Madonna rubbishes new adoption reports

Pop star Madonna has slammed reports she plans to adopt a baby girl from Malawi.

The singer and her husband Guy Ritchie made headlines when they adopted one-year-old David Banda from the African country last month.

She was this week claimed to reveal: "I'm going to adopt another Malawian child very quickly. A baby girl this time, in order to redress the balance.

"But first I would like to give Rocco and Lourdes a little time to get used to David."

Madonna's representative, Liz Rosenberg, tells American publication Life & Style the reports are false and the quotes are fabricated.

She says: "Madonna has stated that she wishes she could adopt all the children of Malawi, and in a way I guess she is, building her orphan care centre through the Raising Malawi Organisation.

"But there are no plans to actually adopt another child."