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England could face international break triple-headers next season

Gareth Southgate has been warned that England could have to play three matches in two-week international breaks next season as part of FIFA's plan to revive the global calendar.




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Loris Karius 'complains to FIFA over unpaid wages at Besiktas and demands contract is CANCELLED'

The Liverpool goalkeeper has been on-loan with the Turkish side but now wants to return to Anfield early because of a withheld payment.




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'It must be boring to hear I am the REAL Ronaldo': Brazil legend opens up on rivalry with Cristiano

Brazil's Ronaldo won FIFA's World Player of the Year three times before the age of 21 but was eventually surpassed by his Portuguese namesake.




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FIFA begins handover of around £121million to national associations due to coronavirus crisis

The game's world governing body said each of its 211 member countries would receive £404,000 in the coming days plus any entitlement under the Forward 2.0 development programme.




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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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SPITTING could be banned in football when sport returns in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus

With football in England nearing a return with clubs slowly returning to training, Michel D'Hooghe has warned that footballers will have to change their mannerisms on the pitch for health reasons.




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FIFA keen to continue investigating Germany's 2006 World Cup bid after trial collapses

FIFA is refusing to give up on resolving a corruption case relating to Germany's successful 2006 World Cup bid, despite a trial in Switzerland ending due to a statute of limitations.




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Shaun Wright-Phillips opens up on receiving racist abuse from Spain fans in Madrid

Wright-Phillips and Ashley Cole were subjected to monkey noises and insults during England's 1-0 defeat inside the Bernabeu, which saw the FA lodge a complaint to FIFA over the incident.




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FIFA 'will permit five substitutions' when football returns after Covid-19 crisis

Rizzoli, the Italian official who took charge of the 2014 World Cup final and is now a referee designator for Serie A, said one change could be five subs instead of the usual three.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: For Britain's sake, this is a gamble Boris Johnson MUST win 

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: 'To some extent,' wrote Boris Johnson in his book about his hero Winston Churchill, 'all politicians are gamblers with events.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Jeremy Corbyn is silent on racists standing for his own party 

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We are only a few days into the election campaign and the conspiracy theories have already begun.




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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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A suicide note to make the '80s loony left blush, writes Dominic Sandbrook

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: In my lifetime, Labour have published more than a dozen manifestos, some saner than others.




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We've never had it so good! DOMINIC SANDBROOK on a divisive decade

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: So how will we remember the 2010s? It was a decade of austerity, great patriotic spectacles, royal weddings and the triumphant London Olympics.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK on the Royal Family's opportunity from this crisis

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The new slimmed down Royal Family is a good thing, though I don't for a moment underestimate the strain it has placed upon our 93-year-old Queen.




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Coronavirus is a deadly wake-up call, writes historian DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We pride ourselves on our supremacy over the natural world and our mastery of science. But as the last week has shown, our modernity has made us weaker than ever.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson is wrong to make a jibe at Margaret Thatcher

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson's reference to 'society' in Sunday night's video was a rebuke to Margaret Thatcher's controversial remarks, made in an interview in the late Eighties.




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It's easy to feel imprisoned under lockdown, so thank goodness for non-fiction books

With all this free time we have on our hands, Dominic Sandbrook makes the case for reading non-fiction books. Pictured: A Soviet soldier stand on top of a tank in Moscow's red square.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The recovery that followed The Great Depression should give us hope

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Even optimists admit that some businesses will not be replaced. Not every neighbourhood restaurant will reopen. Not every furloughed worker will stroll back into a job.




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Universities are begging for bailout after years of over-expansion, says DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Have you ever wondered what a perfect storm looks like? Just take a look at Britain's universities. Crippled by corruption and greed they stand on the brink of disaster.




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The reason a Virgin Australia flight attendant was moved to give a passenger a free bottle of wine

In what may be his final flight, Jay Hill, 24, talked to a passenger, known as Mr Douglas, travelling from LAX to Perth, who told him he had retired from work because he had terminal cancer.




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Michael Turnbull conducts private inspection amid coronavirus

Former Bachelorette star Michael Turnbull is also the principal owner of Lowest Commission Real Estate.




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Australian woman's fears for mother on board coronavirus death ship after losing contact

Shirley Maclaren is one of 135 Australians on the Holland America Line Zaandam ship stranded in the Pacific Ocean off Central America, where four passengers have died from coronavirus.




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Couple build a dining table on ute to eat at Brisbane cafe despite coronavirus social distancing

The couple strapped down the table and two dining chairs to enjoy breakfast outside Brooks and Stain in Brisbane.




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Now THAT'S a lockdown workout! Australian fitness fanatic runs a marathon in just his kitchen 

Queensland long distance runner Tim Franklin set up a 21 metre circuit in his Brisbane apartment and ran an entire marathon inside.




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Shattered widower of Ruby Princess coronavirus victim slams the cruise company as debacle deepens

Queenslander Karla Lake contracted the deadly virus while celebrating her 75th birthday with her husband Graeme on the virus-stricken Ruby Cruise cruise ship before it docked in Sydney.




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People gather on their balconies in Queensland to cheer for doctors and nurses amid coronavirus

Residents in two adjacent apartment buildings in Redcliffe, north of Brisbane, simultaneously cheered for all medical services staff around the country.




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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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Australian family reveal what it's like in 14-day hotel quarantine with a three-month-old baby

Darcy Lord, his wife Ketut and baby Reef returned from Bali on Sunday morning and were escorted directly to Brisbane Airport;s Novotel hotel for their compulsory quarantine period.




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Ex-The Block star Suzi Taylor back behind bars after allegedly breaching bail conditions 

The 49-year-old was arrested on Monday night and spent the night behind bars.




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North Queensland politician Bob Katter demands his region by cut off during coronavirus crisis

The 75-year-old politician told Daily Mail Australia the region would be easy to isolate and said doing so could save the lives of a million vulnerable Australians.




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Steve Irwin's 'hot niece' Rebecca Lobie strips down during isolation

Rebecca Lobie's revealing photos have seen her rack up over 100,000 followers on Instagram.




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Relieved Australians wave from a bus after being rescued from Nepal amid coronavirus lockdown 

The 222 Australian citizens and 28 New Zealand nationals and permanent residents are scheduled to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday.




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Greyhound suspends bus service from Sydney to Brisbane to stop backpackers transmitting coronavirus

The decision comes after residents in Byron Bay lobbied to have the buses stop to make sure COVID-19 was not transmitted to regional areas.




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Allison Langdon clashes with mother quarantined in luxury hotel after she complained about fresh air

Sarah Greig and her two sons returned from a trip to Jakarta on Sunday, and were immediately shuttled to the Novotel hotel in Brisbane.




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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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Supercar engineers take talents to creating a ventilator prototype to help save coronavirus victims

Brisbane-based Triple Eight Race Engineering built the breathing device in the space of 10 days after being approached by the Queensland state government to create a ventilator prototype.




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The Project: Bluey producer Daley Pearson is left red-faced after his bare feet are revealed on TV

The producer of children's program Bluey was left red-faced when his bare feet were revealed during an appearance on Channel Ten's The Project. 




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Queensland shuts national parks, picnic areas, and 4WD tracks as third person dies from coronavirus

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is ramping up Queensland's coronavirus crackdown as people continue to ignore the ban on non-essential travel.




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Brisbane family gets rude email from landlord when asking for reduced rent due to coronavirus

Brisbane mother-of-three Violet, has been forced to provide for her family after her husband lost his job and was heartbroken to hear her rent would not be reduced.




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Shopping 'angels' deliver groceries to those most in need during coronavirus lockdown 

From their Gold Coast homes, national co-founders of the group, Julian Corvin and Tara O'Kane, are connecting people in need with those offering to do grocery shopping.




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You can now have ONE KILO brie cheese wheels filled with spaghetti delivered to your front door

Australian restaurant Salt Meats Cheese is now delivering their one kilogram of brie cheese pasta to customers at home in isolation. The meal is priced at $39 and serves two people.




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Hoons breach coronavirus restrictions at car rally, with 58 of them copping fines totalling $73k

Queensland police attended the event in Rochedale, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night and gave out 58 $1,334 fines for failing to comply with COVID-19 sanctions.




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Drugs, weapons and cash: Inside Brisbane's violent youth gangs and their brazen Instagram pages

Instagram pages titled @brisbanecrims, @brisbanelads and @southside420 ask their followers to send in criminal content to share online.




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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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Woman, 44, reveals hilarious map her dad drew her of the fruit section of his supermarket

ABC presenter Sarah Kanowski, 44, from Brisbane, Australia, went viral when she revealed how her parents finally let her do their grocery shopping as they fall into the vulnerable category.




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Man is shot dead by Queensland police in a McDonald's carpark

Emergency services were called to Sunnybank Hills in outer Brisbane about 9pm on Monday following reports a man was pouring fuel over himself and a house.




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Qld Man shot dead after setting himself on fire McDonald's doused a woman in petrol before fleeing

Emergency services rushed to a home in Sunnybank Hills, in Brisbane's south on Monday night, after receiving reports of a domestic violence incident.