A former rugby league star (pictured) has been jailed for smuggling exotic animals to pay off a $25,000 debt.  

Dillian Whyte will have to wait until February 2021 for his WBC heavyweight title shot, if his 'situation is resolved' by UK Anti-Doping. 

Russia could be set for a new ban from major international sporting events like next summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games over claimed inconsistencies in anti-doping data.

Investigators from the World Anti-Doping Agency found inconsistencies in laboratory data obtained from the Russian anti-doping agency in January.

EXCLUSIVE BY ROB DRAPER: UK Athletics called a special meeting with the English Institute of Sport to discuss the controversial use of thyroid medication on elite athletes.

He was charged by the FA in October with providing fraudulent information regarding an application for a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for a Bury player on December 1, 2018.

According to the Mirror, Barnsley boss Gerhard Struber held a team meeting to break the news last week before informing the group that Diaby would not be featuring against Bristol City last Saturday.

The possibility of a blanket ban on Russians in the athletics disciplines at Tokyo 2020 increased after World Athletics ordered their disgraced national federation to admit to doping offences.

RIATH Al-SAMARRAI: Sir Mo Farah could face investigation by UK Anti-Doping agency after it emerged he changed his story when talking to investigators about injections he received.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: It emerged in Panorama on that some UKA officials had misgivings about whether administering the legal supplement ahead of the London Marathon was within the 'spirit of sport'.

Adam Peaty hit out at 'fool' Sun Yang for 'disrespecting' swimming after China's three-time Olympic champion was banned for eight years for missing a doping test.

UEFA have announced that Russia will host the 2023 Super Cup despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommending the nation should not be allowed to host major competitions.

Joanna Coates says the crisis-hit organisation are prepared to hand over Sir Mo Farah's data to UK Anti-Doping and insist ethics will rule over medals under her tenure.

The indictment stated a designer, performance-enhancing substance was administered to Maximum Security in 2019 and, if that charge is proven, it could cost connections the $10m first prize.

Another wave of Russian athletes could face new doping charges after the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday that it has completed its investigation of a vast trove of evidence.

DANNY MURPHY: This is a golden period for dynamic English midfield players between the ages of 20 and 25. Jack Grealish should be one of those around the top of the game for the next decade.

OLIVER HOLT AT VICARAGE ROAD - The season's biggest upset was served up here before us, as Jurgen Klopp's high-flying Liverpool lost their unbeaten record at the hands of Watford.

Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool are ready to 'strike back' on the road to Wembley and says he would be an 'idiot' if he doubted the character of his players.

Liverpool's consistency prior to last weekend's defeat to Watford had led some to question whether they could match the 1998-1999 United team but Brown does not think they deserve that.

Callum Wilson gave the Cherries a shock lead in the ninth minute but there was controversy surrounding his goal with the striker giving defender Joe Gomez a push in the build-up.

Jurgen Klopp was left furious by referee Paul Tierney's decision to award Callum Wilson's opening goal in Liverpool's 2-1 victory over AFC Bournemouth. 

It had been the club's intention to move to the new state-of-the-art base at the beginning of July that would enable the first team and the Academy to be on one site but that plan has now put on hold.

According to Sport, the Catalan giants have run out of patience with injury-plagued Frenchman which could lead Liverpool to make a £80m bid for him once the transfer window reopens.

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says he 'cannot imagine a scenario' in which Liverpool would not be crowned Premier League champions insisting 'they will get the title'.

Ulla Sandrock, who is married to the Liverpool F.C manager, visited a Waitrose store in Formby, Merseyside last week and handed out £50 vouchers to staff on the shop floor.

Jurgen Klopp signed the midfielder from Fulham when he was just 16 and there are high hopes he can become a future star with a handful of first-team appearances already under his belt.

The wait was supposed to be over weeks ago but with football and life in general on hold due to coronavirus, it is now 30 years to the day since Liverpool last won the English top flight.

Liverpool are reportedly set to rival Manchester United for Lille midfielder Boubakary Soumare this summer. United have been heavily linked with the 21-year-old but they may now face competition.

Kevin-Prince Boateng has named Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp as one of the best managers he has ever worked with. The pair were together at Borussia Dortmund during he 2008-09 season.

Borussia Dortmund's sensational 2011-12 season will live long in fans' memories but not in Jurgen Klopp's, as the German coach was too drunk to 'notice' the celebrations. 

The Reds were on the brink of winning their first top-flight title in 30 years before the season was suspended due to the coronavirus. Now plans are being drawn up to play the remaining nine games.

Ted Cruz has taken 10 of the 13 at-large delegates in Virginia, even though he came a distant third place in the state's Super Tuesday primary, where Trump won with 34.7per cent of the vote.

Sen. Ted Cruz warned a young man making a disturbance at an Indiana rally yesterday that he would have 'spanked' the youth, who called out to the crowd at Cruz 'you suck.'

Heidi Cruz responded today to one of the internet's weirdest conspiracy theories  – that Sen. Ted Cruz, her husband, was the 'Zodiac Killer.'

Ivanka Trump was photographed jabbing her finger as her other siblings sat nearby looking stoic during Ted Cruz's speech Wednesday night in Cleveland, Ohio at the RNC.

Moderate GOP senators would like to see Cruz move to the administration so he can't stand in their way with stunts and filibusters. He wouldn't comment Tuesday about his chances.

Tammy Talpas told Sen Ted Cruz at a campaign event in Austin Tuesday that if he forced her into a high-risk pool it could kill her. She then asked if he would take a DNA test to prove he's human.

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels who's weighing a 2020 bid, is holding a 'resistance rally' in Texas the same night President Trump will be campaigning for Sen. Ted Cruz.

David Hogg (left) helped raise money for a billboard of Trump mocking Cruz in a tweet that reads;'Why would the people of Texas support Ted Cruz when he has accomplished absolutely nothing'.

Cruz was holding a rally over the weekend as part of the run up to the election, when it was targeted by protesters from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Jessica Morales Rocketto was filmed confronting Senator Ted Cruz Friday asks the Texas Senator, asking if he will listen to sexual assault survivors and vote no to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.

A liberal PAC targeting Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has teamed up with filmmaker Richard Linklater to slam the senator in a new ad over his preference for White Castle burgers.

Election Day 2018 is just days away. Here's all you need to know, including when it is, where and how to vote, early voting information, needed documents, how to register to vote and more.

After President Donald Trump accused Pastor Rafael Cruz of playing a part in the assassination of JFK, Ted Cruz's dad was recently quoted as telling a Dallas luncheon: ‘Oh, yes - I shot J.R.!’

The unlikely duo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz have teamed up on legislation to close Washington's famous revolving door.

Actress Alyssa Milano was joined by activist Fred Guttenberg at Ted Cruz's Washington DC office to discuss gun reform. Milano later tweeted that the conversation had been 'civil'.

Malia Obama and her British boyfriend Rory Farquharson enjoyed brunch with his family at the Ojai Valley Inn on Sunday.

The comments came from the former president Obama earlier this year, to which Biden is alleged to have told him that he couldn't pass up a second chance to beat Donald Trump.

The original Okura Tokyo opened in 1962 and welcomed all manner of famous faces over the years, including Steve Jobs and Margaret Thatcher too.

Putin's operatives in Washington, New York, and San Francisco were reportedly able to access the location of FBI teams and communications between them. The FBI HQ is pictured main.