Wolverhampton Wanderers' Diogo Jota flexed his gaming muscles on Thursday, showing off his FIFA 20 skills by beating Leicester's Wilfred Ndidi in the ePremier League Invitational.

CHRIS WHEELER: The coronavirus crisis stirred something very close to home for Marcus Rashford. He thought of vulnerable children, much like himself at school, who may go hungry or suffer.

The Dutch FA took the decision on Friday to cancel the Eredivisie , with the title left by vacant by Ajax and AZ Alkmaar, and neighbouring Belgium could follow after a meeting on Monday.

SAM TURNER (Robin Goodfellow) spoke to some successful horse racing professionals and sports bettors about their views and methods they endeavour to employ on a daily basis.

News of Jordan Cox's passing arrived on Thursday while he was at home but it has been described as 'non-suspicious' and not linked to the current global coronavirus pandemic.

Several Premier League footballers will swap their boots for bikes to help raise thousands more for the NHS and other good causes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Adama Traore's tactical development has made the difference between his Barcelona flop and incredible Wolves rise, a former coach at the club's famous La Masia academy has said. 

MERSEY BEAT - DOMINIC KING: This game, English football's Clasico, has a power like no other; a goal or a stellar performance in it and suddenly a player is on another level.

MERSEY BEAT: Amid the fury and frustration that have clouded recent weeks, the opportunity to wallow in nostalgia was happily taken. October 19 was the day to do it.

MERSEY BEAT - DOMINIC KING: As Director of Football, Walsh took on responsibility to transform Everton yet their expensive recruitment still left gaping holes in a struggling team.

MERSEY BEAT — DOMINIC KING: What happens next? It is the question Evertonians have been asking since the conclusion to last Sunday's clash with Watford.

MERSEY BEAT — DOMINIC KING: Can you play football by numbers? This is an era when statistics have become king and a player’s importance is measured by the digits they produce.

MERSEY BEAT: Quietly they are making their presence felt, fired primarily by the feats of their flying front three. Goals are what transform sides in the Premier League.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Wayne Rooney returning to Everton sounded like a story from a different era, an old professional going back to his first love for one last hurrah

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: With each passing minute, he gets closer to the door. The relentless pursuit, the speculation and the astronomical bid.

MERSEY BEAT: In the giddy aftermath of the game of the season, one dejected man stood out. Head bowed, brow furrowed, Simon Mignolet scuttled out of Anfield without stopping to speak.

MERSEY BEAT: Marcel Brands has a towering reputation in Dutch football, an eye for talent and an ability to transform a club. Recent reports suggest he has been approached by Everton.

DOMINIC KING — MERSEY BEAT: Pep Guardiola saw an opportunity to get at Trent Alexander-Arnold on Wednesday. The Liverpool defender, however, did not read the script.

DOMINIC KING'S MERSEY BEAT: Even after Liverpool beat Crystal Palace on Monday, the focus after the game was about the obduracy of Jurgen Klopp’s defence and the impact of Alisson.

DOMINIC KING'S MERSEY BEAT: The list, even now, cannot fail to raise eyebrows. First, you see Oxford United; then names such as Luton, Sunderland and Birmingham pop up.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Jordan Henderson was approaching the final 12 months of his contract and with Liverpool dallying, some of their rivals began to take notice.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Watching Lookman on Tuesday in the remote Latvian town of Jelgava, there was no frisson of excitement. All you could feel was concern.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: It is three years to the day since Liverpool sacked Brendan Rodgers. We must start with that fact in an attempt to apply some context about the club's situation.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: In the days before he named his squad for Russia, one player kept popping into Gareth Southgate's head more than anyone else: Adam Lallana.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Liverpool look like they need an individual to spring forward and take things by the scruff of the neck. Jurgen Klopp will hope Naby Keita steps forward.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: It is difficult to know what to get most angry about: the man who made the idea, the potential recipient or some clubs for contemplating it.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Towards the end of 2020, Liverpool will have a new £50million complex. The renovation of their Academy at Kirkby is well underway.

Kingfisher, which also owns Screwfix, saw sales shoot up 38 per cent in the third week of March. Online sales jumped by a quarter as people avoided shops as the threat of the virus became clear.

The Government has now released guidance on what to do if you're in the middle of a move. So should you move house, delay your purchase, or pull out of the sale completely?

We speak to small business owners and self-employed workers who tell us how they're adapting their businesses in the face of coronavirus.

Arcadia will halt the £2m monthly contributions which were agreed with The Pensions Regulator last summer to reduce a shortfall in the pension scheme.

There are some 1,585 fewer residential mortgages now available than there were just three weeks ago, according to financial experts Moneyfacts.

Paul takes over at the takeaway pizza group after leading the coffee chain through its growth spurt ahead of its £3.9bn sale to Coca-Cola by former owner Whitbread last year.

De La Rue predicted that adjusted operating profit for the 12 months ending March 27 would be between £20m and £25m, in line with earlier guidance. This is a major drop on the previous year.

The advertising group yesterday warned that the coronavirus crisis was hitting revenues as clients delayed spending decisions and put back marketing campaigns.

Companies cutting dividends and laying off workers in a battle to survive the coronavirus crisis should not be handing millions of pounds to bosses.

Mark Barnett, Invesco's best-known fund manager, will wash his hands of all the companies his funds own which are not listed on the stock exchange. Investors are expected to take a painful hit.

The Competition and Markets Authority said the merger 'will not worsen the offering', due to the other large players in the market. The merger will be subject to approval of shareholders.

The company announced it would raise £1bn from a public share sale, and by borrowing an additional £3.8bn on the bond markets. The money will be used for day-to-day spending.

AIM-listed business Science Group has become the latest firm to design a ventilator from scratch. It has signed an agreement to provide 10,000 of them if regulators approve.

Despite steady gains yesterday, the FTSE100 fell 24.8 per cent, or 1870.48 points, in the first three months of the year to end the first quarter at 5671.96. It was the biggest ever quarterly points fall.

The industry has been pleading for state aid after being crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic. Virgin Atlantic, part of Sir Richard Branson's empire, has led calls for an £7.5bn industry rescue package.

While the relaunched Notice Plus account from Epsom Derby sponsor Investec has more moving parts than a track full of racehorses, it offers an easy-access element with a top-rate deal.

Small firms who sign up to eBay will pay no charges to list or sell up to 250 items a month until May 31. Existing business sellers will be given a 30-day payment holiday on all fees.

A day which started with optimism due to a surge in a Chinese manufacturing index in March, suggesting there could be a sharp 'V' shaped recovery from global lockdowns, ended with more alarming data.

A probe is now under way into the failure, which went unnoticed for more than a decade until discovered by our pensions columnist Steve Webb and This is Money.

It follows through on a threat from Sir Stelios, 53, who is Easyjet's biggest shareholder, to sack a director every seven weeks if the firm does not move to cancel its order of 107 aircraft from Airbus.

FTI Consulting said that Ocado had seen a 'stark deterioration in scores,' while 'Morrisons, Tesco and Asda have all improved'. Waitrose ranked the strongest in recent weeks.

The fashion retailer has appointed agents to sell its head office and warehouse in West Yorkshire. The sale and leaseback deals are part of a strategy announced at its annual results last week.

The scheme also includes new hires the supermarket has made to help deal with added demand sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Supermarkets dealt with record levels of demand in March.