PETE JENSON: Members of Barcelona's board have travelled to Paris to try and settle a deal to bring Neymar back to the Nou Camp. The La Liga giants are preparing a final bid for him.

Barcelona 'are preparing to launch one final bid to sign Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain' as the clock ticks down to European deadline day next week.

JASON GILLESPIE: It is very hard to avoid the conclusion we are now in for one of the classic Ashes series, maybe even up there with 2005 in terms of excitement and drama. It's fantastic.

EXCLUSIVE BY KIERAN GILL: Premier League refereeing chiefs will resist calls for officials to start using their pitch-side monitors for VAR checks as they feel it will slow the game down too much.

Sportsmail provide you with all you need to know for Europa League draw for 2019/20 group stages including date, time and channel plus how the draw works, the pots and latest odds.

It might only be week three of the new Bundesliga season but some of the usual suspects are already setting the pace. Here, Sportsmail previews the upcoming fixtures ahead of the weekend's action.

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has claimed he isn't 'scared' to settle his rivalry with Conor McGregor outside of the Octagon.

Germany provided the first installment of live post-lockdown sporting action on Thursday by hosting a dozen races in Hanover. Many jockeys wore face masks while others used transparent plastic visors.

Stars' careers are being put at risk by the imminent resumption of competition, according to a union representing nearly 100,000 athletes. German football has been cleared to resume next week.

Walker was spotted travelling from Cheshire to Yorkshire, where his sister was celebrating her birthday, before then briefly moving on to his parents' house nearby.

Ministers are determined not to see the British Grand Prix postponed or cancelled in its 70th anniversary year and so plans are reportedly being drawn up to 'televise without spectators' there.

French racing has been on hold since March due to the coronavirus crisis, but is set to make a high-profile return with no less than four Group races on the card.

The middleweight was supposed to fight American Uriah Hall in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday after the original bout on April 18 was cancelled due to the pandemic.

It is almost impossible to find a consensus among fight fans over the top 10 knockouts in UFC history given the vast number of spectacular finishes down the years. 

The 32-year-old, known in his early coaching days as the 'Baby Mourinho', has a well-earned reputation for attention to detail and will use practice games this weekend to get used to the peculiarities.

A report suggested a late challenge may be made to the decision to allow racing to return, with France Galop and its trotting equivalent saying they had been in talks regarding resumption plans.

The four-time world champion eventually retired back in November 2012 after his loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko, holding an overall record of 45 wins and three defeats from 48 bouts.

Technical director Paolo Maldini and his son, Daniel, were thought to have been the only coronavirus cases within Serie A outfit AC Milan's camp.

UFC 249 is experiencing an 'unbelievable pacing of buys' as pay-per-view purchases have already doubled from the last event UFC 248.

Jonathan Goldstein, chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council, said the 'problem is not only Corbyn but also Corbynism and Corbynites, and these remain strong in the party'.

Mr Lavery is an ally of the current Labour leader, and could split senior left-wing party figures, including Mr Corbyn, who are believed to favour Rebecca Long-Bailey.

Rebecca Long-Bailey has ended weeks of speculation as she said she is 'considering standing' for the Labour leadership. Ian Lavery is also weighing up a run for the top job.

Speaking of a 'profound volatility' in UK politics over the last 12 months, the former Labour leader slammed the current one following his party's disastrous general election performance.

The outgoing leader used his New Year message to rail against billionaires and champion the 'movement' he built, but failed to address his party's cataclysmic election UK election defeat.

Former Labour MP Ruth Smeeth says the Shadow Cabinet should be banned from the leadership race for paying 'lip service' to rooting out anti-Semitism. She claims 'none of them deserve a vote'.

The display in London, broadcast by the BBC, kicked off with the roar of football anthems but some claimed they could hear Jeremy Corbyn's name being chanted.

Yvette Cooper is set to pull out of the Labour leadership race amid fears she cannot win. One friend told the Mail she was likely to withdraw as she feared being punished by Jeremy Corbyn's supporters.

Boris Johnson is concerned a 'Labour mole' is operating within Whitehall, say government sources. Confidential Treasury documents were leaked to Labour during the election campaign.

The centrist shadow Brexit secretary would beat Rebecca Long Bailey by 61 per cent to 39 per cent in a run-off for the UK Labour party leadership, according to the YouGov survey.

MPs have warned of 'Operation Stop Keir' after a poll of members showed the centrist shadow Brexit secretary well ahead of Corbynista candidates such as Rebecca Long Bailey and Ian Lavery.

A motion believed to have been drawn up by activists in Dulwich says Jeremy Corbyn deserves 'heartfelt gratitude and appreciation' for his 'remarkable contribution'.

Jeremy Corbyn has tabled an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill that would extend the transition period until 2023 in the absence of a comprehensive agreement.

Samuel Naylor, 37, wrongly described Mr Corbyn as leader of the Liberal Democrats and also called for an end to leaflets being delivered to his home in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.

Mr Corbyn accused the US president of carrying out 'an extremely serious and dangerous escalation of conflict' after the rocket strike which killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

The Tottenham MP (pictured) revealed he 'seriously considered' running to replace Jeremy Corbyn but did not believe he could unite the party following the general election drumming.

The Birmingham Yardley MP said she 'would have absolutely no problem in confronting Donald Trump' as she launched a bid to become the Labour party's next leader this evening.

MP Jess Phillips is 'fight' to get the UK back into the EU 'regardless of how difficult that argument is to make'. This comes as Sir Keir Starmer said Labour should 'adjust' and move on from Brexit.

Labour leadership hopeful Jess Phillips has backtracked after she suggested she would campaign to take the UK back into the European Union if she takes over from Jeremy Corbyn.

The 63-year-old attended today's meeting of the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC), which is due to decide on the rules and format of the battle to replace Jeremy Corbyn.

Labour's ruling national executive committee made the announcement yesterday, setting the fee for those to become registered supporters in time to vote in the leadership contest at £25.

Jeremy Corbyn was mocked by Tory MPs this afternoon after he claimed to have 'long spoken out against the Iranian government's human rights record'.

The party's business spokesman lavished praise on the outgoing leader during her campaign launch despite him overseeing Labour's worst British election defeat since 1935.

HENRY DEEDES: General Soleimani's death, Corbyn informed the House, was a classic example of American aggression. Once again, the US was making the wrong calls in the Middle East.

Jeremy Corbyn last night refused four times to say Qassem Soleimani was a terrorist - and also described the Iranian general's killing by the US as 'illegal' . 

The Parliamentary Labour Party has long been at odds with Mr Corbyn over his policies and attitude to Brexit and her speech on the party's future went down badly according to MPs in the room.

The shadow foreign secretary, an outsider in the leadership race to succeed him, said she had no option but to give him zero after the party suffered its worst defeat in 85 years.

Shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner as received £500,000 from a firm with links to Beijing and another £100,000 to finance a string of Parliamentary 'fact-finding trips.

Laura Smith and Karen Lee both spoke of their need to find a new source of income after they lost their Crew & Nantwich and Lincoln seats to the Tories on December 12.

The left-winger, who is trailing sixth and last in the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn, made the suggestion in a campaign speech in London.

Some 42 per cent of more than 5,000 people surveyed by YouGov gave the outgoing leader a zero rating after he led his party to an election humiliation in December.