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Craig Melvin breaks down in tears on the Today show while discussing teachers

The 40-year-old father-of-two was overcome with emotion on Tuesday morning while discussing a librarian who has been making a TV show from her basement to keep kids entertained in lockdown.




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Sarah Silverman performs her daily salute to NYC's essential workers with assistant Annie Segal

The 49-year-old Wreck-It-Ralph star, who was once again joined by her assistant Annie Sega for their daily salute to NYC's essential workers, beamed on her fire escape in New York City.




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De Blasio 'added fuel to the fire' of anti-Semitic hates crimes, says Jewish civil rights group

Leading Jewish civil rights group The Lawfare Project has filed a freedom of information request against the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio regarding a Jewish funeral on April 28.




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Chloe Sevigny reveals first picture of baby son Vanja as she poses with boyfriend Sinisa Mackovic

The 45-year-old actress posted the photo on Wednesday, telling fans that her son Vanja Sevigny Mačković was born May 2nd in New York City.




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PICTURED: Bronx motorcycle gang leader, 51, shot dead in broad daylight by two assassins

The widow and daughter of Francisco Rosado, 51, the slain leader of The Bronx chapter of Pagan's Motorcycle Club, have described him as a loving family man who adored his kids and grandkids.




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Wimbledon: Brazilian tennis player handed suspension after failing drugs test

Beatriz Haddad-Maia failed a urine test following a WTA Tour event in Croatia in June but was still able to play at Wimbledon, where she earned £72,000 in prize money.




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Aussie Olympic swimmers react to Chinese drug cheat's explosion over another podium snub 

The controversial Yang has been in the spotlight in Gwanju for the past week since  Australia's Mack Horton refused to share the podium with Sun after he finished second in the 400m freestyle final.




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Eleven Premier League stars 'allowed to play on after using banned substances' over last three years

Eleven players in the Premier League failed drugs tests over the past three years but were allowed to play on. The FA accepted the reasons given by players for taking the substances.




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Drug cheat swimmer Shayna Jack in 'tears every day' and is beside herself after positive test

Shayna Jack, the young Australian swimmer who tested positive to a banned substance, has been in tears every day, says her manager. 




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Mack Horton breaks his silence on Shayna Jack doping scandal

Australian swimmer Mack Horton said Shayna Jack's positive test hadn't changed his position on doping, saying he supported the decision to have her withdraw from the competition.




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Inside the life of Australian swimmer Shayna Jack as she vows to challenge her positive drug reading

The Brisbane-based 20-year-old is the latest rising star to be embroiled in a doping scandal, having tested positive to Ligandrol during a routine drug test last month.




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FINA boss says two more swimmers have tested positive banned substances

FINA executive Cornel Marculescu said two more athletes - who are not Australian - have been caught doping. He did not disclose whether or not they are world champion competitors.




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Mamadou Sakho insists £13million legal battle with WADA will not be a distraction this season

Crystal Palace defender Mamadou Sakho believes his legal battle with WADA over a drug test blunder will not be a distraction on the pitch this season. Sakho is suing the agency for £13million.




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Shayna Jack could escape ban from doping scandal by using loophole Japanese swimmer used last year

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack, 20, could escape severe punishment for a failed doping test by using a loophole that saw a Japanese swimmer's ban cut in half.




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Australian swimmer Mack Horton drops a BOMBSHELL as he breaks silence on Shayna Jack's drug scandal

The 23-year-old refused to share the podium with victorious Sun after winning silver in the men's 400m freestyle final at FINA's World Championships in South Korea on July 21.




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Agents circle around Rashford and Premier League's 'Big Six' face battle to change transfer deadline

MATT HUGHES - AHEAD OF THE GAME: We round up hidden stories as agents attempt to sign up Rashford and Arsenal ban stewards from drinking coffee from their club sponsor to cut costs.




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Russia to miss World Athletics Championships for second time in a row as IAAF extend ban on nation

MATT HUGHES: Russia are facing a worldwide ban from all major sports events after being given three weeks to explain signs of tampering with drug tests. 




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Scrutiny will now intensify on Sir Mo Farah after ex-coach Alberto Salazar's four-year doping ban

The world of athletics was rocked on Tuesday when the coach who led Sir Mo Farah to his Olympic gold medals was banished from the sport in disgrace for doping violations.




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Footy star's career hangs in balance as he tests positive to the same drug as swimmer Shayna Jack

Brisbane Broncos player James Segeyaro's career hangs in the balance after he returned a positive drug test.




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IOC president wants WADA to look at athletes who worked with Salazar - and that may include Mo Farah

IOC president Thomas Bach has described Alberto Salazar's ban as 'very worrying' and has called on the World Anti-Doping Agency to look at athletes who worked with the disgraced coach.




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Mo Farah still refusing to condemn Alberto Salazar doping charges

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN CHICAGO: Sir Mo Farah is still running... running away from any notion that he might have played it differently, and quickly towards the idea that it's all been media conspiracy.




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Dillian Whyte forced to wait until 2021 for WBC title shot if 'situation is resolved' with UKAD

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




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Rugby league star James Segeyaro to fight to clear his name after testing positive for banned drugs

James Segeyaro, 28, was stood down from the Brisbane Broncos in October after returning a positive A-sample for banned muscle-enhancing drugs.




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Fastest girl in America Mary Cain accuses Nike of physically and emotionally abusing her in training

Track and field athlete, Mary Cain, once the 'fastest girl in America' on Thursday urged Nike to change their system after her former coach Alberto Salazar was banned after a doping investigation.




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Russia facing ban from 2020 Olympics and European Championships

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.




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Russian officials suspended by Athletics Integrity Unit for serious breaches of anti-doping rules

The prospect of Russian track and field athletes taking part in the Tokyo Olympics are looking slimmer after the president of the country's athletics federation was charged on Thursday.




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Russia remains suspended as reinstatement process is put on hold following fresh anti-doping charges

Russia's reinstatement process has been suspended by the World Athletics Council following fresh anti-doping charges against senior officials. The RusAF has been banned since 2015.




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World Anti-Doping Agency panel calls for Russian athletes to be banned for FOUR YEARS

It follows an investigation into the data handed over by the Moscow laboratory in January as part of the reintegration process of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency following the state-sponsored doping scandal.




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Russia clear to compete in Euro 2020 meaning Wales fans may face St Petersburg trip

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




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UK Athletics chiefs' held mystery meeting on controversial use of thyroid medication in 2014

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.




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WADA ban Russia from international sport for next FOUR years... meaning no Olympics and World Cup

Russia have been banned from the world's top sporting events for four years, including next summer's Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Qatar World Cup, for tampering with doping tests.




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Russian president Vladimir Putin says country have 'reason to appeal' four-year WADA ban

Vladimir Putin's comments come after WADA barred teams under a Russian flag from competing at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 and 2022 and the football World Cup in 2022.




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Shane Sutton accused of using a Coke can containing URINE to cover up a doping offence

Richard Freeman's barrister has claimed a current British Cycling coach used a Coke can containing urine to try to help Shane Sutton cover up a doping offence during his riding career.




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US stars plan podium protest at Tokyo Olympics if Russian athletes win medals

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: American athletes are planning podium protests at the Olympics to express anger at the presence of Russian athletes if they win medals at next summer.




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British Olympic Association call for strongest possible action against Russia

British Olympic chiefs have called for even tougher sanctions against Russia to prevent their athletes competing as neutrals in Tokyo next year.




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Russia WILL appeal four-year ban as Putin says sanctions 'unlike anything in history of humankind'

Speaking about the World Anti-Doping Agency's decision, Putin said Russia were 'being punished for the same thing twice - we've never had anything like this in the history of humankind.'




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Wilson Kipsang provisionally suspended for 'whereabouts failures and tampering with samples'

Two-time London marathon winner Kenyan Wilson Kipsang has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures and tampering with samples, the Athletics Integrity Unit revealed.




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Spotlight on Tokyo Olympics, Qatar World Cup and cash for Russian doping cover-ups at Diack trial

ROB DRAPER AND PETER ALLEN IN PARIS: A criminal trial will start on Monday with some huge names on the International Olympic Committee sweating to see if they are named in court.




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Former World Athletics president Lamine Diack's trial in Paris for corruption adjourned until June

The trial of Lamine Diack, the former president of World Athletics, has been adjourned until June and the 86-year-old's request to return from Senegal has been refused.




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Russia take aim at UK Anti-Doping as disgraced agency accuse them of creating 'wall of mistrust'

Russia have hit out at UK Anti-Doping for constructing a 'wall of distrust' by refusing to hand over Mo Farah's blood and urine samples to the World Anti-Doping Agency. 




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Russians face prospect of blanket ban at Tokyo 2020 in athletic disciplines

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.




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Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong puts his 'dream' five-bedroom Aspen mansion on the market

The five-bedroom five-bathroom home nestled in Aspen, Colorado, also boasts underground rooms. The disgraced cyclist said last year one of his family's favorite places there is the fire pit.




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UK Athletics to reveal findings of review into Salazar decision in the spring

Findings from the independent review into UK Athletics' handling of the Alberto Salazar affair are due to be announced in the spring.




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Mo Farah backtracked over taking controversial L-carnitine injections before London marathon in 2014

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.




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Sir Mo Farah's U-turn puts heat on UK Athletics to act over 2014 L-carnitine injection 

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'.




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Olympic hero Sir Mo Farah looks like a man who is hiding something

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: It is with some irony that the lustre of Sir Mo Farah's legacy might now depend on the same kind of iffy memory that got him into this mess in the first place.




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Russia use delaying tactics in bid to compete at Olympics despite ban for state-sponsored doping

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Russia has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport for more time to prepare an appeal against their four-year ban from international sport.




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Hammer thrower lashes out at four-year ban after UKAD wins appeal against decision to clear him

Mark Dry, 32, had appealed successfully to a sports resolution panel against the ban for lying about why he was not at the address provided in his whereabouts information in October 2018.




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Russia to host 2023 UEFA Super Cup despite WADA recommending against them doing so

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.




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Russia braced for blanket Olympic ban over doping with athletes set to be froze out

The World Anti-Doping Agency are expected to order a ban on Russian athletes competing at the Olympics as well as preventing them from hosting or competing in major international events.