Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has warned that playmaker Eden Hazard is yet to hit his peak at the Premier League club and backed the Belgian to become one of the best players in the world. Hazard has been instrumental in Chelsea’s success since joining the club in 2012, scoring twice in Chelsea’s 3-1 league win over Newcastle United on Saturday ...

United States Soccer Federation chief Sunil Gulati said on Monday he will not seek re-election next year as the fallout from the USA’s failure to qualify for the World Cup claimed another victim. Gulati told ESPN in an interview that he had decided not to enter the battle for the presidency of the USSF, which has seen several candidates enter ...

Sia makes it to Sydney gig late after travel woes and dicky tummy So we all assume tpop stars get smoothly transported in and out of big gigs. They don’t have to worry about the same logistical issues as the rest of us – right? Wrong. Aussie hit-maker Sia arrived late to a gig in Sydney on Saturday after severe ...

The director of the new Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, has been fired due to “unreliable behaviour”. In a statement, Twentieth Century Fox said Bryan Singer was no longer the director of the film. A source told the BBC the main reason for the firing was “a pattern of unreliable behaviour on the set”. But Singer said his firing came ...

The US Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump’s travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries can go into full effect, pending legal challenges. The decision is a boost for Mr Trump’s policy against travellers from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. The ruling covers the third version of the directive that the president has issued since taking office. ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has told Donald Trump he is “concerned” the US leader could unilaterally recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Any decision on the contested city’s status must be “within the framework of negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians”, Mr Macron said. Earlier, similar warnings came from a number of Arab and Muslim nations. Reports say the US president will ...