Diego Costa proved he has lost none of his mischievousness since leaving Chelsea for a return to Spain in 2017 by playing a hilarious prank on his brother.

PETE JENSON: Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Madrid ended in a 2-0 defeat that goes a long way to end his dream of winning a sixth Champions League back in the Spanish capital next May.

The visitors battled on despite their numerical disadvantage and did excellently to frustrate Barca for so long. Oblak made nine saves before being beaten by Suarez's fine strike on 86 minutes.

With just seven games left Costa, who was shown a straight red card, will not feature for the remainder of the season and may have played his last game for Atletico Madrid.

Diego Costa is ready to talk to Everton over a stunning return to the Premier League after two years away, according to The Sun.

Only when the dark nights have been and gone and this tournament reaches its late stages, will we find out whether Pep Guardiola has what it takes to resolve the frailties at the back of his team.

Trippier has made a positive start to life at the La Liga giants so far and has fitted in well in Diego Simeone's squad - striking up a great connection with Costa, who he knows from his Premier League days.

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa is facing at least three months out on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on a back problem.

Diego Costa is mulling over the option of a return to his homeland, after reportedly entering talks with Copa Libertadores champions Flamengo.

John Terry has shared an insight into how Chelsea players were kept entertained during pre-season training in 2015, with Diego Costa flooring masseur Billy McCulloch in a boxing fight.

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side return to the scene of last season's Champions League triumph for the first time, where they beat fellow Premier League outfit Tottenham 2-0.

Roma are reportedly interested in signing Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa as the Italian side look to add to their depleted striking options for next season.

Alek Sigley, 29, last made contact with his family on June 25, sparking concerns he had been detained in the secretive nation's capital, Pyongyang.

Choe In-guk - the son of former South Korean foreign minister Choe Dok-shin who defected in 1986 - was filmed arriving in Pyongyang on Saturday where he pledged allegiance to Kim Jong-un.

North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system today, seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States.

The UN banned luxury goods from entering North Korea to punish the rogue state for its nuclear weapons tests, with luxury watches among the specific items named.

Kim Jong-un will likely have 40 nukes by 2020, researchers from Sweden say, around a dozen more than this time last year - meaning he has continued to build them despite talks with the US.

The technology giant launched a case in the US District Court against the group code named Thallium to try and stop their operations that were specifically targeting certain groups.

National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said the U.S. has reached out to North Korea to continue negotiations in Stockholm in October after the regime said denuclearization was 'off the table'.

A report studying the internet usage of these North Korean leaders throughout 2019 claims Kim Jong-un is presiding over 'a nation run like a criminal syndicate'.

North Korea has sent 500 Red Cross workers to its border with China to help with 'quarantine operations', even though the Hermit Kingdom officially reported having no coronavirus cases.

Stuntman Gianluca Di Medio, 40, was on the set of a new movie filming in North East China when he contracted coronavirus and collapsed on set.

Alek Sigley, 30, had been a Masters student at Kim Il-sung University, in Pyonyang, for three semesters when he was whisked out of the foreign student dormitory by two men on June 25 last year.

The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader.

The 'Supreme Leader' of this impoverished country boards his beloved train by means of a ramp covered with a red carpet.

Kim Jong-Un was last seen on April 12 inspecting North Korea's Air Force units. His disappearance has triggered speculation that the dictator is critically ill or dead.

Sydney fashion designer Katie Perry has described her clash with American singer Katy Perry as a real 'David and Goliath' fight after the Australian filed legal action in the Federal Court.

International pop star Katy Perry has announced she's returning to Australia.

She kicked off the week by rubbing shoulders with royalty in London. And Katy took advantage of being in Europe as she jetted over to Prague to visit Orlando , who has been filming there.

Katy Perry will perform before and after the ICC T20 Women's World Cup cricket final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Almost 90,000 cricket fans have witnessed history at the Women's Twenty20 World Cup final between Australia and India.

On Sunday Katy Perry performed live on stage for the first time since announcing her pregnancy. 

Katy Perry announced she was expecting her first child with partner Orlando Bloom, 43, last week.

She is currently expecting her first child with fiance Orlando Bloom. And though she tried, singer Katy Perry couldn't hide her burgeoning baby bump - or her darling pup Nugget - during a morning pit stop.

The 35-year-old singer's paternal grandmother Ann Pearl Hudson, who passed away shortly after Katy announced her pregnancy, will be the inspiration behind her daughter's name.

They are expecting their first child together later this year. And it seems Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are preparing for their arrival as they left Target on Friday with multiple shopping carts.

Katy Perry has shared a sneak peek at 'what would have been' her Met Gala 2020 costume.

The failures of the 2017 project appear to have inspired Katy Perry, based on the reflective lyrics of her forthcoming song Smile.

Red-faced NRL officials have been forced to make last-minute edits to its new television ad to promote the 2020 season after a series of embarrassing blunders originally went unnoticed.

The 30-year-old claimed she helped a couple from Melbourne realise their dream of starting a family while in a relationship with the Wests Tigers play maker in March last year.

The ad was launched a week ago and showed the Rabbitohs star standing in the water at a beach with an Aboriginal flag draped over his shoulders.

She's the former NRL WAG who never puts a foot wrong when it comes to fashion.

The professional boxer took to Facebook on Monday to call out Liberal candidate for Gilmore Warren Mundine, who is also his cousin, for betraying their culture.

Phoebe Burgess has been embracing life as a single mum since splitting with her NRL star husband Sam Burgess in October last year. 

The NRL has suspended the rest of the season as the coronavirus pandemic continues to shutdown businesses and services across Australia.

Former NRL power couple Sam and Phoebe Burgess have finalised their divorce after four years of marriage. 

The NRL season is set to resume on May 28 after the league was suspended due to COVID-19. 

The Newcastle Knights captain broke news of his new engagement on Instagram with a picture of himself kissing his new fiancee.

Professor Kelly was questioned on Friday about the NRL's attempts to restart the season which he said was simply too soon to be considering.

The competition struggled to find an Australian backer as the game was cut short after round one due to the coronavirus outbreak.