When top-flight football in England was suspended last month due to the spread of Covid-19, Liverpool were 25 points clear of second-placed Manchester City with nine games remaining.

John Ruddy believes that the season must be completed, even if that means playing behind closed doors. He says rolling over into next season would be difficult due to many permutations

CHRIS WHEELER: The coronavirus crisis stirred something very close to home for Marcus Rashford. He thought of vulnerable children, much like himself at school, who may go hungry or suffer.

The Dutch FA took the decision on Friday to cancel the Eredivisie , with the title left by vacant by Ajax and AZ Alkmaar, and neighbouring Belgium could follow after a meeting on Monday.

News of Jordan Cox's passing arrived on Thursday while he was at home but it has been described as 'non-suspicious' and not linked to the current global coronavirus pandemic.

MERSEY BEAT: Quietly they are making their presence felt, fired primarily by the feats of their flying front three. Goals are what transform sides in the Premier League.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: With each passing minute, he gets closer to the door. The relentless pursuit, the speculation and the astronomical bid.

DOMINIC KING — MERSEY BEAT: Pep Guardiola saw an opportunity to get at Trent Alexander-Arnold on Wednesday. The Liverpool defender, however, did not read the script.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Jordan Henderson was approaching the final 12 months of his contract and with Liverpool dallying, some of their rivals began to take notice.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Towards the end of 2020, Liverpool will have a new £50million complex. The renovation of their Academy at Kirkby is well underway.

The Government has now released guidance on what to do if you're in the middle of a move. So should you move house, delay your purchase, or pull out of the sale completely?

There are some 1,585 fewer residential mortgages now available than there were just three weeks ago, according to financial experts Moneyfacts.

Paul takes over at the takeaway pizza group after leading the coffee chain through its growth spurt ahead of its £3.9bn sale to Coca-Cola by former owner Whitbread last year.

Mark Barnett, Invesco's best-known fund manager, will wash his hands of all the companies his funds own which are not listed on the stock exchange. Investors are expected to take a painful hit.

AIM-listed business Science Group has become the latest firm to design a ventilator from scratch. It has signed an agreement to provide 10,000 of them if regulators approve.

The industry has been pleading for state aid after being crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic. Virgin Atlantic, part of Sir Richard Branson's empire, has led calls for an £7.5bn industry rescue package.

A probe is now under way into the failure, which went unnoticed for more than a decade until discovered by our pensions columnist Steve Webb and This is Money.

The DVLA has released the list details of the personalised plate options it has removed from the market for being insulting, with the likes of M20 RON, A20 RSE and BS20 TRD all being pulled from sale.

22-year-old Tara Hinchy and 31-year-old Greg Linning were among those who told This is Money they had changed their shopping habits in response to the coronavirus.

Laura Tenison, the founder of upmarket children's clothing retailer JoJo Maman Bébé, says: 'We are an ethical business.' And she has been working on her own production line during the Covid-19 crisis.

Owners of cars will see their car tax costs rise in-line with the RPI index, usually adding £5 to bills. However, new vehicle buyers will be hit harder, as first-year VED rates are determined by a new test.

A damning review by the Financial Ombudsman of an anti-fraud code which came into force last May has raised numerous concerns about the way banks are treating victims who have lost millions.

From whether you can apply for Universal Credit if you're self-employed to whether you should apply for benefits or sick pay, Citizens Advice answers six of the most common benefits questions.

We tend to put ambitious targets on our hoped-for income in retirement and then underestimate how much we will need to set aside to achieve that. So how much should you save?

Lenders cut a staggering half of all mortgage deals this month, but since the initial rush pull deals some lenders have been quietly reintroducing mortgages to the market.

What happens to my pension if the insurance company has serious financial problems or goes bump? Our agony uncle Steve Webb explains what happens to pensions that are bought out by insurers.

Nationwide has cut the rate on its Future Saver, Loyalty Saver and Isa customers, but jumping ship is proving tricky.

Last month cash withdrawals fell by 60 per cent compared with April 2019, according to ATM operator Link, whose chief exec says the pandemic is 'speeding up' the decline of cash.

The income is derived from premium-rate phone lines that cost 51 pence per minute to ring - or more than three times the 16p  standard.

Married women who retired on small state pensions before April 2016 should get an uplift to 60 per cent of their husband's payments once he reaches retirement age too.

For the first time in 30 years, the best-selling vehicle in a single month was a van, The Mercedes-Benz sold 814 versions of its Sprinter, out-selling the most-bought car, which was the Tesla Model 3.

A number of challenger banks and building societies are making cuts to their bread and butter savings accounts - and it's time to check you won't be hit.

It's a bitter irony that the women contacting us about this are 70 and above, the age group most tragically afflicted and threatened by the coronovirus.

Some recent research suggests that, even if you stick a lump sum into the stock market on the eve of a big crash, you could end up with bigger returns than by drip-feeding.

With fuel pumps being handled throughout the pandemic, there are concerns amongst the motoring community about the safety of return to petrol stations in the aftermath of lockdown.

Defi Du Seuil showed that if there is a vacancy to take over as king of the two-mile chase division he will be a contender with a length and a quarter win in the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham.

Irish trainer Willie Mullins says Benie Des Dieux might be the best mare he has trained after she romped home in the Galmoy Hurdle at Gowran Park.

Trainer Willie Mullins suffered a triple blow on Friday when he had to rule Saldier, Douvan and Klassical Dream out of next month's Cheltenham Festival.

Racing officials are confident the Cheltenham Festival will go ahead next month despite the disruption to travel caused by the spread of the coronavirus.

The killer coronavirus outbreak across the globe has lead to a host of sporting events being cancelled, postponed or placed in serious doubt with the Six Nations among impacted events.

Running the Cheltenham Festival virtually behind closed doors if a spread of the Coronavirus restricts major sporting events is not an option according to the man overseeing the jumps meeting.

Trainer Willie Mullins opted to add the eight-year-old to the field after Cilaos Emery landed with an easy victory in the Red Mills Trial Hurdle at Gowran last month.

This week will be big for Paul Townend. But whatever is thrown at him, the new No1 jockey for trainer Willie Mullins is confident he will take it in his stride.

The Love Island star, 27, has revealed he's been rushed to A&E with suspected kidney stones ahead of his upcoming hosting stint with ITV at this year's Cheltenham Festival.

Nicky Henderson announced on Sunday morning the brilliant two-miler was lame, after a dormant splint that had never caused a problem to the 10-year-old previously 'reared its ugly head'.

The maths whizz made sure her wardrobe added up by tastefully teaming a skintight black jumpsuit with a camel coat on day one of the 2020 Cheltenham Festival.

Imperial Aura saw off a good challenge from Galvin to win the Close Brothers Novices' Handicap Chase.

Up to 70,000 spectators (pictured, packed stands today) are expected to attend the first day of the annual horse racing festival with fans travelling from across Britain to the Gloucestershire course.

Racemail tipsters made a superb start with three winners including Epatante in the Champion Hurdle. Robin Goodfellow, Peter Scudamore, Ken Pitterson and Jane Mangan share their tips for day two. 

Willie Mullins' charge was set to clash with main market rival Defi Du Seuil in Wednesday's two-mile Grade One feature, but has been withdrawn with a vets certificate.