She's fresh from a sun-kissed holiday in with her beau Louis Smith, so Lucy Mecklenburgh is taking no chances with the winter cold by wrapping up in a furry collared black jacket back in Essex.

MARTHA KELNER IN RIO: It is a sign of how far gymnastics in Britain has advanced that an Olympic medal was expected when the men's team took to the competition floor in Rio on Monday night.

Strictly Come Dancing star Louis Smith was accused of sulking when fellow Briton Max Whitlock won gold and knocked him down to silver in the pommel horse final at Rio 2016 yesterday.

Louis Smith's two-month ban from gymnastics for appearing to mock Islam risks fuelling religious hate, according to a leading Muslim lawyer.

Charles Walker voiced fury during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons - insisting Smith would not have been punished for sending up Christianity.

Louis Smith, 27, is certainly in the best shape possible for the physical demands of The Jump from the look of his official 2017 calendar.

In 2014 Louis Smith was left red-faced after a solo sex tape emerged on a porn site.

Olympic gymnast and The Jump star Louis Smith could not resist taking a swipe at his former TOWIE star ex Lucy Mecklenburgh on Friday.

Liverpool fans would have been forgiven for getting a surge of excitement as they saw Dominic Solanke pick up the Golden Ball at the Under 20 World Cup last week, but is it a true indicator of success?

AJ Pritchard has revealed his own personal incentives for swapping Strictly Come Dancing for The Hunted.

Louis Smith, 29, and So You Think You Can Dance winner Charlie Bruce, 29, stepped out together on Tuesday night as they departed the Corinthia Hotel in London.

The gymnast, 30, discussed his thoughts as he was unveiled as the face of Huawei's campaign with the RSPCA to help find 'furever' homes for unadopted animals in the UK

Lee Ryan, Melody Thornton, 34, Louis Smith, 30 and Rachel Stevens, 41, revealed why they jumped at the opportunity to take part in Rip It Up The 70s at The London Palladium.

The 2017 Love Island winner, 23, enjoyed some downtime as she stocked up on essentials for her pet pooch Oreo in Romford, Essex earlier this week amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Andy Murray and Serena Williams began their mixed doubles campaign with victory on day six, but Johanna Konta is the only Brit left in either singles after Dan Evans and Harriet Dart crashed out.

The second week of Wimbledon is upon us and unlike last year, there will be British representation on 'Manic Monday'.Jo Konta is still going strong after a stirring comeback against Sloane Stephens.

KIERAN GILL ON COURT 2: The 29-year-old from Japan is the leading contender should a name other than Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer be engraved on the trophy this Sunday.

Guido Pella ensured there will be a South American presence in the men's Wimbledon quarter-finals after the Argentine survived a five-set thriller in against 2016 runner-up Milos Raonic on Monday.

Novak Djokovic's title defence at Wimbledon is still yet to come under serious threat as he eased into the last eight for the 11th time on Monday with a comfortable win over Ugo Humbert.

This is only the latest battleground in the tussle to decide who will be considered the greatest of all time. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are likely to stroll through quarter-finals.

LAURA LAMBERT AT CENTRE COURT: Novak Djokovic withstood an early scare to turn the screw on Belgian challenger David Goffin and reach the semi-finals of Wimbledon.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON: Roberto Bautista Agut will meet Novak Djokovic in the first Grand Slam final of his career after beating Argentina's Guido Pella 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Roberto Bautista Agut is free to go back on his cancelled stag do to Ibiza after crashing out of Wimbledon in a semi-final defeat to defending champion Novak Djokovic.

He's known for his incredible sense of style and David Beckham must have been so into his Wimbledon look on Thursday, he went for something similar the day after. 

Not for the first time this tournament, Novak Djokovic's focus on tennis has been disrupted by the politics around the sport.

Millions of fans were stressed out not just by the dramatic sporting clashes that went on around the UK yesterday, but also by finding ways to watch them all at the same time.

Kyrgios was signing autographs at the Atlanta Open in the US when he spotted a man in the crowd wearing a shirt that supported Novak Djokovic and drew on it with black pen.

The Russian was a 7-6 (3), 6-4 winner in one hour 39 minutes and has guaranteed his place in the world's top five in next week's new ATP rankings. Medvedev stormed into a 4-1 lead against Goffin.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Defending singles champions perished at the US Open within 24 hours of each other, one departing to a cacophony of booing and the other to supportive cheers.

Novak Djokovic made a successful return from a shoulder injury with victory over Alexei Popyrin in the opening round of the Japan Open. He had to retire from the US Open last month.

World No 1 Novak Djokovic has taken an innovative approach to training ahead of the Japan Open by stepping into the dohyo to face a sumo wrestler. 

Djokovic, who is attempting to win a title on his tournament debut for the 10th time, hit 10 aces and saved three of four break points, while showing no ill-effects from his recent shoulder injury.

Nadal's withdrawal could prove decisive in the battle to end the year as world number one, with Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals in Tokyo this week and due to defend his title in Shanghai.

The world No 1, competing in his first tournament since withdrawing from last month's US Open with a shoulder injury, secured a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Frenchman Lucas Pouille on Friday.

World number one Novak Djokovic secured his 76th tour-level title by beating John Millman in straight sets at the Japan Open.

Kevin Spacey stepped out for dinner in Belgrade on Tuesday, three months after a Massachusetts prosecutor dropped a groping case against him.

Rafael Nadal has been absent from the Shanghai Masters but is guaranteed to recapture the world No 1 spot next month after Novak Djokovic went down to a shock quarter final defeat in China .

Novak Djokovic has aimed a jibe at outgoing ATP chairman Chris Kermode as the Serbian tennis star welcomed new chairman Andrea Gaudenzi to the tennis organisation on Thursday.

The last great tennis player to emerge, incongruously, from an upbringing that took place largely in a mountainous ski area was one of the greatest ever: Novak Djokovic.

After beginning the week under the weather, Djokovic has looked stronger with each match and he was just too good for 20-year-old Shapovalov, appearing in his first Masters final.

Novak Djokovic was forced to dig deep and lost his temper with the chair umpire and crowd in his 7-6(5) 7-6(6) win over Kevin Anderson to win a testing ATC Cup tie for Serbia in Brisbane.

Nadal - who lost the inaugural tournament's final singles rubber in straight sets to Novak Djokovic - complained to the umpire about fans of the Serbian star.

MIKE DICKSON IN SYDNEY: The abolition of deciding third sets to be replaced by elongated tiebreaks will be seriously considered by the ATP Cup after the events of this week.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: The last team to win the Six Nations on the back of a losing Rugby World Cup final was - oh wait, sorry, there isn't one.

MIKE DICKSON: The tennis world has been thrown into a state of flux after the late cancellation of the first Masters level event of the year, at Indian Wells in California.

Jelena Djokovic, 33, shared a 10-minute video of an American physician which focuses on the conspiracy theory that 5G technology has played a role in creating the current global health crisis.

England face Switzerland in the Nations League third place play-off final after both sides were knocked out of contention to win. Find out KO time, channel, squads, predicted lineups and more here.

England manager Gareth Southgate plans to make some changes for Sunday's Nations League third-place play-off against Switzerland, with defender John Stones' role under scrutiny.

Jordan Pickford joked he is relieved to have escaped a Twitter battering after scoring his penalty in the UEFA Nations League shoot-out victory against Switzerland.

Shaqiri made himself unavailable for selection ahead of this month's Euro 2020 qualifiers, which started with Switzerland grabbing a 1-1 draw at Republic of Ireland on Thursday.