With the first weekend of elite sport suspended as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic upon us, it is not just the regular-going fans who are seeking alternative ways to spend their weekend.

Lewis Hamilton has reignited a row with David Hockney (pictured) over an £18million west London home that the Formula One champion has allegedly never set foot in.

Red Bull racing chief Helmut Marko has revealed his unusual plan to arrange a 'Corona Camp' in a bid to ensure that the Formula One season is not blighted by the coronavirus outbreak.

EXCLUSIVE BY JONATHAN McEVOY: F1 giants McLaren became the sport's first team to place staff on furlough, with their drivers volunteering to take pay cuts themselves.

INTERVIEW BY PETE JENSON: There is a moment in Andres Iniesta's soon to be released biopic 'The Unexpected Hero' when Lionel Messi contemplates his own retirement.

'Migrants are first of all human persons, and that they are the symbol of all those rejected by today's globalised society,' the pontiff tweeted on Monday.

The most powerful figure in the Catholic Church took to social media to share a cryptic tweet in the hours after the Victorian Supreme Court turned down Pell's appeal against sex abuse convictions.

Crowds of worshippers waved yellow-and-white Vatican flags and cheered as the Popemobile made its way into the stadium in the capital Antananarivo (pictured).

Pope Francis is in Mauritius to honour a 19th century French missionary who ministered to free slaves. Roughly 100,000 people attended the service during country's first papal visit since 1989.

Attendants to a Mass with the Pope at a cathedral in Albano on the outskirts of Rome were surprised when His Holiness appeared from the back of a Fiat Tipo, rather than the usual Popemobile.

Speaking at a three-day event, Pope Francis warned Silicon Valley and tech giants in the audience to be ware AI doesn't lead to a new 'form of barbarism', resulting in the manipulation of millions.

Cardinal John Henry Newman is to be canonised at the Vatican in Rome tomorrow. Prince Charles will make speech and woman claiming miracle after praying to Cardinal will be there.

Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi (pictured) writes that the Vatican lost nearly €44million (£38million) last year while its property empire made a loss for the first time.

Pope Francis has renamed the once 'secret' archive to the Vatican Apostolic Archive. He is also opening the archive of World War II-era Pope Pius XII next year, eight years early.

The Silence Of The Lambs star, 81, wrapped his arm around the 72-year-old actor's shoulders as they arrived in style on the red carpet during AFI FEST 2019 in Hollywood, California, on Monday.

Pope Francis warned that technology and globalisation were homogenising young people to the point where their uniqueness and cultural individuality were endangered.

Pope Francis also sought to remind cardinals, bishops and priests that the church does not enjoy the authority it once did, as he spoke in the Sala Clementina, Vatican City.

A visibly indignant Pope Francis had to pull himself away from a woman in a crowd in St Peter's Square today after she grabbed his hand and yanked him towards her.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church told a delegation in Vatican City there had been an increase in selfishness, which had created a 'fertile ground' for hatred and anti-Semitism.

Executives at Netflix must be regarding it as a small miracle. Their big-budget, exquisitely acted drama The Two Popes is up for two Oscars at this weekend's Academy Awards ceremony.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: British stars were hoping for a divine night of Oscar glory - including a pair of actors who dubbed themselves The Two Welsh Popes. Jonathan Pryce plays Pope Francis.

The Welsh actor, 72, cut a dapper figure as he opted for a classic black suit as he joined wife Kate Fahy at the 92nd Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.

In an eagerly-awaited document, Francis did not even refer to recommendations by Amazonian bishops to consider the ordination of married men and women deacons.

During his weekly audience at the Vatican, Pope Francis showed his solidarity with those suffering from the global outbreak of the coronavirus as he kissed people in the crowds.

During Mass today the pope said the coronavirus recovery could not leave anyone behind. He spoke at the church of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome, Italy, to mark Divine Mercy Sunday.

Alter Principal Lourdes Lambert said the decision not to renew the teacher's contract was made by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati after someone expressed 'concern' to Archbishop Dennis Schnurr.

The Texas Rangers are investigating the harassment of a Hispanic family from nearby Fort Worth, who claimed on Facebook to have been the target of racist remarks from a nearby fan.

Veteran employee Gilbert Serna, 36, and loyal customer Adria Gonzalez, 37, have been credited with saving dozens of lives by directing people to safety during the massacre on Saturday.

The heartbreaking words of a little girl whose parents died in the El Paso shooting were revealed by her grandmother. Skylin Jamrowski then asked if the gunman was 'going to come and shoot me too.'

Austin Crusius, 30, is the older half brother of white supremacist El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius, 21. Austin, who lives in northern California, was once engaged to a Hispanic woman.

Families of 31 victims are mourning their loved ones after the gun rampage at Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday and the FBI now fears vulnerable relatives could be targeted by con artists.

Beto O'Rourke offered his personal cellphone to El Paso shooting witness, Sean Nixon, 20. The Democratic presidential candidate who is from El Paso has spent several days in the town.

Michael Dale Hudson, 56, was captured on surveillance camera bursting through the entrance of the supermarket on Gibsonton Drive, narrowly avoiding an elderly shopper.

The culprit, later identified to be Philip Attey, 55, admitted walking into the sporting goods section of a Port St. Lucie Walmart on Wednesday and posing the question - but says he wasn't being serious.

Patrick Crusius, 21, has been charged with capital murder after opening fire inside the El Paso Walmart on Saturday.

Employees were sent were sent a memo on Thursday, which circulated online, instructing them to 'immediately' remove 'aggressive' displays, including hunting videos and combat games.

Donald and Melania Trump met the youngest survivor of the El Paso shooting at a hospital on Wednesday. Paul Anchondo's parents Jordan and Andre were among 22 people killed

Democratic presidential candidates put pressure Friday on Walmart to stop selling firearms after a gun-toting killer massacred 22 people in the parking lot of an El Paso retail store.

Bloomberg's ranking of the world's richest families has revealed how heirs at the top of the list are watching their fortunes grow by millions of dollars every hour.

Richard D. Clayton, 26, of Winter Park, Florida was arrested on Friday after authorities said he posted, '3 more days of probation left then I get my AR-15 back. Don't go to Walmart next week,' on Facebook.

Charles Lawson of Pineville, Kentucky, was diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia after driving to the Pentagon with multiple weapons in his truck on Tuesday.

A 70-year-old man camping in a Walmart parking lot put a hot cook stove in his van, causing it to catch fire and spread to another van, burning two young sisters and killing one of them.

Fran Young, pictured left, was left mortified after a technical mishap showed her name as a profanity on a Walmart screen, right. The oblivious great grandmother, 71,sat underneath for 20 minutes.

Walmart said Thursday in a quarterly earnings report that it would support a conversation around an assault weapons ban, even though the company no longer sells that category of firearm.

Cops claim Ty Kelley, 55, stuffed the bottle of $6.98 Barefoot brand Riesling down the front of his pants while he was inside a franchise in Pinelas Park on Wednesday.

Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke (pictured) made an unannounced visit to a gun show in Arkansas to discuss his plan to ban assault weapons and a gun buyback program. 

Antonio Basco made headlines last week when he invited strangers to attend his partner Margie Reckard's funeral on Friday given they had very few family members left who could help him mourn.

Drew Barrymore's nearly 40-year film career was expanded earlier this year when she launched her Flower Home decor line. Now she has expanded into colorful kid-themed home decorations.

Antonio Basco was emotional after a car dealership replaced his SUV which was stolen and vandalized. He buried his wife who died in the El Paso shooting the day before it was taken.

John Davis (left), 59, was arrested for allegedly stealing a scooter (right, file image) from Walmart and driving it about a mile away until the batter ran out. He was jailed on a grand theft charge.