Something had to give. Even the venture capitalists who run Liverpool could not project their club as mattering more, then end up on the same side as Mike Ashley and Daniel Levy.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: At Friday's Premier League meeting the differences were made very clear. Top clubs want resumption based on contractual needs.

Usain Bolt shared a sweet Valentine's Day message to his girlfriend Kasi Bennett over the weekend on Instagram.

Players refused to train on the eve of the game and are demanding to be paid their allowances for the tournament, along with match fees still owed to them from a competition last month.

Trezeguet scored the only goal as hosts Egypt opened their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a narrow 1-0 victory over Zimbabwe in Cairo on Friday.

Hosts Egypt began their African Cup of nations campaign in fine style by beating Zimbabwe 1-0 at the Cairo International Stadium, but it was their fans who earned most praise in the aftermath.

Uganda and Zimbabwe played out a 1-1 draw at the Africa Cup of Nations, but both teams will walk away very disappointed not to take all three points.

Defending champion Cameroon and Ghana drew 0-0 at the African Cup of Nations to leave their group wide open with one round of games to play. It was the second scoreless game of the day.

DR Congo put themselves in the hunt for a place in the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 4-0 thumping of Zimbabwe.

The sporting action starts to hot up over the weekend, with plenty on offer for armchair fans should the weather take an unexpected turn for the worse.

JOE BERNSTEIN AT ANFIELD: Possibly Jurgen Klopp's only flaw for the majority of last season was refusing to believe anyone in his squad was capable of giving his front three a rest.

Headingley will host the third Ashes Test as England aim to draw level with Australia in Yorkshire, starting on Thursday. Sportsmail's DAVID LLOYD has everything you need to know.

BUMBLE AT THE TEST: Australia retain the Ashes and in truth they have been the better team. They planned well in advance and got their attack spot on.

BUMBLE AT THE TEST: Finally I have an answer to my question. How do you get Steve Smith out? A straight one from Chris Woakes. Simple.

Paul Pogba left Juventus to sign for Manchester United back in 2016. However the French World Cup winner has been linked with moves back to Juventus or to Spanish giants Real Madrid.

Manchester United and Chelsea have reportedly both been in contact with Timo Werner's agent about the possibility of signing the highly-sought after striker. 

Angel Di Maria's time in the Premier League was short lived, and it may not just have been to do with his form at Manchester United, as his wife has revealed the awful time she had in England.

The 19-year-old starlet's contract expires on July 1 and there are suggestions that Premier League sides - including Chelsea - are keen on snapping him up if he decides to end his time at Old Trafford.

Howard Webb's decision to award Michael Carrick a penalty in 2009 for what was a fair challenge by Spurs goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes has proved to be one of his biggest career regrets.

Camberwell, which is located just 10km east from Melbourne's CBD, has been labelled as the most 'entitled' suburb in Victoria after it was slammed on Reddit.

Reddit user Brideandgroom19 said they wed a year and a half ago because she had 'serious health issues' at the time and needed to join his health insurance,

An unknown couple became the talk of Reddit when their wedding photo made it on to a thread. Over 100 people mocked their edited photo, which made them seem like Tim Burton characters

Reddit user Alarmed_Writer asked if he is in the wrong for wanting to pay his 22-year-old daughter to work out while she in graduate school because he is worried about her weight.

Reddit user panorama_bride shared her story on the 'AmITheA**hole' subreddit, explaining that her friend was bullied into getting the hateful tattoo in prison.

If you're stuck for inspiration ahead of October 31, take a look at these hilarious home-made efforts put together at the last minute by Reddit users from across the world.

Reddit user sunrisewedding took to the 'AmItheA**hole' subreddit this week to ask if she was in the wrong for planning such an early wedding ceremony.

A woman named Pam revealed on Facebook that she and her fiancé Edward are postponing their upcoming winter wedding but are keeping the $30,000 that was donated to their money fund.

Serena Williams shared a throwback wedding snap with Alexis Ohanian Sr. to mark their second anniversary Saturday.

Reddit users have slammed a wedding guest, believed to be from the UK, for wearing a white dress to someone else's big day - before boasting that 'everyone was looking at her.'

Reddit users slammed a guest who wore white to another woman's wedding after the bride, who lives in Australia, shared pictures online, saying she was 'baffled' by the 'clueless' behaviour.

Reddit user punchdrunksunrise asked if she was in the wrong for confronting her cousin's 19-year-old girlfriend 'Raven' at their great-grandmother's funeral.

The campaign shared the same pattern of activity as a Moscow-controlled operation dubbed 'Secondary Infektion' uncovered by Facebook earlier this year.

The video was shared by Lauren Turner from The Woodlands, Texas. She is filmed in the video ultimately catching the bouquet in a crowd of women.

Australian visas are being adverstised 'for sale' to rich foreigners at a time when Sydney is on water restrictions and migration growth is straining infrastructure.

The tourist, who strongly resembles the Prime Minister, was pictured on holiday in the Gold Coast wearing the custom made clothing.

A woman, known as Shelby, hit the holiday jackpot participating on Reddit. The 33-year-old from Detroit got billionaire Bill Gates as her Secret Santa, who sent her 81 pounds of presents.

Stellan Johansson, an enthusiast of the furry fruit, shared a picture on Facebook of the unique take on a classic that he had made in Skottorps Pizzeria, around 95 miles north of Malmo.

A bride texted her cousin to pay $50 to attend her wedding to help pay some of the costs associated with her big day. The woman was so astounded by the request that she decided not to go.

The bride who shared the photograph on Reddit, from an unknown location, said she is now 'low contact' with her sister-in-law following her wearing a white dress to her wedding.

The anonymous bride, 24, believed to be from Australia, posted on Reddit that she asked her ginger cousin to dye her hair before being a bridesmaid at her wedding.

A Reddit user insisted he didn't think it would be a problem that he proposed to his girlfriend at the wedding because he and his brother 'get along great.'

The woman, 24, shared her predicament on the popular Reddit thread Am I The A**hole about her May wedding. She revealed how her brother, 30, always took the spotlight for his success.

The blue toy keyboard was purchased from an Asian pop up store at a Westfield in Western Sydney and plays a story about rabbits who want to die.

Reddit users shared their awkward stories in a 2018 thread that keeps resurfacing online two years later.

The 'Fold@Home' technology involves users downloading an app for their PC hat runs in the background, letting it use any processing power they're not using.

In a Reddit post, a mother from the US revealed that she's had a huge fall-out with her daughter after ordering her to cancel the wedding and refusing to pay for it because the groom is her fifth cousin.

The footage, posted on Reddit and titled 'Can't play tennis in this quarantine? Think again' shows a woman rallying shots back and forth with her neighbour over their rooftops in northern Italy.

PETER HITCHENS: We worry whenever some tiny band of neo-Nazis win a few votes in a backward corner of Germany. But this is as nothing to what is now happening in Dublin.

PETER HITCHENS: Here I am, asking bluntly - is the closedown of the country the right answer to the coronavirus? If we have this wrong we have a great deal to lose.

PETER HITCHENS: The report from the Office for Budget Responsibility has made clear that the damage done by crashing the economy is deep and dangerous. It may last for many years.