Chris Froome is back in hospital again after cutting his thumb with a kitchen knife. Froome's hopes of a record-equalling fifth Tour title this year were ended in violent fashion in June when he crashed heavily.

Chris Froome has revealed that he does not remember any part of the horrific crash that almost cost him his life during a training ride in May.

Chris Froome is due to compete in the end-of-season Saitama Creiterium, which will be his first race since suffering a horror crash at the Criterium du Dauphine in June.

Chris Froome shared a photo of himself as he steps up recovery from a life-threatening crash that left him with broken legs, ribs and elbow and neck.

Chris Froome's comeback from career-threatening injuries gathered pace in Paris as the four-time Tour de France winner targeted victory in next year's race.

Nine months after his career almost ended in a bone-splintering crash into a French garden wall, Froome's comeback to cycling gets going in the desert setting of the UAE Tour on Sunday.

DAVID COVERDALE IN BERLIN: All riders in the race, including four-time Tour de France champion Froome, were in lockdown in their Abu Dhabi hotel rooms and were awaiting testing for the disease.

Newcastle United has a tradition where players and staff greet one another with a handshake every morning but manager Steve Bruce admitted: 'We've stopped on the advice of the doctor'.

Team Ineos sporting director Nicolas Portal has tragically passed away at the age of 40. A statement from Team Ineos said that the Frenchman died at his home in Andorra on Tuesday afternoon.

Chris Froome has thanked French doctors for helping him get back on his bike after a horror crash last year left him with a broken leg. He posted a training video to Instagram on Thursday.

The iconic climbs of this year's Tour de France will have to be fan-free if the organisers are to stage a 2020 edition despite the coronavirus crisis, a task Chris Froome is sceptical of being possible.

JANE FRYER: Allen McCloud, 59, is the businessman behind the swingers club at the Croydon Hall Hotel, in the sleepy village of Rodhuish, population 293, near Minehead in Somerset.

On Wednesday, Boris was spotted in a Tesco Express in Islington, close to his former marital home. Rucksack on back, crumpled as ever, he was in a hurry and, according to a witness.

JANE FRYER lifts the lid on the Three Tenors - Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo, the European opera singers adept at transporting their fans to a higher plane.

Retired engineer Richard Keedwell, 71, has spent nearly three years, attended seven court hearings and spent £30,000 of his sons' inheritance disputing a £100 speeding fine.

Roald was plagued by the feeling he had let his 'favourite child' down after Olivia contracted measles encephalitis, writes JANE FRYER. The first vaccine was licensed the following year in the U.S.

JANE FRYER: John Richards has impressively bushy eyebrows, two children, a grandchild, an amicably divorced wife, a passion for detective novels and a vast, exacting brain.

The Rev Chris is the hottest thing in the Church of England right now. Not just in terms of his fame - he has more than 117,000 Instagram followers and is a massive hit on YouTube channels.

JANE FRYER: Bob Weighton, of Alton, Hampshire neither drinks nor smokes. 'I tried one of my brother's cigarettes when I was 12, was sick and I've never smoked since,' he says.

JANE FRYER: Every weekend and holiday, Cameron Newham is out from dawn to dusk, in rain, sun, hail and biting winds, fulfilling his quest to photograph England's rural parish churches.

Theresa May's radical plans for tackling the crisis was a big mistake, but she was right to identify provision of social care in our ageing society as one of the greatest challenges facing the country.

If Corbyn truly believed in democracy, he’d roundly condemn today’s ‘Day of Rage’, organised by the storm troops of the hard Left to bring London to a halt and help overthrow the Government.

So this is it. We have arrived at the moment when Parliament can finally end this Brexit purgatory. Alternatively, they could continue to put petty politics before the national interest.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The FA leadership will have an unlikely say in the appointments of the new chief executive and chairman of the Premier League.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Kevin Pietersen was one of only four former England team-mates who did not participate in a video tribute to Alastair Cook this week.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The troubled Hundred format on which the England Cricket Board are placing so much importance is facing a critical fortnight.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: FIFA remain remarkably confident that all the players named in their world XI will be present in London for the Best awards on September 24.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is the intriguing name mentioned as a possible next chairman of the Premier League during informal discussions.

CHARLES SALE - THE SPORTS AGENDA: adidas invited all their English football clubs to their Munich headquarters last week to present future plans.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The most fascinating insight from a Ryder Cup pundit this week will be delivered by former European captain Ian Woosnam.

CHARLES SALE: The European Tour have thrown in the towel in their attempts to stop Ryder Cup stars ambush marketing timekeeper sponsors Rolex on the official team photographs.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA IN PARIS: It has not gone down well at the Trianon Palace Hotel, where both teams are staying, that the Americans have brought their own chef.

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: The giant aftershocks of the EU referendum continue to run through British politics, shaking pillars that once seemed wholly firm, demolishing safe walls.

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: The tumult and the shouting may at last be dying away. The time for slogans and cheap jibes is over. Dogma is giving way to practicality.

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: If Mr Farage insists on pursuing his impossible dream of a perfect Brexit, he will not get it.

The Grammy award-winning composer says the R&B superstar took her role as lioness Nala in the upcoming Disney remake 'very seriously' and he has hailed her new track Spirit.

The songstress, 37, sings about living a life of purpose as she kisses and cuddles her daughter at the foot of a majestic waterfall in the new video. Beyoncé's song Spirit was released on July 10.

She, along with Naomi Campbell and Kelly Rowland, were called out in the new track. And Lupita Nyong'o was excited when she heard her name in Beyonce's song, Brown Skin Girl.

Norma Kamali, 74, fresh off a plane from New York, is straight-backed and lithe-limbed, and her skin glows so brightly it could power the National Grid.

John Oliver, who plays Zazu in the new Lion King, confirmed speculations that Beyonce, who stars alongside him as Nala, was not actually present for the cast's official photo shoot.

The photo was historic in its own right, as photographer Tyler Mitchell was the first-ever African-American person to shoot a cover for Vogue in its 125 years in print.

Kanye famously jumped on stage in New York to declare that Beyonce should have won the Best Female Video prize which had just gone to Swift (pictured).

It's been 10 years since she won the VMA for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. Fresh off the release of her latest album Lover, Taylor Swift is sharing an excerpt from her diary.

Taylor Swift may forgive, but apparently never forgets. The singer referenced the moment when Kanye West interrupted her acceptance speech at the same show 10 years prior.

Beyonce was left speechless when her husband Jay Z surprised her with an early birthday cake at his Made In America Festival ahead of her 38th year around the sun later this week.

Aaron Paul just celebrated the big 4-0 and is feeling extra grateful. Having just returned from his birthday trip, the Breaking Bad star took to Instagram Wednesday to say 'thank you' to everyone involved.

Beyonce proved she was a woman of many talents on Monday when she shared a preview clip of Beyonce Presents: Making The Gift in which she performed opera.

The 67-year-old made the revelation during an interview with Michael Strahan, which is set to air on Good Morning America on Wednesday.

The 38-year-old powerhouse shared that she 'could not stop crying' at the awe-inspiring studio as she stepped out wearing a custom Yousef Al Jasmi yellow beaded gown with husband Jay-Z.

Beyonce is a worldwide superstar, whose known for keeping her quite private.