The spread of coronavirus has brought the world of sport to its knees after multiple multi-million pound tournaments were postponed or cancelled as the death toll continues to rise.

Football stars and supporters have been challenging each other to post their favourite pictures on social media during the unexpected break in the season.

During the sporting lockdown, replays, throwbacks and charity auctions have taken on unprecedented importance as fans look to fill the void left by live action. 

The Premier League had already warned their 20 clubs last month that they were budgeting for a £1.1bn loss because of refunds to broadcasters, ticket-holders and commercial partners.

Earlier this year, the Government signalled that it would hike the age at which Britons can buy a £2 ticket from the twice-weekly draw to 18. But now it will only be raised for instant win games.

Keith Butterley, 43, from Sheffield, threatened to jump from the building with the toddler, before making on a bike with the child balanced on the handle bars.

Sofina Sarwar, 34, of Leicester, denies knowing anything about the money Haroon Cassim, 36, took from Camelot and Yopa Property while he worked for both firms between 2010 and 2018.

The National Lottery website and app are back up and running ahead of tonight's £5million draw after being down for nine hours today due to a power failure.

Anti-Trump protests including a 'baby Trump' balloon took place in Dublin today in the President's absence, while Mr Trump returned from France to Doonbeg.

Barbara Greaves, from Ohio, reported her female Beagle, Trouble, missing from her East Palestine yard on January 3. Two days later, the dog's detached head was found on the owner's property.

Brian Stanley William Fortune, 95, fought in Palestine in 1944-45 as a member of the Durham Light Infantry, but nothing else is known about his service.

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has been criticised for describing the age of the earth as a 'great mystery' even though almost all scientists agree that it is 4.54 billion years old.

IRS demanded lists of all donors, in Q&As that would have been made 'open to public inspection'; Florida senator wants heads to roll; Obama calls it 'outrageous'

The Republican senator for Florida (pictured) took to Twitter to issue a condemnation of Mr Obama's climbdown, saying 'we do need more degrees that lead to #jobs'.

Obama didn't notify members of Congress about the trade until it was happening, but the deal, involving the U.S., Qatar and the Taliban, likely took weeks to engineer.

Paul has placed himself at odds with several possible Republican presidential challengers, including Rubio, whose parents immigrated from Cuba, by aligning himself with the president on this issue.

The jab came after Florida lawmaker Rubio called Paul the 'chief cheerleader of Obama's foreign policy.'

Rubio suggested on Wednesday that he was still mulling over his 2016 options. But an adviser says, 'he has told us to proceed as if he is running for president.'

Monday's site is where the US processed Cuban exiles who fled Castro's communist regime. Rubio was accused of embellishing his parents' story to make it seem like they were among them.

The presidential hopeful was playing catch with his sons and a few Iowans between pork chops at a picnic on Monday night when he let the pigskin slip.

Marco Rubio doesn't want the country to go back in time when picking its next president. To mark 'Back to the Future Day' Rubio's campaign put out an ad calling Hillary Clinton 'a 'blast from the past.'

Obama missed 89.4 of his votes in the last quarter of 2007 while he was a U.S. senator running for president. Rubio has skipped 44.6 per cent since June, the month he launched his own bid.

CNBC's hosts progressively lost control of Wednesday night's event as the GOP field hammered them for asking inaccurate questions and tryign to turn Republican against Republican.

Will the real Marco Rubio please stand up? Political no-man's land has left the Florida senator with few options other than running directly at Obama and throwing few stones inside his own party.

Rising Republicans Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz briefly bickered with one another over the NSA's bulk collection of metadata in the early moments of tonight's Republican debate.

Rubio, pictured, supports a mechanism to allow illegal residents to stay in the country long-term. He's said Cruz's position is 'not much different.' Cruz has likewise accused him of backing amnesty.

Rand Paul became the latest Republican to criticize Marco Rubio for skipping Senate votes as he pursues the presidency, suggesting the Florida senator resign or give back his paycheck.

The Florida Senator and presidential hopeful looked heavy-eyed and sleepy as he listened to President Barack Obama as he delivered his final State of the Union address to Congress.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio has hit out at President Barack Obama for not taking a more hard-line stance in his statement on former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's death.

Rubio said Obama's statement was 'pathetic' and called Trudeau's tribute 'shameful and embarrassing'. Cruz claimed Obama and Trudeau were 'slobbering adulation on tyrants'.

The Republican lawmakers threw their support behind the new Prime Minister and offered him and the British people their 'unwavering support' as the country prepares to leave the European Union.

About 130 fleeing the Bahamas were forced off a ferry before it left for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sunday evening. They were left stunned and confused after initially only they needing a passport.

President Donald Trump said 'everybody needs totally proper documentation,' when fleeing the Bahamas, hours after a ferry kicked off those lacking a proper visa to enter the U.S.

Donald Trump continued to clobber his former national security adviser, claiming his dismissal of John Bolton would strengthen his approach to totalitarian leftist nations.

White House aide Stephen Miller planted negative stories and pushed an anti-Marco Rubio agenda using the conservative website Breitbart during the 2016 GOP primary campaign.

President Trump again tied state aid to ridding the country of so-called 'sanctuary cities,' where local jurisdictions don't play ball with federal immigration enforcement.

FEMA placed the ominous $5.1 million order for 'human remain pouches' on April 21, following just weeks after a separate order for 100,000 body bags was made by the agency.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed plans to travel the country in the next few weeks that could eventually lead to the return of his massive campaign rallies. 

The president retweeted a remark by a Kenyan supporter who claimed that Trump had done more for black people than all other presidents combined.

President Trump retweeted a podcaster's claim on Sunday that 'Evidence has surfaced that indicates Barack Obama was the one running the Russian hoax.'

Republicans, led by Kevin McCarthy, are pressuring Speaker Nancy Pelosi to open the House of Representatives as the Senate, led by Mitch McConnell, returns to work Monday afternoon. 

President Donald Trump's new campaign ad features stirring music and shows his coronavirus response - as well as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tearing up his State of the Union speech.

Gaps have continued appearing on meat shelves across America as supplies run low after dozens of processing plants closed or reduced capacity after workers started getting sick.

50 Cent took aim at Australian street artist Lushsux again after he painted a mural of the rapper as US President Mike Pence.

President Donald Trump drew a line in the sand with Andrew Cuomo and Nancy Pelosi when he called financial bailouts for states 'unfair' because they would go to ones with Democratic governors. 

Donald Trump vowed Monday to bring back his widely-viewed coronavirus briefings, but said they will be limited to one or two a week instead of the daily briefings he held over the last two months.

Trump took aim at the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump PAC led by Conway, and referred to the group as 'RINO Republicans'.

The anti-Trump Lincoln Project group raised $1 million after the president rage-tweeted against its members over a new 'Mourning in America' ad criticizing Trump.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday his White House was blocking Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying before a key House subcommittee because Democrats are 'Trump-haters.'

Donald Trump's reelection campaign released a rage blog post on his website slamming George Conway, the leader of an anti-Trump Republican political action committee, as 'largely unemployed.'