MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: The umpire at the centre of last year's US Open final storm involving Serena Williams storm has been formally told he will be kept away from her matches.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: According to her coach, Serena Williams's meltdown during her defeat in last year's US Open final was 'the best moment in tennis for the last ten years.'

She's in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open later this month, and Maria Sharapova made the most of a rare day off on Friday, visiting the National Gallery of Victoria.

Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard saw their matches on Tuesday overshadowed by health concerns caused by 'hazardous' levels of smoke in the air from nearby bushfires.

Novak Djokovic, says the Australian Open in Melbourne may need to be postponed as players continue to struggle to compete due to the smoke-filled air.

The trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary, France's answer in both glamour and virtuosity to our own Alison Balsom, has a new album that's guaranteed to add an extra layer of good cheer this Christmas.

Historically, the list of great British pianists is a sadly short one.

Hats off to Deutsche Grammophon. Not only is it the producer of the finest complete Beethoven set in this, his 250th anniversary year.

Sometimes hype is just that; hype. But occasionally it's true.

Clinton and Trump are each at 44 percent in the LA Times survey. Trump’s six point lead evaporated as a video of him making lewd comments about his conduct toward women emerged.

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by an average of 5.5 percent. But an election forecaster is advising voters to 'hold off on trusting poll-driven proclamations of a Clinton victory just yet.'

On his eponymous radio program Monday morning, Stern said that he was upset that the interviews were being used against Trump and that he himself would never re-release the old interviews.

Paddy Power has paid out $1 million on a Hillary Clinton victory in next month's election following the dramatic implosion of challenger Donald Trump's campaign which has lost him support.

Voters in 13 battleground states say Donald Trump won Wednesday night's final presidential debate. Voters said Clinton won by 49 to 39 per cent, according to the CBS survey.

Voters think that whoever loses the election needs to accept the result, a poll showed Friday - even though almost half of those surveyed think that there will be widespread fraud at the polls.

Clinton now has a 48 per cent slice of the vote, to Trump's 44 per cent among likely voters the Washington Post/ABC News poll showed. On Sunday she had a 12-point lead over Trump.

Clinton's campaign is claiming 'bad polling' is responsible for the candidate's sudden fall from grace in a daily tracking survey that gives Trump a one-point advantage, not her emails.

In a first for the station, the Weather Channel will be broadcasting a full nine hours of weather videos and scenery, set to a backdrop of soothing jazz music, starting at 3pm ET on November 8

Clinton and Trump now have 46 per cent of the vote each, the ABC News/Washington Post poll showed Wednesday.

The day before the election and the presidential race is on a knife edge. Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in most polls by three or four points, according to data published Monday.

Hillary Clinton's campaign has called off its planned election night firework display over Manhattan, it emerged Monday, the day before America goes to the polls.

Donald Trump warned of errors hitting the voting system and called it 'rigged' in an intervention which lays the ground for a challenge to the result - and the possibility he may not concede defeat.

Within an hour, the tweet had generated more than 4.2 thousand 'likes' and just 325 retweets.

The losing presidential candidate said she 'wanted to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again' after conceding to Donald Trump a week ago today.

President-elect Donald Trump told a Wisconsin crowd that he 'really assumed' that he'd lost the election, due to 'phony' exit polls.

Americans are not confident in Donald Trump's ability to stay scandal-free, as less than half surveyed by Gallup told pollsters they believed the incoming president could stand clear.

Professor Will Jennings at the University of Southampton and Professor Christopher Wlezien, from the University of Texas at Austin, examined more than 30,000 national polls.

West Ham midfielder Declan Rice has now played three times for the Three Lions and has again been called up for the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Kosovo.

After Belgium, Italy, Russia, Poland and Ukraine had already booked their places in the latest edition of the European Championship, Spain also achieved the feat on Tuesday night.

The Republic of Ireland fell to third in Group D in Euro 2020 qualifying after tonight's fixtures and now know they must beat Denmark in Dublin on Monday night to make the finals next summer.

Robbie Keane has challenged his Republic of Ireland. players to make themselves heroes as they look to seal Euro 2020 qualification with victory against Denmark on Monday night.

CRAIG HOPE AT THE AVIVA STADIUM: Ireland headed for March's play-offs in their bid to avoid the ignominy of missing out on a tournament for which they are one of 12 hosts.

Steve Clarke's team flopped in the Euro 2020 qualifiers, but their performance in last season's Nations League was enough to give them a second chance of reaching next summer's finals.

Most people go on dating apps to find love, but one Dundalk fan has stumbled across something different - her club's new signing. Jesus 'Chino Perez wrote that he played for the club in his Tinder profile.

Mick McCarthy's future as Republic of Ireland manager is uncertain amid the impact of coronavirus on the fixture calendar. The 61-year-old's contract runs until the end of the Euro 2020 campaign.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Queen is not given to displays of emotion, but I hear that she held a poignant final formal meeting with Theresa May this week.

George, third in line to the throne, turns six today and is apparently favoured by her majesty, who 'goes out of her way to spend time with him.'

The Queen had only one request for her appearance with James Bond at the opening of the 2012 London Olympics - that she could deliver the line: 'Good evening, Mr Bond.'

The Queen no longer uses fur in her outfits, having switched to fake fur this year, her senior dresser Angela Kelly has revealed. Buckingham Palace today confirmed the move to FEMAIL.

In a 'make or break' TV interview about the scandal, Andrew said he regretted going to stay with Jeffrey Epstein in New York after the financier's release from prison on child sex offences.

In a 'make or break' TV interview about the scandal, Andrew said he regretted going to stay with Jeffrey Epstein in New York after the financier's release from prison on child sex offences.

Princess Anne, 69, was said to be closer to her father, but a royal expert has said that since the Queen's mother passed away in 2002 their relationship has grown.

The @RoyalFamily and @ClarenceHouse accounts posted birthday messages today, while Kensington Palace released a new photograph of Kate to mark the occasion.

The Duke of Sussex, who announced the couple's plan in a statement over Instagram last week, is 'behaving like a teenager,' an insider told Vanity Fair magazine.

The Duchess of Cambridge (pictured this afternoon) has remained in London while Prince William faced his brother at the Norfolk estate with the Queen and Prince Charles.

The couple's spokesman insisted Meghan was not shut out of the discussion and just left it to Harry, saying: 'In the end, the Sussexes decided that it wasn't necessary for the Duchess to join'.

Own-label wines from British retailers Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Morrisons all took home gold awards in the International Wine Challenge.

The man, named only as Antoine, who got out the prison two months ago, heard one of his notes had been found by Florence Widdicombe in London (pictured) after he returned home to Nigeria.

A Tesco store in Bristol has stored 100g bars of Aero mint, Dairy Milk and other chocolate bars in 'thief'-proof boxes'. It comes two months after Tesco kept Cathedral City cheese in boxes.

Tesco and Cow & Gate said that 15 varieties of baby food sold nationwide may have been tampered with - though no other product from either company appears to have been affected.