EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY AMITAI WINEHOUSE: Henry Slade is not worried. Sure, he might be a distance from England's Six Nations campaign right now but he's convinced they'll bounce back.

It was fitting that on a wild day in Edinburgh, England won back the Calcutta Cup thanks to a decisive intervention of Ellis Genge. He typified the spirit of defiance which propelled his side to victory.

Townsend has warned exile Russell that he will have to make the same 'sacrifices' as every other Scotland player - or be banished from his squad for the duration of the Six Nations.

The veteran fly-half's kicking was exemplary as he added the extras to tries from Jacques Vermeulen and Stuart Hogg as well as slotting over four penalties.

The PFA Player of the Year ended last season with no opponent completing a dribble past him in a staggering 64 matches. Liverpool centre back has lifted the lid on what has helped him.

De Jong completed a big-money £65million move to the Spanish giants from Ajax in January and he will be officially unveiled as a Barcelona player on Friday.

Holland boss Ronald Koeman has backed wonderkid Matthijs de Ligt to cement himself firmly in the starting XI of Italian giants Juventus.

The Dutch, managed by Bert Van Marwijk in 2010, were defeated in the final by Spain following an extra-time winner by midfield maestro Andres Iniesta in South Africa.

Ronald Koeman has once again reiterated his desire to take over as Barcelona manager following Euro 2020 after it emerged this month that he is free to leave his Holland contract after the tournament ends.

Ruud Gullit (right) treated football fans to a throwback photo of himself posing with fellow Holland legends Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard (left).

When Ronald Koeman was shown the door at Goodison Park back in October 2017, it was difficult to imagine a route back to the top for the Dutchman, but now he is a Barcelona candidate.

Holland midfielder Gini Wijnaldum backed up his powerful words on racism in football this week, by leading by example for his national team and making a visual statement.

Ronald Koeman has revealed he rejected the chance to manage Lionel Messi and Co at Barcelona in order to focus on his job as Holland's head coach.

Ronald Koeman's Barcelona exit clause has been delayed until 2021 after the postponement of the European Championships this summer.

Ronald Koeman was one of the many candidates Barcelona had on their shortlist to replace Ernesto Valverde, but he said he was reluctant to leave the Netherlands so close to Euro 2020.

Barcelona had high hopes for Frenkie de Jong after winning the race to sign him last summer for £65million, but the 22-year-old has so far failed to live up to expectation at the Camp Nou.

The cheeky phrase used by Jamie and Rebekah Vardy,  'chat s***, get banged', has been used in a new song by Rapper Stormzy with Ed Sheeran. 

She's the Melbourne weather presenter so popular with male viewers that one devoted fan even had her face tattooed on his chest. 

A Big Top has been erected in a Suffolk field ahead of Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn's 'festival-style' wedding celebration, nine months after they tied the knot shortly before Christmas last year.

Dubbed 'Sheeranville' the 16-acre Framlingham, Suffolk, pad has been growing month by month with the star snapping up five properties in the area for a total of £37 million.

Ed Sheeran was celebrating the launch of his new venture alongside a host of his friends, throwing an epic party on Sunday night at his new bar Bertie Blossoms.

Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch took a rare night off from parenting duties as they headed to Ed Sheeran's launch of his new bar Bertie Blossoms on Sunday.

Ed Sheeran, 28, put on an animated display during the match which saw the Ipswich Town fan's side win 4-0 against Gillingham on Tuesday.

Modern Love viewers were shocked when Ed Sheeran randomly popped up in the middle of episode seven, making a brief yet amusing cameo as a homeless man with a thick West Country accent.

Ed Sheeran drowned his sorrows after England's Rugby World Cup final defeat by singing in a Pokémon onsie at a Japanese karaoke bar on Sunday.

The singer, 28, cosied up to his wife, 27, as they watched the League One club play Wycombe Wanderers for the match at Portman, which finished with a score of 0-0.

The 26-year-old megastar, who headlined Glastonbury earlier this year, returned to Kensington Avenue Primary School in Thornton Heath, south London for the Q&A.

Ed Sheeran has left Instagram for the foreseeable future.

The singer songwriter, 29, was spotted in the stands at Portman Road on Saturday.

The pop superstar, 29, an avid follower of his local team Ipswich Town, is planning to fill his sprawling Suffolk estate with the patter of tiny feet - ten, to be precise.

Ed Sheeran's plans for his Suffolk country estate have generated almost as many rows as he's had number one hits but now the table's have turned!

Ed Sheeran's neighbour Anthony Robinson, who lives three properties along from the star in the village of Dennington, East Suffolk, has been granted permission to extend his back garden by 160 feet.

The Bucket List, where celebrities such as Ed Sheeran have frequented, is believed to be letting it's July lease go until the multi-million dollar refurbishment of the Bondi Pavilion is complete.

And on Wednesday, Alexandra Daddario and Emma Watson's ex-boyfriend Brendan Wallace were seen enjoying an afternoon date on a scooter in Venice Beach, California.

A London park has become the first in the world to ban pinatas. Myatt's Field Park in Camberwell, London has banned the party feature over fears of environmental damage.

The Harry Potter star, 29, shared the contents of her straw tote in a candid video with British Vogue's In The Bag YouTube series.

An online tool, backed by Harry Potter star and eco-warrior Emma Watson, calculates your fashion carbon footprint. Six writers with vastly different shopping habits took the test.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, son of presidential candidate Ron Paul, mocked President Barack Obama's recent statements on gay marriage at an Iowa conference.

Kentucky senator mocks Obama's U.S. health care overhaul, as new poll shows 54 percent of Americans don't support the Obamacare law

'I think he went 12 hours,' said Gomez, the GOP candidate in a bizarre debate moment. 'And I've gone a lot longer than that without having to go to the bathroom, sir, [during] my time in the SEAL teams'

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hit back at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the two Republicans’ ongoing spat over national security, calling the plus-sized pol the 'king of bacon'

Sen. Paul had suggested the two bury the hatchet over a beer, but Gov. Christie told a radio audience that 'if I find myself down in Washington, I'll certainly look him up, but I don't suspect I'll be there anytime soon.'

Obama said during his first presidential campaign that presidents can't order military strikes unless the U.S. is directly threatened, or Congress declares war.

The Libertarian firebrand has his eyes focused on the presidency and aims to organize voters by branding NSA snooping as 'precisely the kind of overreach we fought a revolution over.'

Paul joked that he'd been losing sleep at night over the former Secretary of State's financial affairs and asked the audience to take a 'moment of silence' for her wealth.

If Kentucky Republicans refuse to change their primary election to a caucus so Paul can compete for both his Senate seat and the presidency, he'll have to move to Plan B.

The South Carolina senator has told multiple donors he'd start his presidential campaign, which he has been testing the waters for since late February, on that day, according to a report.

The president's spokesman said this afternoon that the Obama does not have the ability to alter the program with a swish of his pen as Paul demanded.

Ted Cruz is a maniac no more. Donald Trump, who hit the Texas senator just two days ago, saying he wasn't 'qualified' to be president, slammed the breaks on any more attacks.

Libertarian Senator Rand Paul actually made it onto the main stage at Thursday night's Republican presidential primary debate - kind of.