The cheers had barely died down after Rijeka's opening ceremony when the pandemic struck.

Could human challenge trials speed up the development of a coronavirus vaccine?

A selection of pictures from our readers on the theme of "garden creatures".

German friends Mirco Wiegert and Lorenz Hampl launched best-selling Fritz-Kola in 2003.

Darina, 19, was seized while monitoring voting in the disputed election. Her mum couldn't find her.

Comedians Jesse Appell in the United States and Tony Chou in China caught up online during the pandemic.

President Donald Trump ordered Americans to stop doing business with the popular Chinese video app.

One fire tearing through the state is the third largest California has ever seen.

BBC Radio 5 Live's European football experts discuss who will win the 2020 Champions League final between Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich.

Can can you name every manager to have won the Champions League since 1992?

England's chief medical officer says reopening classrooms carries an "incredibly small" risk to pupils.

It comes as police forces across England break up dozens of gatherings, including street parties.

Anthony Joshua urges Dillian Whyte to rediscover his finishing instinct - and says the British pair could yet face each other.

South Africa's Jacques Kallis, Australia's Lisa Sthalekar and Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas are inducted into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame.

All 176 people aboard a Ukrainian plane were killed when it was mistakenly downed by Iran in January.

The man who ordered the killing of Miroslava Breach in 2017 receives rare 50-year sentence.

The crush happens as revellers try to leave a nightclub in the capital Lima.

A sentencing hearing begins for the man behind the worst mass shooting in modern New Zealand's history.

It is also confirmed that police stopped Phil Hogan for using his phone while driving in Kildare.

Recordings reveal Maryanne Trump Barry, a former federal judge, saying her brother "has no principles".

US President Donald Trump has declared a major disaster and released federal aid.