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By SARAH FITZMAURICE
Last updated at 2:22 AM on 6

Loyal girlfriend: Chantelle Houghton sat by Alex Reid's side at his press conference earlier yesterday but the couple appeared bored as they tried and failed to suppress yawns

He has been gushing about just how much he loves his girlfriend Chantelle Houghton and despite her sitting right by his side Alex Reid was puckering up to someone else earlier yesterday.

The MMA fighter took his new love to a press conferred to promote his next fight but Chantelle’s presence didn’t stop Alex from kissing his opponent Jason Barrett.


Showing off: As the pair were weighed they showed off their moves


As the fighters were posing for pictures attempting to intimidate the other Alex leaned in for a cheeky kiss, which left Barrett raging and security had to step in to start a fight breaking out.

Before Alex took to the scales he was seen sitting down with Chantelle who, to be frank, looked extremely bored by the proceedings.

As the cagefighter sat in a cocky manner with his legs spread the former Big Brother contestant was seen attempting to suppress a yawn.


Squaring up: Alex and his opponent tried to intimidate each other before Alex surprised everyone by kissing Jason


And as her man got up onto the stage to size up to Jason, Chantelle had a glazed look on her face as Alex was weighed posing with his arms in the air.

He then stepped down to square up to Jason, who he is fighting tomorrow, before planting a kiss on his mouth.

Neither Alex, nor Chantelle mentioned the incident on Twitter.


Pucker up: Alex leaned in and kisses Jason on the lips which left the fighter raging and security had to pull them apart


Yesterday the couple gave a saccharine profession of love on This Morning gushing about each other and discussing their past relationships.

Alex explained: ‘I was very nervous when I first met Chantelle, because my heart was still broken... but she's mended it.'

And Chantelle was equally complimentary and said: 'I've got a lot going on personally... He makes me feel so secure. He makes me feel complete.'


Bored love? Chantelle didn't look too amused by Alex's antics and sat with a glazed look on her face
Yesterday the couple gave


What did you just do: Jason was furious that Alex had tried to kiss him and had to be held back


Cheeky smile: As Jason was flailing Alex grinned while Chantelle appeared unamused in the background


We're so in love: After a gushing interview on This Morning Alex and Chantelle visited Shaka Zulu to celebrate the restaurant's first birthday


Despite accusations their relationship is a 'showmance', they insist their love for each other is very real.

Last night the pair joined reality stars Imogen Thomas and Nicola and Lauren Goodger at restaurant and bar Shaka Zulu's first birthday celebrations.

And the couple certainly played up for the paparazzi as they kissed and cuddled at the event in Camden.


Hamming it up for the cameras: Alex and Chantelle put on a loved up display as the posed for pictures




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Group hug: Jenson Button celebrates his Hungarian Grand Prix win with teammate Lewis Hamilton and girlfriend Jessica Michibata at the Hungaroring race track in Mogyorod

After winning the Hungary Grand Prix and driving in his 200th Grand Prix, Jenson Button was on top of the world today.

And after clinching pole position in Budapest, the 31-year-old was certainly sharing the love as he joined his girlfriend and teammate Lewis Hamilton for a group hug.

As he joined the McLaren team for a group celebration, Button and Michibata were pulled together by an over-enthusiastic Hamilton.


One big happy McLaren family: Button was joined by his father John (front left) while Hamilton was accompanied by his brother Nicholas (back left)

With Button still in his white driving uniform, he was surrounded by the McLaren team, Michibata and his father John all wearing the familiar red McLaren T-shirts.

Despite being surrounded by dozens of people, affectionate Button was spotted sharing a few kissing with his stunning Japanese model girlfriend.

After pipping Germany's Sebastian Vettel to the post, Button's win is his second of the season.

He wrote on his Twitter page: 'Woohoo!! I think that win deserves a little celebration! What do u think!?

'Big love to the whole of #TeamButton for all there support. #winners ;-))


Team effort: Button celebrates with the whole McLaren Mercedes team after his victory

'My fans rock!! Thanks for all your lovely congrats messages. Enjoy the summer break and we'll come back and do the same at Spa! ;-).'

Hamilton himself didn't too badly, ending up in fourth place, but was clearly still feeling high from winning the Spanish Grand Prix the previous weekend.

He said today: 'Jenson was pushing me hard the whole race and the better man won today.

'I was struggling a lot with the graining on my left front tyres. I don't know whether that was my fault by pushing too hard....


Not very intimate: Michibata pulls Button in for a kiss, despite being surrounded by his teammates



My favourite people: Button poses for a photo with his father John and Michibata after his win


Still going strong: The couple have been dating for two and a half years, despite living in different countries


Winners circle: Button celebrates winning the Grand Prix with second place Sebastian Vettel (left) and Fernando Alonso (right)


Get some friends: Button urged his hacker to get a life and do something more exciting on a Saturday night on his Twitter page


Feeling nervous: The couple arriving at the paddock before the big race



Candid camera: Jessica posted a photo of Jenson-themed biscuits made to celebrate his 200th Grand Prix on her Twitter page

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Heely good: United Arab Emirates star Awana Diab back heels the ball past the goalkeeper in what fans are calling the 'best penalty ever'


This is one 'heel' remember for a while.

Arab footballer Awana Diab amazed fans by tucking away 'the best penalty ever' with a nifty back heel.

The 21-year-old ran up like any other spot-kick but moments before he was about to make contact he quickly spun and round took the penalty backwards.


Tricky: Diab calms his nerves moments before the penalty, and right, an angle from behind the goal shows how the keeper guessed the wrong way and was wrong-footed


Diab's unorthodox shot wrong-footed the goalkeeper who could only look on as the ball rolled into the net.

But Diab's celebrations were cut short when he was booked for showboating and substituted by his manager - who had only brought him on three minutes earlier - for showing a 'lack of respect'.


Back heel to basics: Awana quickly spun round moments before kicking the ball to put his side 6-2 up against Lebanon in the international friendly


The impressive show of nerve and skill has become an internet sensation after the international friendly between the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

UAE were leading 5-2 when Diab stepped up to take the penalty. His successful conversion put his side 6-2 in front.


Run up: The showboating sub, who had only been on the field for three minutes, runs up to the spot-kick


But manager UAE coach Srecko Katanec was so incensed that he substituted hauled him off the field to give him a dressing down.

Katanec said: ‘This penalty, I didn’t like it. We must respect players from other teams. In future, you don’t know what football will give you back.

'This is not respect. He’s a young guy and he knows he made a mistake immediately.

I just want him to show respect, not just on the field but off it as well.’

But the opposition manager did not have a problem with the spot-kick.
'I didn’t feel it was an insult,' Lebanon’s coach Emile Rustom said.


Is he mad? The other players look on in disbelief as the 21-year-old goes for the back heel


'This is a personal decision the player made and it has nothing to do with the way the UAE plays its football.'

The bizarre goal has become an internet hit - with legions of football fans heralding it as the 'best penalty ever'.

One internet user wrote: 'What a classic goal. He was pretty brave to attempt such an extravagant penalty.'

Another added: 'This was a courageous trick and the goalkeeper froze completely. Respect to the player.'

One said: 'How many times had he practised this one in training?'


Back of the net: The wrong-footed goalkeeper is left standing as the ball rolls over the line in the 7-2 drumming on Sunday




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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER


Bombs away! Pete Waterfield and Tom Daley are competing in Shanghai

These spectacular pictures of diving ace Tom Daley come from the world championships in Shanghai, where Tom and his partner have just qualified for the synchronised diving final.

They were taken against the backdrop of the city's harbours, and show the skills and fitness needed for Tom and Pete Waterfield to progress past the first round of the FINA World Championships.

But it nearly didn't happen, after 30-year-old Waterfield fell ill with flu-like symptoms on arriving in Shanghai.



Tense: Waterfield and Daley prepare to dive in the first round of the World Championships



Launching: The pair made it into the final of the 10m synchronised diving


However, at the last minute he was passed fit and was able to join Tom, 17, who was the individual winner at the last world championships in 2009.

The pair have been diving together since the beginning of the year, in an attempt by diving bosses to find the best pairing for the synchronised dives in time for the London Olympics.


The pair have been put together in preparation for the London Olympics



Tumbling: Tom will be hoping to replicate his success at the last World Championships



Competition: This is Tom's first contest since his father died


The current competition is Tom's first major event since the loss of his father, Rob, who died of cancer in May, aged 40.

Last week Tom paid tribute to his father's influence, saying: 'Without my dad I wouldn't have come as far as I have.



Teamwork: But the pair were nearly broken up when Waterfield fell ill



Splash! The divers were watched by a largely hostile Chinese crowd


'It's not been easy, but I'm just trying to focus all my attention on the upcoming world championships as this is what dad would have wanted.'

He is expected to be one of the major faces of next year's Olympics, and has recently signed up to front an ad campaign from Nestle.



Training: Tom is expected to be one of the stars of the 2012 Games

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Caught up: Johnny Hoogerland, right, is tangled in barbed-wire after he crashed at the side of the road with Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha, left


Their hopes of cycling victory were left in tatters - just like their ripped jerseys.

Two Tour de France riders were knocked off their bikes yesterday with one sent hurtling into a barbed wire fence.

Spanish rider Juan Antonio Flecha and Dutchman Johnny Hoogerland were racing through the French countryside when the TV car came alongside them.


Painful: Deep lacerations on Hoogerland's leg and buttock from the barbed wire fence. His cycling costume was shredded but thankfully he was able to change into a new one


The vehicle, belonging to TV station France 2, veered suddenly to its right as it passed a group of five cyclists along a narrow country road just 22 miles from the finish of a stage.

As it did so, Team Sky rider Flecha was sent tumbling to the ground, colliding with Hoogerland and catapulting him into the wire, causing ugly lacerations to his skin.

Both men eventually remounted their bikes and continued riding - with shredded jerseys and blood pouring from their cuts.


Cuts: Johnny Hoogerland grits his teeth in agony after getting tangled in the barbed wire


Wounded: Hoogerland is helped from the fence, and right, Jurgen Van Den Broeck of Belgium receives treatment for an injured collarbone after he crashed in the 9th stage of the race


It emerged that the car driver had been ordered by race control not to pass the riders. The driver and the vehicle have been thrown off the race.

That part of the race had already been littered with broken bones.

A tricky descent on a mountain road made slippery by the rain in the Massif Central caused the earlier carnage with Alexandre Vinokourov from Kazakhstan breaking his right femur after being thrown over a barrier into a tree.


Back in the saddle: Flecha made a recovery to rejoin the race but suffered cuts to his legs


In the same incident, one of the pre-race favourites, Jurgen van den Broeck, fractured ribs and his shoulder blade, while Omega-Lotto team-mate and fellow Belgian Frederik Willems suffered a broken collar bone and David Zabriskie a suspected broken wrist.

Saxobank rider Stuart O'Grady, whose team-mate Nicki Sorensen was clipped by a photographer's motorbike and crashed into a ditch in Brittany on Stage 5, fiercely criticised the Tour organisers.

He said: 'Crashes are always going be part of the game. It just seems that this year we are going down goat tracks.


Casualties: Frederik Willems of Belgium, left, and David Zabriskie of the U.S., right, are treated by doctors after crashing out of the race on a mountain road in the Massif Central


Seeing the sights: The leaders ride past the castle of Alleuze in their breakaway on stage nine


Where's Wally? The tightly-bunched pack climbs on the way to Saint Flour


'It's one thing to say it's all for the spectacle, but we don't want to see more people lose their life.'

While Luis Leon Sanchez won the stage and Thomas Voeckler took over the yellow jersey, seven riders abandoned the race with injuries.

The competition quickly appears to becoming the Tour of attrition.


Tour de France 2011 Crash - Flecha & Hoogerland hit by a car



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By TED THORNHILL

Not ace: Caroline Wozniacki laughs as she realises where the mobile ring is coming from


We all know that letting your mobile phone ring during a tense tennis match is not such smashing behaviour, but in the Swedish Open a tennis star was left red-faced when her own handset went off.

World No1 Caroline Wozniacki was about to serve for the match against French No3 Alize Cornet when a distinct mobile phone ring broke the silence.

The ring was just too off-putting for Wozniacki, who stopped and looked around for the perpetrator– but it turned out that the guilty party was her opponent.


Courting trouble: The TV camera zooms in on Cornet's kit bag, where the noise is coming from


The faux pas occurred in the first-round match in Bastad while the Danish ace was one set to the good, 5-3 up in the second set and winning the game 40-30.

A somewhat crucial moment, then.

At first she just tries to ignore the ring, but it had clearly broken her concentration, so she waits for it to be silenced.

Then she breaks into a huge grin and the TV camera swings around onto Cornet’s kit bag, where the noise is coming from.


Guilty: Cornet rummages through her bag to stop the handset ringing


Net a to-do: Cornet apologises for the disruption


Embarrassed: Cornet puts her head down in shame as she scurries back to the baseline


The 21-year-old scampers over to it and turns off her handset. Laughing, she holds her hand up in apology and takes up her place at the baseline once more.

The break in play did her a favour – because she broke serve. But her luck didn’t last, with Wozniacki taking the final set 6-4 and winning the game.

Wozniacki is World No1 despite not having won a grand slam yet.

She went out in the fourth round to Dominika Cibulkova at Wimbledon and also ended up taking an early exit in Bastad after retiring from the tournament mid-way through a second-round clash against Sofia Arvidsson with a shoulder injury.

Alize Cornet was beaten in the first round of Wimbledon by Kateryna Bondarenko from Ukraine.




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By PAUL HARRIS and EMILY ANDREWS

Dejected: Andy Murray is left to reflect on what might have been during his glum pub lunch with girlfriend Kim Sears


This probably wasn’t the kind of get-together he had in mind for Wimbledon finals weekend.

While Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal prepared to slug it out on Centre Court, Andy Murray sat disconsolately outside a pub dreaming of what might have been.

The 24-year-old Scot and his girlfriend Kim Sears had a quiet, two-hour lunch near his Surrey mansion, accompanied by his divorced father Willie and companion. Murray sipped a soft drink from a pint glass and buried his head in his hands from time to time.

And if the talk was of tennis then it certainly didn’t show.


Animal instinct: Novak Djokovic tucks in on Centre Court


The only stroke he demonstrated was a backhand – to swat away a wasp getting too close to Kim’s face. Meanwhile in SW19, yesterday’s was a scintillating final with all eyes fixed on the tennis. All eyes, that is, save for those of former Chancellor Nigel Lawson.

The 79-year-old appeared to nod off for the first two sets, prompting amusement in the Royal Box as his chin continually dropped on to his blue paisley tie.

But he woke up in time to see Djokovic defeat the defending champion in four sets.

After the winning shot, the 24-year-old Serb sank to his knees and, in a bizarre celebration, picked and ate some of the Centre Court grass.



Celebration: Djokovic sinks to the floor in triumph after his win over defending champion Nadal


Savouring the moment: The Serb laps up the adoration of the Centre Court crowd moments before his bizarre grass eating


Shows of support: Djokovic's beaming girlfriend Jelena Ristic was close to tears after the Serb's win, while Nadal's girlfriend Maria Francisca Perello, right, also watches on


Champion: Djokovic kisses the Wimbledon trophy
Moments after sealing his four-set triumph over defending champion Rafael Nadal, the Serb sank to his knees and raised his hands to the skies in celebration.


Then seconds later he glanced down, quickly plucked a few blades of grass from the hallowed Centre Court turf near the net, and popped them in his mouth.

The 24-year-old's surprise 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 victory confirmed Djokovic's place at the top of men's tennis, and he was clearly determined to enjoy the moment.

Asked why he decided to chew on the Centre Court grass to mark the win, Djokovic said it was a 'spontaneous' decision.

He said: 'I felt like an animal, I wanted to see how it tastes and it tastes good.


Dieting tips: Mrs Murray offered her own unique weight loss advice on Twitter


Success: Winner of the Men's Single's title at Wimbledon Novak Djokovic arrives with his partner for the Champions' dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane, London


Last night his girlfriend Jelena Ristic, 24, said: 'I'm very proud of him. The match was really, really exciting.'

Asked about her boyfriend's grass eating, she said: 'You know what, winning Wimbledon was his dream so it was a really big thing.'


Muddling through: The BBC were left red-faced when presenter Sue Barker's microphone failed during her interview with Novak Djokovic


There was one British victory to cheer at Wimbledon yesterday. George Morgan, 18, won the boys’ doubles with his Croatian partner Mate Pavic.

As for Murray, he is expected to take a short break to get over his disappointment.

But might he have another prize in his sights? His mother Judy is reported to be encouraging her son to marry Kim, whom he has been dating for six years. And older brother Jamie reckons tying the knot would be good for his game.


Djokovic vs Nadal Wimbledon Final 2011



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