HELEN CAHILL - CITY CORRESPONDENT: Saudi fund boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan is in the final stages of taking over as chairman of Newcastle United, sources told Sportsmail.

EXCLUSIVE BY MARTIN SAMUEL: The deposit paid by the Saudi Arabian consortium is non-refundable, meaning Newcastle owner Ashley gets richer even if the takeover is not ratified.

English football's biggest overseas broadcast partner beIN Sports have reportedly urged the Premier League to block Newcastle's proposed takeover from the Saudi Arabian-led consortium.

beIN Sports shone a light on Saudi Arabia's involvement in the piracy of matches, highlighting the Premier League's unsuccessful attempts to take legal action against satellite provider Arabsat.

The UK government have been urged by its own members to take an active role in scrutinising the Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle United following calls for the deal to be blocked.

A year has passed since the beheading of 37 Saudi men and still the families wait to receive the bodies. At the time, they did not even know their loved ones had been executed.

Minors will now receive a prison sentence of no longer than 10 years in a 'juvenile detention facility'. Pictured: Abdulkareem al-Hawaj was one of the minors executed in 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: BeIN Sports have written to the Premier League urging chief executive Richard Masters to block the £300million deal for Newcastle, citing illegal streaming of matches in Saudi Arabia.

The Premier League asked the United States government to keep Saudi Arabia on its piracy watch list before beginning checks on Newcastle United's Saudi-led takeover.

A source said more deals with entertainment businesses in America are to be expected as the country tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices.

It's no secret that Rebecca Judd enjoys the finer things in life - and on Thursday, the 37-year-old WAG offered fans a glimpse of the living room inside her $7.3 million home in Melbourne

Olly Murs was left rattled during Saturday's The Voice UK, walking out of the studio after failing to choose an act from his native Essex.

ITV were reportedly affected by their decision to replace Saturday Night Takeaway with The Voice as the UK channel 'lost 3 million views', following Ant McPartlin's drink-driving charge.

Lonnie Donegan's son is among the first round of hopefuls to take to the stage in the new series of The Voice 2019.

The Voice viewers demanded the show 'control' the audience after they were unable to hear the contestants due to the volume of the crowd on Saturday night's show. 

Ronan Keating's daughter Missy has auditioned for The Voice UK.

The hitmaker, 34, was speaking to the judging panel of Tom Jones, Jennifer Hudson and Will.i.am, about the importance of song choice for the show's auditionees.

The singing duo take on Cee Lo Green's 2010 hit Forget You for the nerve-wracking performance on Saturday.

erry Katona's daughter Heidi appears to be following in her mum's showbiz footsteps as she has reportedly auditioning for The Voice Kids over the weekend.

A spoiler clip of her star turn, which will be aired during tomorrow's episode of the show, shows the mother-of-one explain: 'I just wanna show my daughter that you can be whoever you wanna be.'

The brunette beauty, 29, took to the stage after years of focusing on raising her daughter, now four, and said she decided to sign up for the show to 'be a good role model for her.'

Mollie King looked in good spirits as she was spotted at the BBC Radio 1 studios in London on Friday.

The 17-year-old star looked more confident than ever as she arrived at the London studio where she's been rehearsing for The X Factor Live Tour 2015.

The pair both found fame as members of One Direction but Liam, 26, admitted he doesn't think Zayn, 27, enjoys the fame that comes with a successful music career.

While many of the GQ Awards female guests had spent hours preening themselves in front of a mirror before making their way down to the Royal Opera House, one woman clearly hadn't.

He has long been a fan of the sci-fi series.  And David went behind the scenes of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker at Pinewood Studios on Thursday, as he enjoyed a day out with Antony Daniels.

The bird was spotted performing a variety of musical notes and mimicking other bird sounds in Black Hill, Victoria on January 17.

Studio 10 host Kerri-Anne Kennerly has revealed her glamorous 'WFR' ensemble as non-essential workers stay at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Mark Hamill has penned a thank you letter to Star Wars fans. 

The star, 61, was playing her latest gig at the city's Palladium when she decided to get chatting to twenty something French speaker Perry Cooke

Channel Nine's Married At First Sight drew more than double the five-city metro audience of Seven's My Kitchen Rules on Sunday night. 

In one of the most shocking moments in MKR history, Piper O'Neill and Victor Aeberli were exposed as secret lovers on Monday night.

She's an actress, singer, and a songwriter, and now she's heading to Apple's new streaming platform Apple TV+ for her new series, Dickinson. Hailee Steinfeld has been doing loads of press.

Taxpayers in 2017 stumped up $45,000 and $120,000 for two separate Australian Sports Commission dinners in Melbourne and Sydney hosted by cabinet minister Greg Hunt.

Rory McIlroy has ruled out playing in Saudi Arabia next month, saying he has no interest in contesting the tournament that has offered lavish appearance fees to attract many of the world's top players.

The mystery backers behind proposals for a new Premier Golf League broke cover yesterday in a bid to convince Phil Mickelson to join their golfing revolution with the new competition.

Graeme McDowell succeeding in proving to his children he is not just a 'YouTube golfer', but their Easter holiday plans may have to change following his battling victory in the Saudi International.

Saudi Arabia saw half of its oil production blown up Saturday when a suspected drone attack damaged its largest oil refinery and an oil field, despite its state-of-the-art air defence systems.

The White House is said to have attempted to limit access to President Trump's conversations with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia today, where he is set to seal oil agreements as well as use his influence to defuse rising tensions in the Gulf following a tanker attack.

Mr Young (pictured with girlfriend Noelle Reno) died after plunging onto railings below his £3m London penthouse in 2014 after repeatedly warning police and friends that hitmen wanted him dead.

The Canadian crooner looked like he was in full preparation mode as he made his way to the dance studio on Thursday. The Yummy singer, 25, seemed like he was in high spirits.

Justin Bieber gushed over a photo of his wife Hailey Bieber decked out in a black shorts ensemble: 'Love this look babe,' he wrote in the caption.

Justin Bieber put his best foot forward on Tuesday afternoon in a pair of colorful Yeezy sneakers as he hit up Kanye West's music studio in Calabasas. Bieber just released his full length album Changes.

The Thanks U, Next singer was bathed in blue light in the stylish photo, which may have been from when she recorded her upcoming Justin Bieber collaboration Stuck With U.

Travelers will be pleased to know that the latest addition to the company's already impressive suitcase line has potential to change the way they get around.

They're one of Hollywood's most admired power couples. And Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were in the midst of making their stars shine even brighter on Wednesday as they were

After teasing a special 'clothing drop' on Ellen a few weeks back, Will Smith has finally revealed that he's launching a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air clothing line.

Scientists have claimed pathologist Bennett Omalu exaggerated the link between CTE and contact sports in a 2005 study showing NFL legend Mike Webster only had a small amount of tangled tau.

This week in Emmerdale Mandy confessed she'd raised Vinny as her own son without the knowledge of the authorities. Meanwhile in EastendersWhitney tries to get back to normality.