Katie Price attempts dressage as celebrity culture reaches its surreal apogee. Photograph: Doug Peters/Empics
Let’s start with an earth-shatteringly original and profound observation: we live in an age where the cult of celebrity has got ever so slightly out of hand. No longer are we allowed to watch Family Fortunes unencumbered by someone from Hollyoaks who [...]

Cristiano Ronaldo took a full part in training ahead of the Champions League match. Photograph: John Peters/PA
Cristiano Ronaldo returned to full training with Manchester United this morning and will return to the first team squad for the Champions League match against Villarreal tomorrow. The Portuguese forward has not played this season after undergoing ankle surgery [...]

The LA Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was just a constituent part of the Redeem Team’s single ego. Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP
The United States have their redemption. They arrived in Beijing a fortnight ago on a mission to right the wrongs of Athens four years ago, when they conceded their Olympic crown in humiliating fashion, and [...]

Sergio Batista talks to the media ahead of Argentina’s gold medal match against Nigeria. Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images
Argentina face Nigeria tomorrow in the men’s Olympic football final hoping to remain gold medallists. It is the third time that the countries have met in a final: in Atlanta in 1996, Nwankwo Kanu lead Nigeria to gold [...]