There are few British sportspeople who have legitimate claims to being the best in the world however Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jessica Ennis-Hill are in that category.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jessica Ennis-Hill’s rivalry has all the ingredients to propel athletics into the spotlight in a similar manner to the Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett.

MATT LAWTON: Katarina Johnson-Thompson seems slightly offended by the suggestion that she does not look as physically strong as other leading heptathletes... and then pulls a Popeye-like pose.

Wayne Rooney has teamed up with an array of leading stars across the world of sport, including Serena Williams and Kobe Bryant, to feature in a new advert showing off their formidable speed.

Ahead of the IAAF World Championships in Beijing next week, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson have been busily preparing at a training camp in Fukuoka, Japan.

Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson will clash for the first time since 2012 when they compete in the World Championships in Beijing. Ennis-Hill aims to add at least 250 points to her best.

British Athletics would not be making public any medal targets for the World Championships in Beijing. Here Sportsmail looks at where they are likely to come from.

MARTHA KELNER IN BEIJING: Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson go head-to-head on Sunday in a battle to be crowned heptathlon World Champion.

Johnson-Thompson believes she has the ability to beat Ennis-Hill and wants to fulfil her burgeoning potential with a gold medal in Rio next month.

Team GB and Team USA already have a slew of medals under their belt, but as these adorable photographs show, each and every one of our Olympians had to start somewhere.

Britain's golden girls Jessica Ennis-Hill (left) and Katarina Johnson-Thompson (right) yesterday began their battle for the women’s heptathlon title in Rio de Janeiro.

It's HOT OR NOT time once again, as IAN LADYMAN runs the rule over the good and bad from the world of sport this week, including Glenn Hoddle, Gary Neville and Mark Cavendish.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been ruled out of the Indoor Grand Prix but is expected to be fit for the European Indoor Championships after suffering a minor hamstring strain.

Athletic stars Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Dina Asher-Smith made the most of their post-season break by heading down the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week.

Before Jodie Comer played the ruthless assassin Villanelle in the hit show, she honed her skills in drama classes at the same Liverpool school attended as the indoor pentathlon champion.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Katarina Johnson-Thompson is talking about recognition and the time it can take for some folk to see what is so clear to others.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: I'll tell you one that surprised me - it was a message from my language tutor,' says Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

EXCLUSIVE BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The heated marketing row that casts a shadow over Team GB's preparations for the Tokyo Olympics is expected to be resolved next week.

RAY CONNOLLY: Waking up to learn that Glenn Frey, who co-wrote and sang that song with the American group The Eagles, had died, there was much lamentation among rock music fans.

Nicki Minaj smoldered in a new Instagram post this Thursday. The 36-year-old rapper showed off her cleavage in a busty colorful bodysuit and let her fur wrap slide off one shoulder.

Nicki Minaj dropped a music video for her new song Megatron, after promoting the track on social media for weeks.

Nicky Minaj and Kaley Cuoco were just a few of the Los Angeles-based celebrities reacting on social media after a second Southern California earthquake struck in only two days.

Payne's scheduled appearance at the Jeddah World Fest has sparked fury among activists angry at Saudi Arabia's criminalisation of gays, and jailing of women's rights activists.

Dupri said he was simply adding on to an ongoing discussion in regards to the image and content of contemporary female rap artists.

Nicki Minaj suggested she was pregnant and engaged to her boyfriend Kenneth Petty on a track released Friday. He's a registered sex offender and pleased guilty to manslaughter in 2006.

Chance the Rapper confessed to Nicki Minaj on her radio show that his wife saved his life by becoming celibate while the two were estranged. They subsequently married earlier this year.

Saunders, an A&R with Rockstarr Music Group, took to Instagram with a post ripping the Grammy-nominated artist, 36, over the presentation and promotion of the single.

Nicki Minaj and fiancé Kenneth Petty are officially walking down the aisle. The Super Bass rapper divulged on her Queen Radio show on Monday that she and Petty are set to wed in 'about 80 days'

Almost a year after Cardi B threw a shoe at Nicki Minaj during New York Fashion Week, their closest friends are rekindling the feud.Cardi's best friend Star Brim, 27, wasn't there to defend her pal from

The 36-year-old hip-hop star looks the other way when it comes to the 41-year-old registered sex offender's two prison stints

Nicki Minaj put on a sizzling display to celebrate the release of her Hot Girl Summer music video, on Tuesday. The Barbie Dreams hitmaker shared videos to Instagram in a plunging white dress.

Barbies everywhere were shook on Thursday, when their queen Nicki Minaj tweeted that she was leaving her music career behind. On Friday, the rapper backtracked and issued an apology.

Donald Trump super fans have shown how loyal they are to the president by marking their bodies with some unusual inkings including lower back artwork mimicking Nicki Minaj and on a mail item.

FENDI has collaborated with world renowned artist Nicki Minaj. The collaboration is the next chapter of FENDI's FF series, entitled FENDI PRINTS ON, named after Nicki's lyrics.

She tied the knot with convicted sex offender Kenneth 'Zoo' Petty on October 21, 2019. And one week later, Nicki Minaj shared a series of snaps while she showed off her Harley Quinn costume.

Bling alert: Newly married Nicki Minaj was seen in a gallery of images and video on her Instagram with her husband flaunting their gigantic new rocks in Halloween costumes.

Nicki Minaj's fans-The Barbz-are known for quickly jumping to conclusions on social media. And Wednesday night the 36-year-old got her fans worked up when she tweeted 'expecting a'

The Anaconda hitmaker, 37, found herself caught in an exchange with the rapper, 32, after he liked a photo that made reference to her new husband Kenneth Petty.

The 37-year-old rapper dished that she's trying to lay low from such a public lifestyle after marrying childhood friend and sex offender Kenneth Petty late last year.

Nicki Minaj shared a video to Instagram on Sunday of her husband Kenneth Petty rubbing her stomach during a flight to Trinidad. The cryptic video prompted speculation over Minaj expecting a child.

Petty was in federal court after turning himself into the Marshals, and is set to face a judge later today, according to TMZ .

Nicki Minaj's husband Kenneth Petty has finally registered as a sex offender in California and the charges stemming from his prior failure to do so.

Wendy Williams added fuel to her feud with rapper Nicki Minaj during a taping of her talk show on Tuesday by taunting her about the rapper's 'sex offender' husband.

Nicki Minaj's husband Kenneth Petty may have had to register as a sex offender, but he still wants to be able to use the Internet.

Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, will now be able to legally surf the internet as part of the conditions of his pre-trial release.

The soap star, 28, hinted that the pair 'will get closer' in the coming weeks as the Queen Vic landlord's marriage to wife Linda reaches breaking point due to her alcoholism.

EastEnders first look spoiler pictures show Callum Highway bound and gagged during his kidnap ordeal amid Keanu Taylor's explosive revenge plot against the Mitchells.

EastEnders' Linda Carter is set to make a shock move as her past fears about husband Mick and Whitney Dean return, ahead the soap's 'epic' 35th Anniversary week.

he former EastEnders actress, 27, and her reality star husband, 28, proved their marriage is firmly on track as they celebrated Valentine's Day by posing in a cute double jumper on Friday.

Scott Mitchell, 56, revealed that watching EastEnders helps battle the neurodegenerative disease Barbara Windsor was diagnosed with six years ago.