Jessica Ennis-Hill made an impressive return to heptathlon action on Saturday to lie third overall after four events at the Hypo-Meeting in Austria. It is the first time she has competed since 2012.

Brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlee will go head-to-head for the first time this season in the World Triathlon London in Hyde Park on Sunday afternoon.

BECKY JAMES - ROAD TO RIO: I never thought I’d be so excited about training, but having been in Manchester for the last couple of months following a year on the sidelines, it feels so good to be back.

Lutalo Muhammad is relishing the prospect of renewing one of the biggest rivalries in his sport when he takes to the mat for the men's -80kg taekwondo competition at the European Games.

Things are all gearing up right now for the London Open in September and I'm enjoying being in full time training. The competition is basically a trial for the World Championships in Glasgow

Some of you won’t like me saying this, but I feel old! I know I’m only 22 but I’m diving so much and working so hard that my body is sore every day. I’m training for the World Aquatics Championship.

The Olympics in Rio is definitely where I want to be next year. There are lots of other events coming up but Rio is my main target and that’s why I’m training so hard... because it's all about Rio.

I can’t wait for Rio 2016! It’s come around so quickly – it feels like London 2012 was last week. But hopefully I’ll be in good shape next year, make that team and do everyone proud.

I was 18 when the Games were held in London and narrowly missed out on a place in the squad. It was disappointing being so close last time round, but there's nothing stopping me this time.

It’s only a year to go until the Olympics start, but there’s still plenty of work to do. We went to Rio earlier this year and it was fantastic. I'm really looking forward to getting in the pool out there.

BECKY JAMES: It's been an emotional roller-coaster but I'm finally getting my confidence back. After the National Championships this weekend I can focus on making it to the Olympics in Rio next year.

SALLY BROWN - ROAD TO RIO: I am so excited for the next year, which I have not been able to say for a while. I am now able to run 300 metres and not have any problems so I am excited to get out and run.

MARTHA KELNER: When Adam Gemili opens his laptop to watch a film after training he sees the iconic Rio de Janeiro skyline, which has replaced Beijing's Bird's Nest as his screensaver.

Team camps can be tricky because you don't really think about it as a selection process, it just feels like a normal camp. You don't arrive thinking: 'I need to be better than that person or that guy'.

Max Whitlock has grown used to delivering on the biggest stage over the past four years but Britain's record-breaking gymnast admits he had to take a step back from the sport in order to refocus on Rio.

CHRIS MEARS: Rio has always been there driving me to train harder and to compete as well as I can. It’s really pushed me. Now it’s becoming less of a dream and more of a reality.

I can’t wait to walk out in front of a stadium full of people in Rio feeling like I belong, there’s no better feeling than lining against the best in the world.

The 29-year-old Brit Greg Rutherford, also the reigning world and European champion, posted a season best of 8.31metres in the second round to dominate the event.

Since the announcement of our Wheelchair Basketball team for the Paralympics in Rio, I’ve been the subject of some of the group’s jokes.

Once the medals started coming in I wanted to be that person to stand on the podium – the success of the others really spurred me on. For every member of the track team to win a medal was unbelievable.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called former VP Joe Biden a 'fine man' after firing off a letter to the State Department seeking documents on Biden and his son Hunter.

Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, 68, walked back on his comments that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election during an interview on CNN on Monday.

Justice Department lawyers asked a judge to put on hold a ruling requiring Don McGahn to testify as part of the Democrats' impeachment probe against Donald Trump.

The Trump administration wants tjhe ruling put on hold until appeals are resolved. The judge says the Democrat-let House Judiciary Committee consented to a brief delay.a

President Donald Trump said he didn't tell his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to undertake efforts in Ukraine on his behalf, saying he didn't 'direct' his lawyer to pursue the course he did.

Doubts were cast over Gordon Sondland's call with Donald Trump where POTUS allegedly told him there was 'no quid pro quo' at play in U.S. policy toward the Ukraine, as no record of the call exists.

Police have questioned a 'respected' Ukrainian gynaecologist, Dr Vyacheslav Tripolko, after an unnamed woman saw herself on an adult site undergoing an ultrasound investigation.

Ukrainian officials are said to be in the process of discussing a number of ways to improve their country's standing with President Trump in the wake of the fallout caused by the impeachment probe

Chairman Adam Schiff had said the report will be released 'soon' and now it's reported the Committee will have 24 hours to view the documents from Monday evening then will vote to approve it Tuesday.

Congressman Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey doesn't support impeachment and says only a 'small elite group' of lawmakers want to remove Trump, which would be 'un-American'.

Mother Snezhana, 22, had left nine-month-old girl Alexandra asleep in her pram outside her home in eastern Ukraine when a cat climbed inside and curled up on the girl's face, suffocating her.

An unnamed 33-year-old woman allegedly tried to kill her young child at a children's hospital in Odesa, Ukraine. She was in the middle of a drinking session when her son woke up crying.

Three-year-old Sasha Soboleva (pictured left), was shot in the head on the back seat of his father's car (pictured top right) during a failed assassination attempt in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

Call records released in the House Intelligence Committee's impeachment inquiry report reveals multiple contacts between Rudy Giuliani and the White House during the Ukraine controversy.

Former Vice President Joe Biden continues his 'No Malarkey' bus tour in Iowa Friday - a day after getting in a heated confrontation with an 83-year old voter he called a 'damn liar.'

The Trump Administration says a key claim in Schiff's impeachment report is inaccurate, insisting Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani did not have a 13-minute phone call with a top White House budget official.

Fabrizio Ravanelli has revealed his 'big dream' is to one day become coach of his favourite club Juventus. The former striker, known as the 'White Feather' was a prolific scorer for Juve.

The House Judiciary Committee's second consecutive day of impeachment hearings abruptly ended Thursday night and will resume 10am Friday morning.

A bitter argument over the impeachment of President Trump on Monday prompted Whoopi Goldberg to tell her The View co-host Meghan McCain to 'stop talking.'

Chuck Schumer accused Donald Trump of covering up his actions in regards to the Ukraine and claimed many Republicans have 'privately' told him they want to hear new evidence during Senate trial.

President Donald Trump hailed lawyer Rudy Giuliani as a 'great crimefighter' as the House prepares to vote on two presidential impeachment articles after a probe that focused on Giuliani's role.

Rudy Giuliani detailed Tuesday that he felt it was necessary for Marie Yovanovitch to be prematurely removed from her post because she was enabling Ukrainian corruption.

Meghan McCain (right) and Whoopi Goldberg (left) addressed their on-air clash ahead of Tuesday morning's broadcast of The View.

New York Rep. Antony Brindisi says he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. He was elected in 2018 with just 51 per cent of the vote, in a district Trump carried by 15 points two years earlier.

As an impeachment vote loomed, Schiff demanded Pence's office declassify documents that he claims could show the vice president knee-deep in the Ukraine scandal that has brought Trump to the brink.

Alena Kravchenko, 34, of Odessa, Ukraine, has been growing her mane since the age of five and washes it once a week, which takes around an hour - though she does occasionally step on it.

Joe Biden tweeted on Saturday that 'unlike Donald Trump and Mike Pence,' he has 'always complied with a lawful order' and 'cooperated with legitimate congressional oversight requests.'

The Republican senator from South Carolina is concerned that the president's former lawyer vet his research from sources known for peddling Russian conspiracy theories.

The 2020 presidential hopeful shouted back, 'This is not a Trump rally,' as he sought to bring order to the event in Milford, New Hampshire, on Sunday night.

Joe Biden said Monday he would consider putting a Republican on his ticket if he won the Democratic nomination in 2020. 'I would, but I can't think of one now,' Biden said when asked of the prospect.