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Lawes' stand against the fake allegations that criticism of Markle is racist is something I admire

JEFF POWELL: My long-range admiration for Courtney Lawes as a man has been cemented by his principled stand against the fake allegations that criticism of Meghan Markle is racist.




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Athletics in TV deal crisis as BBC offers fraction of the £3m-a-year they paid for current contract

Arnold, whose 46-year coaching career yielded over 70 major medals, said: 'After London 2012 and the opportunity that brought, you have to wonder how it has been allowed to get like this.'




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Trump wins Gibraltar Open and celebrates with imaginary crowd after coronavirus stops fans attending

World champion Judd Trump has become the first player to win six ranking titles in a season after beating Kyren Wilson 4-3 in the final of the BetVictor Gibraltar Open.




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Luke Woodhouse creates PDC Darts Home Tour history by scoring first ever kitchen nine-darter

On just the second evening of the tour, world No 57 Luke Woodhouse hit a 113.9 average and also beat Ted Evetts and Rowby-John Rodriguez to ensure a 100 per cent record in Group Two.




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O'Sullivan reveals Gascoigne was one of first people to know about his incredible snooker ability

O'Sullivan is a five-time world champion and his dad was spreading the word from when he was just a small child, including to one of the country's greatest ever footballers.




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North West hilariously pulls herself a chair and crashes her parents' interview

Kim Kardashian, 39, and Kanye West, 42, were in the middle of interviewing each other about their house when North bounded into the scene, throwing herself onto her mother's arms.




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Kim Kardashian gives tour of kids' incredible playroom including STAGE with drum set

Kim Kardashian treated her 160 million Instagram followers to an eye-popping tour of her children's playroom on Wednesday. She and Kanye West share North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm.




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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West buy two acres of land for $6.3m

The reality TV star, 39, and Grammy winner, 42, purchased the the site for a future home at La Quinta, California's Madison Club, which is a resort enclave in the upscale desert community.




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Kim Kardashian credits ZaZa, five, with North West's remixed rap after her parents call her out

Kim Kardashian eventually credited five-year-old rapper ZaZa for the song North West rapped over at the Yeezy Paris show after her parents (politely) called Kim out over it on Instagram.




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Neil Robertson left STUNNED by incredible Stephen Maguire pot at Snooker Masters

Stephen Maguire produced what could well be the most astonishing shot in snooker history only to have his celebrations cut short by a cruel twist.




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Kevin De Bruyne describes ex-Man City team-mate Jadon Sancho's rise to stardom as 'crazy'

England star Sancho was a member of City's academy and trained alongside De Bruyne but moved to Borussia Dortmund in 2017 before he had made a first-team appearance.




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Erling Haaland credits Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with turning him into one of Europe's best finishers

Haaland had been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United at the start of the year before the shock announcement that Dortmund had pipped them, despite his previous relationship with Solskjaer.




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The feats and records consigned to history's scrapheap if the 2019-20 season ends up null and void  

The prospect of the 2019-20 season being declared 'null and void' looms large over football. We take a look at some of the records, achievements and landmarks that could be erased from history.




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Louis Smith : Strictly champion may quit gymnastics for lucrative TV career

The Olympic silver medallist, pictured with dance partner Flavia Cacace, said he will not return to competitive gymnastics until 2014. Almost 14million viewers tuned in to watch Saturday's final.




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Louis Smith reveals crash diet got him in top shape for final

The 23-year-old Olympic silver medallist gymnast, pictured, stuck to a strict regime for the Strictly Come Dancing final. It excluded eating carbs in the evening.




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Louis Smith shows off incredibly buff body in shirtless selfie

He relaxed his intense fitness routine after his victorious run at the 2012 London Olympics, where he walked away with a silver medal for the pommel horse.




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Pascal Craymer confirms her split from Louis Smith... just days after his solo sex tape leaked

On Saturday it emerged that a secret solo sex tape of Louis Smith is allegedly doing the rounds. And now Pascal Craymer has confirmed their fledgling romance is no more.




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Louis Smith puts sex tape drama and Pascal Craymer split behind him as he jets off to Ibiza with pals

The 25-year-old sportsman clearly wanted to take his mind off recent events by jetting off on holiday with his close group of friends.




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Lucy Mecklenburgh says Louis Smith is crazy about her curves

The former TOWIE star said there's one part in particular that her gymnast lover can't keep his hands off.




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Lucy Mecklenburgh discovered the secret to a happy life with boyfriend Louis Smith

The star, 24, was in her element as she led an intense fitness session inside JD Sports' Argyll Street store in Glasgow, on Wednesday.




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Viewers battle to watch cricket World Cup and Wimbledon finals at same time

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.




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Inside Novak Djokovic's incredible boutique beach home in Miami Beach

Novak Djokovic, 32, is set to compete in his sixth Wimbledon final on Sunday. The Serbian player has just snapped up a three-bedroom apartment at at Eighty Seven Park in Miami.




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Nick Kyrgios defaces fan's t-shirt with black pen because it has 'Novak' written across it 

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.




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Novak Djokovic wins fifth Paris Masters after cruising to straight sets win over Denis Shapovalov

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.




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Novak Djokovic's Serbia crash out of Davis Cup after quarter-final defeat against Russia

With the tie coming down to a deciding doubles rubber, Djokovic was subbed in to partner Viktor Troicki against Khachanov and Rublev, but it was the Russians who came out on top 6-4 4-6 7-6 (8).




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Cristiano Ronaldo teaches tennis star his trademark leap as they get together for gym session

The Juventus forward posted a video to Instagram of himself and Djokovic attempting several run-ups and leaps as onlookers find it all rather amusing.




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Novak Djokovic rows with umpire and shouts at crowd in narrow ATP Cup victory as Rafael Nadal wins

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.




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Novak Djokovic cruises past Cristian Garin in straight sets as Serbia reach ATP Cup quarter-finals

Djokovic, who has yet to drop a set at the tournament, beat Chile's Cristian Garin 6-3, 6-3 in Brisbane, while team-mate Dusan Lajovic won 6-2, 7-6, with Serbia set to travel to Sydney for the quarters.




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England set to rotate for clash against Switzerland with John Stones' role under scrutiny

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.




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Iggy Azalea displays swollen feet and cramped toes in a pair of tight heels

She's known for her daring sense of style.




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Iggy Azalea shows off her VERY luxurious closet while staying at the Hôtel de Crillon, Paris

Australian rapper Iggy Azalea is known for her outrageous high-fashion looks.




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Iggy Azalea reveals the REAL reason she scrapped her Digital Distortion album

Iggy Azalea just released her long-awaited sophomore album, In My Defense.




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Iggy Azalea's comeback album is savaged by critics

Iggy Azalea released her sophomore album In My Defense last week, five long years after her debut effort The New Classic topped the charts. 




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Iggy Azalea calls Wendy Williams a 'crack head' after Williams accused her of having a 'fake body'

Azalea retweeted a clip from The Wendy Williams Show, in which the host accused her of having a 'fake body,' writing: 'Who's the crack head in the half way house with the gossip show thing?'




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Iggy Azalea urges people to stop panic-buying amid coronavirus crisis

Iggy Azalea has urged fans to stop 'panic buying' over fears of the coronavirus outbreak.




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Has Iggy Azalea welcomed a baby in secret? Social media points to baby with Playboi Carti

Artist DJ Akademiks told his 2.5 million Instagram followers that he'd heard word that the Australian artist, 29, whose real name is Amethyst Kelly, had a baby over the weekend with the rapper, 23.




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LA LIGA PREVIEW: Real Madrid visit league leaders Sevilla in crunch early season clash

Matchday four in La Liga saw Sevilla take Atletico Madrid's place at the top of La Liga, the former earning a hard-fought 1-0 win at Alaves while the latter succumbed to a 2-0 defeat at Real Sociedad. 




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Barcelona stars hold tense discussion in dressing room after scraping past Slavia Prague

There was a tense and honest discussion in Barcelona's dressing room after their fortunate 2-1 win over Slavia Prague. The Catalan side edged past their Czech opponents.




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Barcelona 'may move to sign Cristhian Stuani' with £21m release clause in striker's contract  

Barcelona 'may move to sign Cristhian Stuani' as they continue to search for a striker to replace the injured Luis Suarez. 




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Barcelona set to sell ANOTHER striker despite crisis as young star Ruiz nears five-deal with Braga 

After Carles Perez joined Roma on Thursday, 21-year-old Abel Ruiz now looks set to follow him out of the exit door when he signs a five-year deal at Braga before the transfer deadline.




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Barcelona stars 'ready to take pay cut' during coronavirus crisis

Barcelona's players are willing to take a pay cut if asked to, as the club suffers the financial effects of the coronavirus outbreak. The shutdown of the stadium complex is costing a lot of money.




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Orange Is The New Black star Jackie Cruz flaunts her incredible body

Jackie Cruz proved she was every inch as cheeky as her Orange Is the New Black character as she slipped into a saucy swimsuit for some fun in the sun in Miami on Sunday.




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Orange Is the New Black: The crimes that landed the inmates in jail revealed

Season 6 of the hit Netflix series Orange Is the New Black premiered on July 27 and sees the inmates moving to a new jail. Here's a look at what landed them in Litchfield in the first place.




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Orange Is the New Black's Jackie Cruz on Ruby Rose's fame  

Orange Is the New Black's Jackie Cruz, 32, has said that she always knew Ruby Rose would be a Hollywood heavyweight.




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SAG Awards: Laverne Cox look like red carpet royalty in crimson frock

After jointly announcing the SAG Awards nominations in December, Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox stunned in a red dress at the awards show on Sunday.




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Natasha Lyonne supports Taylor Schilling at The Prodigy screening

Both actresses have new projects as OITNB comes to an end with its seventh season this year.




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Orange Is The New Black star Jackie Cruz soaks up the sun in itty bitty white bikini

The actress, 32, was spotted soaking up the sun in a tiny white bikini during a beach day in Miami on Sunday. Indeed, the actress looked well-rested and relaxed while floating in the ocean blue.




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OITNB's Natasha Lyonne is worlds away from her dishevelled on-screen character

The actress, 40, opted for a glamorous overhaul as she attended the premiere and Q&A wearing a sharp powder blue power suit on Tuesday.




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Orange Is The New Black star Danielle Brooks cradles her baby bump

She is coming up on six months pregnant. And Danielle Brooks cradled her baby bump in a glamorous photo-shoot on Tuesday, posting a behind-the-scenes clip to her Instagram.




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Danielle Brooks cradles her baby bump in sequins and wide-brimmed hat at Orange Is The New Black

The pregnant 29-year-old actress sparkled in sequins at the Orange Is The New Black premiere in New York City