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Trent Alexander-Arnold goes from ecstasy to heartbreak in ePremier League Invitational tournament

The Liverpool full back was defeated by tournament favourite Diogo Jota, with the Wolves ace securing victory in the online showpiece after yet another golden goal strike.




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Sergio Aguero uses Player of the Month awards to prop up gaming camera

Sergio Aguero has been making sure he's getting in plenty of time on the pitch during lockdown, albeit the virtual one in the video game FIFA 20. He also has a somewhat unusual gaming setup.




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Sergio Aguero leaps to the defence of Barcelona star Lionel Messi amid Argentina criticism

Lionel Messi has won it all for Barcelona, including 10 La Liga titles and four Champions League's but an international honour with Argentina continues to elude him.




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FIFA medical chief Michel D'Hooghe says there should be no football until 'August or September'

Germany's Bundesliga has plans in place, subject to approval from the federal government and state health authorities, to get going again on May 9 while other leagues are keen to follow suit.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: How Boris Johnson became the poshest working-class hero since Winston Churchill

Like Johnson, Churchill refined his image, endlessly practising his supposedly spontaneous quips. He, too, had conspicuous flaws, drank too much, told tall tales and played to the gallery.




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It's time for the EU to be realistic about a trade deal, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Britain's departure shows the EU is not the end of history and it is perfectly possible to get off the train, however clumsy our departure may have looked.




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MAFS star Davina Rankin shares equipment-free home workout amid COVID-19

Married At First Sight star Davina Rankin was recently forced to close her gym, Infamous Physiques, in Brisbane amid the government's strict coronavirus measures.




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'Massage parlour' is fined for offering customers services despite coronavirus restrictions

An unlicensed Queensland massage parlour has been slapped with the first fines for flouting the new coronavirus social distancing and quarantine regulations.




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Nigerian romance scammer who conned an Australian woman out of more than $100,000 is spared jail

Nigerian student Kelechi Emeh, 33, avoided a jail cell after pleading guilty to his role in a sophisticated scam which defrauded Queensland woman out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.




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Japanese restaurant in Brisbane comes under fire for its 'racist' takeaway menu 

Nobunaga Yakitori in Brisbane launched the new takeaway menu this week after the government banned dine-in service to slow the spread of the coronavirus.




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House Rules fans lust over muscular contestant Rhys and call for his 'shirt to come off' 

House Rules: High Stakes premiered on Monday night and it's not the impressive size of the building that has viewers in a tizz, but it's the strapping contestants. 




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Pictured: Swimmer, 23, who was killed in a shark attack off the Great Barrier Reef 

He had been working on the southern Barrier Reef with a group of rangers when he was attacked on Tuesday afternoon.




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Terrifying moment 'human fireball' shot dead by police after setting himself alight near McDonald's

WARNING: Graphic footage has emerged of the horrifying moment a man was shot dead by police after he allegedly doused himself in fuel in a McDonald's car park south of Brisbane.




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Mother creates a rotating 'sushi train' in her own HOME using a children's Christmas train set 

Vicki Thomas brought the magic of her favourite Japanese conveyor belt restaurant into her Brisbane home by arranging boxes of sushi on top of a children's train set.




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Cops who drove down pedestrian walkway at a farmers market blasted for overkill

Organisers of the Northey Street Organic Farmers Market in Brisbane were furious when police infiltrated the market in the car rather than on foot on Sunday.




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Moment young couple forced to push on door to keep landlord out - claiming she harassed them

Queensland couple Sam Henningsen and Julie Guillet say they were forced to move apartments after a rental dispute with their landlord ended with them having to barricade their doors.




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Queensland childcare centre shut down after being visited by someone infected with coronavirus

Families from the Early Birds Jimboomba Education and Childcare, south of Brisbane have been informed after the patient attended the centre unaware they had the virus.




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Footage emerges of Tones and I performing Dance Monkey before stardom

Toni 'Tones and I' Watson shot to fame with the catchy hit Dance Monkey, which has topped the charts in more than 30 countries.




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Gelato Messina is giving away free cookie pies with Deliveroo orders over $32

Australia's most famous ice cream chain is giving away free chocolate-chip cookie pies with every Deliveroo order over $32 from 5pm on Friday, April 17. And the best part is, you can bake it at home.




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Amber alert after six-week-old baby girl taken from home near Brisbane

The girl was taken from a home in Narangba, north of Brisbane, by Aedan Carroll at around midday on Friday.




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From naked to Beatles costumes: The weird and wonderful ways Aussies are taking bins out in lockdown

Creative Australians are adorning costumes to take out the bins as a form of entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Footy star suddenly dies aged just 27 at his home

The 27-year-old utility, who had his sights on playing in the NRL, was found face down in the swimming pool at his parents' home in Brisbane on Friday.




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Stolen six-week-old baby that went missing from a home following a violent argument is found safe

Aedan Carroll, 34, has been charged with a number of domestic violence offences after allegedly attacking a woman on Friday in a Narangba home, north of Brisbane.




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Brisbane mother is slammed for trying to sell her massive stash of toilet paper 

The Brisbane woman has 21 packs of toilet paper, each with 18 rolls for sale online.  She's selling a pack of Quilton toilet paper for $20 - double the supermarket price.




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Funeral of shark attack victim who died on Great Barrier Reef live-streamed coronavirus restrictions

Zachary Robba, 23, had been enjoying working at his 'dream job' on the southern Barrier Reef with a group of rangers when he was attacked by a shark on April 6.




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MasterChef Australia: The story behind Poh Ling Yeow's bizarre nickname

The origin of MasterChef Australia fan favourite Poh Ling Yeow's unusual nickname, 'Train Tracks', has been revealed.




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Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler on his struggle to become a manager in England

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Fowler has the necessary coaching qualifications, but every attempt to find work in England was rebuffed. He applied for four League One jobs but was never interviewed.




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Husband, 35, who stabbed his 23-year-old wife 20 times is jailed

An Indian man has been jailed for stabbing his wife more than 20 times during a frenzied attack at their Brisbane home after she asked for a divorce.




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Queensland Mum Kim Palmer finds two kangaroos shot dead and a surviving joey in one pouch

A mother and son were 'absolutely sickened' to discover two mother kangaroos shot dead next to a dirt road - along with a surviving joey that had been left for dead.




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Massive sinkhole opens up in a Melbourne park after the city was lashed with torrential rain

The 12-metre wide and five-metre deep hole on the corner of Childers Street and Park Cresent in Kew, east of of the city, opened up at about 3.15pm on Wednesday.




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Brisbane driver tells courts he was 'going through a bad time' when he almost rammed police

Dominic Reece Bryham, 25, told Brisbane Supreme Court he was 'going through a bad time' when he got behind the wheel on April 4 in 2019.




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Qantas passengers urged to seek health advice after case of coronavirus confirmed on board

Passengers who travelled on a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Brisbane last week have been told to seek health advice after a traveller on board tested positive for coronavirus. 




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Yoga teacher claims coronavirus lockdown is to blame for his driving offences

James 'Mantra' Schultz was caught driving on a demerit point suspended license at Mansfield, in Brisbane's south, on March 24.




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Brisbane father-of-two had melanoma removed from year after doctor told him it was 'nothing serious'

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT -Rob Lindsay, 51, from Brisbane, noticed a small pink patch on the top of his right ear in September 2019 but claims his GP told him it was 'nothing serious'.




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Why more Australian women are choosing to give birth at home during the coronvairus crisis

Tough social distancing measures and fears of contracting the deadly illness have been the driving force behind the sudden spike in the number of homebirths in Australia.




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Heartbroken miner who rushed home from Australia to see his dying wife denied chance to say goodbye

Bernie Ryan flew back to the country on Sunday from his job as a mining contractor in Brisbane after hearing his wife's cancer had aggressively returned and she had only hours to live.




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NAB predicts double-digit falls in Sydney and Melbourne house prices

National Australia Bank forecasts plunges of 10 to 15 per cent in house and apartment prices because of coronavirus. Sydney and Melbourne weren't the only cities expected to be hit.




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Coles slammed over a photo showing women failing to social distance while using self-serve checkout

The image, taken at a Coles in Morayfield, 44km north of Brisbane, showed two women standing at the same self-serve checkout just before 3.30pm on Tuesday.




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EU politicians give withering assessment of Boris Johnson's backstop solution

Boris Johnson already appears to be fighting a losing battle after EU leaders reacted with dismay at his solution to the Irish backstop.




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Carrie Symonds takes six-week work break to campaign for young Tory women in marginal seats

The former Tory Party adviser has taken unpaid leave to tour the UK electioneering for young female Conservative candidates in marginal seats in the run up to December 12.




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Jacob Rees-Mogg apologises for comments about Grenfell Tower

Mr Rees-Mogg, 50, was asked about decision by London Fire Brigade not to evacuate the burning block and told LBC's Nick Ferrari: 'If you just ignore what you're told and leave you are so much safer'.




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Conservatives embroiled in 'doctored' video row: Piers Morgan blasts James Cleverly for 'fake news'

A re-edited version of a GMB interview with Sir Keir Starmer yesterday ran online showing him unable to answer a question from Piers Morgan. The full exchange showed him answering immediately.




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UK Brexit envoy in US quits, tired of government 'half-truths'

Alexandra Hall Hall, the embassy's 'Brexit counsellor', ended her 33-year foreign service career this week, saying she was not willing to 'peddle half-truths on behalf of a government I do not trust'.




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Tory activist sprayed with perfume, causing acid attack panic

The activist was 'shocked' by the attack outside High Barnet tube station just before 3pm and was treated at the scene before further tests were carried out in hospital.




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Moment Hugh Grant saw exit poll announcing a huge Tory majority

EXCLUSIVE: The actor, 59, looked crestfallen when the exit poll landed at 10pm last night as he enjoyed wine and food at the Tendido Cero tapas restaurant in Kensington last night.




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Withdrawal Bill and £33billion for the NHS to be top of Her Majesty's address to parliament 

The Queen's Speech on Thursday, setting out the Government's agenda for the new Parliament, will give legislative force to the policy priorities which secured Mr Johnson's landslide win.




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How Boris Johnson became the Conservatives' unlikely hero

Boris is celebrating this morning as the most powerful Conservative Prime Minister since Thatcher - but for years it looked like his complicated personal life could derail his vaunting ambition.




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'Blue Wall' of new Tory MPs arrives for first day at Parliament 

Triumphant Conservatives are reporting for duty in Westminster after demolishing Labour's 'Red Wall' of Leave-backing strongholds in the North, Midlands and Wales.




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Boris Johnson to offer first-time home buyers big discounts

Boris Johnson could offer first-time home buyers massive discounts to stop them being priced out of their local areas - but experts immediately questioned how it would work.




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Ousted Tory MP Zac Goldsmith to stay as Environment Minister

Conservative former MP Zac Goldsmith is to stay on as Environment Minister and will be made a life peer, Downing Street has announced today.