Rio Ferdinand's boxing journey – injuries, body transformation, 'harder than football'

The summer transfer window for Premier League clubs has been open for a week.

Coronation Street star Jude Riordan has thrown his support behind his former on-screen mum, just as fans predicted her return to Weatherfield. The actor will be known among viewers for playing Sam Blakeman in the ITV soap while his mum Natasha was played by Rachel Leskovac.

Two Wigan Athletic supporters who tried to sneak flares into a football stadium have been banned from attending matches.

EXCLUSIVE: David Tennant (Doctor Who), Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes), Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice), Daniel Mays (Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget) and Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Killing Eve) are joining Amblin and Netflix’s movie The Thursday Murder Club.

It’s a rainy and blustery Friday morning at the UK’s largest retail park, but Middlebrook remains busy with shoppers stocking up for the weekend. The shopping outlet, alongside Bolton Wanderers Toughsheet Stadium, is in the heart of the Bolton West constituency with incumbent MP Chris Green winning by a margin of 8,855 at the last election in 2019.

The European Football Cup tournament has got off to a cracking start – for broadcasters at least – with Friday evening’s opening match between host nation Germany and Scotland watched by an average of 5.8million viewers, with a peak of 9.8million.

Millwall goalkeeper Matija Sarkic has tragically died at the age of 26 after falling ill.The Grimsby-born Montenegro international - who played for a string of British clubs including Aston Villa, Wolves, Birmingham City and Stoke City - is reported to have become ill at an apartment in the town of Budva after being on international duty. His friends immediately called for an ambulance but he died around 6:30am local time on Saturday.The sportsman started Montenegro's 2-0 friendly defeat to Belgium last Thursday and was named man of the match after making an impressive nine saves.The goalkeeper spent time in Belgian giants Anderlecht's academy as a youngster before joining Villa.

Katie Price made a flirty comment about Manchester City star Jack Grealish as she gushed that she would love to be a 'WAG' again. Speaking on the latest episode of The Katie Price Show podcast, which she hosts with her sister Sophie, the pair ended up on the topic of football.

EXCLUSIVE: British filmmaker Paul Raschid has added veteran Italian filmmaker Dario Argento (Suspiria, Inferno, Deep Red) and actor Franco Nero (Django Unchained, The Pope’s Exorcist, John Wick) to his latest interactive project The Run.

Manchester Airport has issued guidance for football fans heading to Germany over the coming weeks for the Euros to ensure they have a smooth journey. The northern travel hub is expecting around 100,000 passengers to fly to Germany for the football tournament.

Jed Mercurio is behind some of the UK’s most successful dramas, and now it’s being reported that he is developing a new series based on the story of the country’s most notorious child serial killer.

New Love Island star Jess White has spilled the beans on her unexpected brush with a Manchester United legend, ahead of her much-anticipated entrance to the villa for the show's latest series on ITV2. The retail manager, who hails from an affluent part of of Cheshire and works at a Marks and Spencer supermarket, has revealed that she once saw none other than former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney perusing the shop shelves.The 25 year old quipped to the Mirror: "I did think 'maybe this is where I'll meet my future husband' but I feel like work uniform doesn't really go hand in hand with meeting a footballer." She then made a cheeky dig at Wayne, as she said: "But I had Wayne Rooney in the other day...

Kate Ferdinand has been celebrating her 33rd birthday while on holiday in Portugal.The former TOWIE star has marked the special occasion with her children and step-children. Taking to her Instagram Story, Kate shared a sweet birthday message she had received from her 13 year old step-daughter Tia. Alongside a compilation of photos of the pair, the teenager had written: "Happy birthday @xkateferdinand "Thank you for being the best mother figure I could ask for, I love you forever and I know my mum is proud of you." After sharing this, Kate added a string of crying emojis and the text: "now I'm crying." Kate also shared a birthday tribute from her step-son Lorenz, 17.

Refresh for latest…: It may be a stretch, but we could coin a new phrase and call this the cat days of spring. To wit: Sony/Alcon’s The Garfield Movie, which began early overseas release last month, took the No. 1 spot for Hollywood on the domestic, international, and global charts this frame.

Prominent boxing promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren are set to settle their rivalry by pitting five of their top fighters against each other. The pair, who didn't communicate for 15 years, were brought together last year by Saudi Arabia's boxing chief Turki Alalshikh.

It’s not all doom and gloom at the global box office as a handful of films reached milestones this week. 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has topped $300M worldwide, while Paramount’s IF and Sony/Alcon’s The Garfield Movie crossed the $100M mark.

Naman Ramachandran Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” and Warner Bros.’ “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” enjoyed a fruitful long May bank holiday weekend at the U.K. and Ireland box office. “The Garfield Movie” debuted with £2.1 million ($2.7 million) and “Furiosa” with £1.9 million ($2.5 million), per numbers from Comscore.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” is stalling at the international box office with $33.3 million from 75 territories. The fifth entry in director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic series has generated $58.9 million globally in its first weekend of release, a rough start given its $168 million production budget. Domestically, the Warner Bros.

Rio Ferdinand has admitted suffering flashbacks to the moment Manchester United were denied the Premier League title on the final day of the 2011/12 season.

With Coleen and Wayne Rooney ’s teenage son already lifting football trophies, the couple are allegedly at odds over the talented youngster’s next steps. Fourteen-year-old Kai Rooney, the eldest of the couple’s four boys, has been tipped to follow in his father’s legendary footsteps after scoring his own “wonder goal” against Millwall last week, securing his Manchester United Under 14 team the Albert Phelan National Cup.