LIONEL MESSI has landed back in Paris to report for club duty again after his World Cup celebrations at home in Argentina. A private jet flew overnight from Rosario, Messi's hometown, to the French capital, landing at 3.15pm on Tuesday. More than 4,700 fans were tracking the aircraft on popular website Flightradar24 as it made its way across the Atlantic. […]

CHELSEA have been handed a major boost as N'Golo Kante and Reece James boasted online that they are "on the mend". The injured duo posed for a selfie together which was uploaded to James' social media pages. The snap was even re-posted by Chelsea, who captioned the image "moving forward together". Kante, 31, has not played since the second match […]

LATE rally-driving icon Ken Block shared pictures of his "epic" family Christmas in final social media posts just days before his tragic death. The 55-year-old former Top Gear guest died aged 55 following a horror snowmobile accident at his ranch in Utah. Shortly before his death, the rally car champ had shared pictures of his stunning Christmas spent with his […]

RALLY star Ken Block died aged 55 in a snowmobile accident near his Utah ranch yesterday. It is understood Ken was on the slopes alone when his vehicle flipped over and landed on top of him. He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene due to his injuries. His wife Lucy has remained mostly out of the public eye – […]

TOTTENHAM are reportedly close to signing Sporting Lisbon right-back Pedro Porro. Boss Antonio Conte claimed the club must sign two players worth up to £70million every season if they want to become title contenders. And Spurs chairman Daniel Levy appears to have backed Conte with a swoop for Porro, 23. A £35m deal is expected to be completed by the […]

MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly keeping tabs on Borussia Monchengladbach ace Marcus Thuram. The 25-year-old France international is out of contract at the end of the season. And United are monitoring developments with Thuram, according to the Daily Mail. He is free to talk hold talks with foreign clubs as he has less than six months remaining on his current deal. […]

Gerwyn Price wears EAR DEFENDERS to drown out jeers at Ally Pally but world No 1 still knocked out – before the Welshman threatens to BOYCOTT the event after being targeted by the crowd Gerwyn Price donned ear defenders in PDC World Championships quarter-final But the world number 1 failed to progress, losing 5-1 to Gabriel Clemens Price was criticised […]

Michael Smith finger-painted the Red V of rugby league's Grand Final champions across his chest after being crowned king of St Helens – now he wants to rule the world. But as 'Bully Boy' stumbled into the the Cazoo PDC World Championship semi-finals, there was more needle than a knitting circle in his 5-3 win against fellow St Helens resident […]

CELTIC legend Frank McGarvey has passed away at the age of 66. The Parkhead hero's family announced back in October that he had been battling cancer, and now his son Scott has broken the news that his dad had died with his family by his side this morning. His son Scott wrote on Twitter: "Our much loved Dad sadly passed […]

LIONEL MESSI and Cristiano Ronaldo are reportedly set to have one more final showdown in 2023. Messi's PSG side will play a friendly against a combined XI from Saudi sides Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, according to reports. With Ronaldo now confirmed as Al-Nassr’s new talisman, it is almost certain that he would be involved in the potential clash. Meanwhile, Aston Villa […]