.

British wedding singer Charlotte Awbery, from Romford, East London, was invited to sing on the Ellen Degeneres show after going viral with her rendition of A Star is Born's Shallow.

Lady Gaga dropped her first solo single and video in nearly three years, Stupid Love, at midnight on Friday, in a return to her eighties electro-dance pop glory.

The 33-year-old pop star took to Instagram on Saturday to reveal how she's coping with the global health crisis, as she shared a shot of herself posing with her beloved pooches on her couch.

The singer, 33, shared her message alongside a photo showing her wearing a gray hoodie and peering straight into the camera between two fingers in the shape of a 'v'.

On Tuesday evening, Lady Gaga again posted to her Instagram with an encouraging note, along with a sweet selfie with new boyfriend Michael Polansky.

Adam Sandler sang a song called 'Don't Touch Grandma' during his segment on Home Edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday.

Ariana Grande responded to being hailed as the Princess Of Pop to Lady Gaga's Queen Of Pop: 'Why am I crying,' she wrote on a fan account on Saturday.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Gareth Bale's apparent prioritizing of Wales over Real Madrid has left him on collision course with the club ahead of the opening of the winter transfer window.

Wales manager Ryan Giggs says Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey are available to start the decisive Euro 2020 qualifier against Hungary in Cardiff on Tuesday.

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has left winger Gareth Bale out of the 19-man squad that will face Sevilla in La Liga on Saturday, despite the Welshman training all week injury free.

OLIVER HOLT: Andy Holt, the owner of Accrington Stanley has accused big clubs of being like a boa constrictor, squeezing the life out of the teams in the lower leagues of English football.

Gareth Bale made a hasty exit while his team-mates were still playing in their 4-3 defeat to Real Sociedad on Thursday night. Zinedine Zidane's side crashed out of the Copa del Rey at the Bernebeu.

Gareth Bale is back in the Real Madrid squad for a La Liga game for the first time in over a month after being included for Sunday's match at Osasuna.

Gareth Bale has been omitted from Real Madrid's squad to face Levante on Saturday, with the forward suffering with gastroenteritis. Bale was sent home from training on Wednesday.

PETER CROUCH: The former England striker answers your questions on a range of football topics as part of a new weekly series on Sportsmail which will ensure you still get your football fix.

Zinedine Zidane is looking to sell five of his Real Madrid stars in order to lay the foundations for a bold spree of signings as Los Blancos look to ring the changes this summer transfer window.

The momager, 64, looked sensational when she stepped out on Saturday night attending Diddy's 50th birthday bash in Los Angeles

High-level Popular Mobilization Forces leader Taleb Abbas Ali al-Saedi was shot dead late on Saturday in Karbala, a city about 62 miles southwest of Baghdad.

President Donald Trump authorized taking out top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani seven months ago, but retained final authority to sign off on the move, according to a new report.

The Iranian missile barrage on the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq last Wednesday left huge craters in the ground and damaged military trailers in the compound.

A free-swinging Donald Trump delivered a greatest-hits rally, riffing on impeachment, Iran, his impending China trade deal and the shrinking ranks of Democrats who want to replace him. 

US military officials counted down to the moment the Iranian general was killed, saying he had 'one minute to live', the president recalled at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago Florida estate on Friday.

In one of the bloodiest assaults since the beginning of the civil war, ballistic missiles ripped through the holy building at a military training camp in the central province of Marib.

Populist shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's calls for a 'million man march' in Baghdad on Friday fell well short and the crowds dissipated after a few hours.

Jon Snow, 72, has returned from Iran, where the coronavirus outbreak has killed 16 and infected 95, including the head of Tehran's own virus task force.

The BBC Today host revealed how he drove to hospital to be met by a nurse in full protective gear for a test through his car window, and is now spending 48 hours at home in quarantine.

A Macquarie University lecturer has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from Iran. The staff member became ill after returning from the western Asian country but had not been on campus.

Six of China's imported cases were in Beijing, which is enforcing a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from countries deemed to be high-risk, including Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan.

Queensland police alone have conducted spot-checks on more than 1,850 individuals in coronavirus self-quarantine, as Victoria declares a state of emergency.

Some 7,500 foreign troops are in Iraq as part of the US-led coalition helping local troops fight jihadist groups, but those numbers are being significantly drawn down this month.

The eldest of this year's 188 recipients is Thomas Brock, from Sunbury-on-Thames, who holds the title of oldest active bellringer in the world aged 101 (pictured).

Now a modern version of How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days is in the works at streaming service Quibi. It will be written by former The Mindy Project writer and producer Guy Branum.

The actresses spent quality family time together on a bike ride in Pacific Palisades, California on Thursday.

She's the iconic actress from How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, a fashion designer, and a mother of three. And on Thursday evening, Kate Hudson, 40, stepped out with her 15-year-old son Ryder.

Kate Hudson took a reprieve from her home quarantine for a family walk with mother Goldie Hawn, in Los Angeles as they all practiced social distancing.

She's the proud mother of three children, and she just graced the cover of People Magazine's Beautiful Issue with her baby daughter and movie star mother.

The 41-year-old daughter of Goldie Hawn considers herself an expert beautician after tending to her unwanted body hair by learning how to wax amidst the global coronavirus crisis.

Queen Maxima, 47, attended a dinner for the Diplomatic Corps at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam today. The Dutch royal looked glamorous in a green knitted draped garment.

Queer Eye fans have donated nearly $100,000 to season three star Jess Guilbeaux, 23, who had to drop out of college for financial reasons. She said she has now paid off her loans.

The Chase's Anne Hegerty, 60, from London, said she spends most of her time completing quizzes to make sure her general knowledge is on point, during an appearance on Lorraine.

Queen Margrethe, 78, and Crown Princess Mary, 47, attended the opening of a new panda enclosure at Copenhagen zoo today. The Danish royals looked overjoyed as they toured the area.

Aldi is set to launch a stylish travel range including wireless headphones for $69 and leather overnight bags for $89. The Special Buys range will go on sale on Wednesday 17 April.

Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain donned face masks and leather gloves to attend an engagement at the the Electricity Control Centre facilities in Madrid, Spain today.

Violinist Rafael Todes, 53, a member of the Allegri String Quartet, his wife Helena Newman, 53, and children Isabella, 17, and Max, 18, were invited to perform at John's Hospice, North London for VE Day.