Lionel Messi has been recuperating on a family holiday after the disappointment of Argentina's Copa America semi-final defeat by Brazil.

Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned for one game and fined £1,200 after being sent off against Chile in the Copa America third-place playoff earlier this month.

Suarez was put through a rigorous sandpit routine on his own as he attended his first session back at Barcelona's Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper training base on Friday.

Lionel Messi will not feature for Argentina again this year after receiving a three-month suspension and a £41,000 fine following his controversial comments about Copa America.

Napoli have started negotiations with Gremio for Brazil's Copa America hero Everton. Carlo Ancleotti's side have been looking to reinforce their attack all summer but have been unsuccessful.

Jesus scored Brazil's second goal in a 3-1 victory over Peru at the Maracana last month but erupted in anger after being sent off for a second bookable offence.

Lionel Messi has started his recovery from a calf injury as the Barcelona star pushes to be fit for the start of the La Liga season on August 16. He trained alone with his team-mates away in the USA.

The Brazilian sealed his country's Copa America triumph on home soil with the third goal in their 3-1 victory over Peru in the final at the Maracana Stadium in July.

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Italy are eager to convince Arsenal prospect Gabriel Martinelli to represent them instead of Brazil. Martinelli was born in Brazil and was called up to a training camp ahead of the Copa America.

The Brazilian midfielder booked his wedding for July after expecting to be included in Brazil's Copa America squad. However, he was dropped by Brazil after a disappointing debut Premier League season.

Lionel Messi rarely needs a second invitation to score but that is exactly what he got as he scored from the rebound of his missed penalty to ensure Argentina beat Brazil out in Saudi Arabia.

Lionel Messi praised Argentina's work ethic after scoring the winner in a 1-0 win over Brazil on his return to international football following a three-month ban for criticising CONMEBOL.

Lionel Messi has a chance to win the Copa America on his own turf next summer - but Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni says the competition will be about more than just the Barcelona star.

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This summer's Copa America has been postponed 12 months to 2021 amid fears over the spread of the coronavirus. The tournament in Argentina and Colombia has been pushed back.

Borussia Dortmund will return to training on Monday amid the coronavirus outbreak but will only allow their players to train in twos.

Prince Charles and Prince William have told Harry and Meghan that if they wanted to come back to Britain they could do so, without taking on any official duties, a source told The Sunday Times.

The Duke of Cambridge read out a letter sent by a friend of his great-grandmother, Princess Alice, who was famed for offering a Jewish family refuge at her Athens home after the Nazis invaded.

Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleon, 38, have appointed a former Home Office press officer as their Chief Communications Officer for The Royal Foundation.

Kate, 38, looked elegant in the bespoke Catherine Walker creation as she arrived for a service to mark the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation at Westminster's Central Hall.

The Duchess of Cambridge appeared at today's event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in Westminster with Prince William holding her umbrella.

The Cambridges will kick off a day of engagements in South Wales next week with a visit to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Lifeboat station to learn about the  24-hour rescue service.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have posted an Instagram story announcing a their new mental health charity collaboration.

Prince William appeared upbeat as he arrived at Everton Football Club in Liverpool today.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were seen awkwardly laughing during Sunday night's BAFTA ceremony after Margot Robbie joked about Megxit during an acceptance speech.

Prince William, 37, and Kate, 38, seemed to relax their 'hands-off' policy in public when visiting Mumbles in South Wales today, according to body language epxert and author Judi James.

Kate, 38, was in Mumbles, near Swansea, alongside her husband Prince William, 37, for a busy day of engagements which saw them visit the Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot and tour a lifeboat station.

Rhian Costello and her daughter Annabel, 3, had the memorable encounter when the Duchess of Cambridge visited the RNLI Mumbles Lifeboat Station near Swansea this afternoon.

The Duke of Cambridge, 37, showed her was a doting father and a loving husband in one sweet sentence yesterday as he responded to a member of the public in south Wales, People magazine reports.

Prince William, 37, said he reads to Prince George, six, Princess Charlotte, four, and Prince Louis, one, 'all the time' as he spoke to parents in South Wales yesterday.

The Duke of Cambridge, 37, a lifelong Aston Villa fan, joined footballers from Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Manchester United to take part in the game at a venue in London yesterday.

From his meme-inspiring mechanical fringed Grammys hat to his white feathered Golden Gowns train, Billy Porter has been the stand out of this year's awards season.

More than 300 pangolins are poached from the wild every day and make it the most trafficked animal. But the genome sequence of coronavirus in pangolins was a 99 per cent match to that of infected patients.

Ahead of the publication of her new book on modern manners, Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, 51, spoke to Town & Country magazine about thank you notes and navigating dietary requirements.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are making the trip to support victims of the bushfires in Australia and meet local heroes.

Prince William, 35, and Kate Middleton, 38, have been preparing Prince George, six, for his future role as King of England by explaining it 'like a story book,' a source told Closer magazine.

Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton, 38, will travel to Ireland between 3-5 March at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The Duchess of Cambridge paid tribute to late designer Alexander McQueen today on the 10th anniversary of his death while attending an engagement in Loughborough.

The Duchess of Corwall faced a battle with the icy winds as she arrived at a food market in Leicester today.

Fans have gone wild over the signatures of Prince Charles, Camilla, Prince William and Kate Middleton, after they took part in their first joint royal engagement in nine years yesterday.

The Duke of Cambridge looked jovial today as he chatted and laughed with guests at the Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund's 150th Anniversary reception at St James's Palace in London.

Prince Harry, 35, is 'more sensitive' than Prince William, 38, and 'takes everything personally', a source told Us Weekly. It comes amid reports he left for Canada on bad terms with his brother.

Charles, Camilla, William and Kate came together for a visit to the new Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Loughborough, in their first official outing as a foursome since 2011.

Prince William used a doll to practice before putting newborn Prince George in a car seat for his first appearance outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, Kate Middleton has revealed.

The Duke of Cambridge's impassioned message was shown at the Fire Fight Australia charity concert at Sydney's ANZ Stadium on Sunday night, in addition to its international broadcast.

Prince William has outlined his hopes to raise awareness of men's mental health by having the FA Cup renamed the Heads Up FA Cup.

Always ready to get stuck in, Kate, 38, ditched her £349 Hobbs coat and put a standard-issue company jacket over her Zara dress as she toured the Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot today.

The 51-year-old Danish royal sustained a 'minor injury' to his left shoulder on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland last week. He is being treated at a highly specialised hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The news emerged as the Duke of Cambridge was spotted at the rugby today in Cardiff's Principality Stadium to watch the Wales take on France in the Six Nations.