V Festival organisers are hoping Cheryl Cole will still perform at the event, saying they have not been told that she is pulling out.

Cheryl Cole spent two hours in intensive care after being diagnosed with the deadly disease malaria, it was reported today.

Cheryl Cole is in hospital, being treated for malaria, her spokesman has confirmed.

Gloucester and England wing Lesley Vainikolo has undergone surgery on his ruptured right Achilles tendon and will not play again this season.

DESPITE the many thousands he earned in his lifetime, legendary footballer George Best is understood to have died with debts of over €655,000.

GRIEVING but dignified, the family of George Best faced the world’s media only moments after he died.

It was the sad news they had been expecting, but George Best’s family were clearly still devastated when they spoke of his death today.

Manchester United today led the tributes to “one of the greatest footballers of all time” after George Best passed away.

Manchester United and Northern Ireland legend George Best died today aged 59.

FOOTBALL legend George Best was last night spending his final hours in hospital surrounded by his loved ones as he comes to “the end of the long road.”

Football legend George Best was tonight spending his final hours in hospital surrounded by his loved ones as he comes to “the end of the long road”.

Football legend George Best is “coming to the end of the long road of his ill-health”, his doctor said today.

Doctors warned family and fans of George Best to prepare for the worst today after the football legend suffered a “really bad night”.

Fears were growing for George Best today after he suffered a “really bad night”.

George Best remained on a ventilator today after there was no change in his condition overnight.

GEORGE BEST had to be put back on a ventilator after a disturbed night but remains “alert”, his doctor said yesterday.

Wayne Rooney has hailed Alex Ferguson as “probably the best manager of all time” and predicted Manchester United would have a massive say in the destination of the Barclays Premiership trophy this season.

A hospital spokesman of doctors treating George Best has said there has been no change in Best's condition overnight.

George Best has briefly opened his eyes in hospital but is not yet awake, his agent said today.

Former soccer star George Best was today fighting for survival on a life support machine, the hospital where he is being treated said.

Football legend George Best has suffered a “big setback” in his battle to recover from illness in hospital, the doctor treating him said today.

Former football star George Best was readmitted to intensive care today.

The condition of soccer legend George Best is still improving and he could soon be moved out of intensive care, a hospital spokesman said today.

GEORGE BEST yesterday got out of his hospital bed and spoke to friends and family as doctors admitted he could leave intensive care within days.

George Best today got out of his hospital bed and spoke to friends and family as doctors admitted he could leave his intensive care unit within days.

MANCHESTER UNITED and Northern Ireland legend George Best opened his eyes yesterday and started to breathe without the help of a ventilator.

Manchester United legend George Best is starting to wake up and doctors are “very pleased with him”, his agent said today.

Manchester United legend George Best is continuing to battle for life as the doctor in charge of his care said: “We are not giving up”.

SOCCER legend George Best’s highs and lows have always been played out in the public spotlight.

SOCCER legend George Best was last night continuing to battle for life as the doctor in charge of his care said: “We are not giving up.”

Soccer legend George Best was tonight continuing to battle for life as the doctor in charge of his care said: “We are not giving up”.

Football legend George Best was today seriously ill but “stable” as he fights for his life in hospital.

Manchester United legend George Best is “severely ill” in hospital after his condition deteriorated, his consultant has said.

Former Manchester United legend George Best’s condition in hospital has “deteriorated dramatically”, his former wife Alex said tonight.

FORMER Manchester United star George Best is feeling better but will be in intensive care for several more days, his agent said yesterday.

Former Manchester United star George Best is “feeling better” but will be in intensive care for several more days, his agent said today.

George Best’s doctor today confirmed the former Manchester United star had rallied in spirits and was “moderately cheerful” as he continued to improve in a hospital intensive care unit after being struck down with an infection.

Football legend George Best is “improving” today in an intensive care unit after being struck down by an infection.

FORMER soccer star George Best is in intensive care, being treated at the private Cromwell Hospital in west London.

Football legend George Best was tonight recovering in an intensive care unit after being struck down by an infection.

Former Manchester United star George Best is in a “serious but improving” condition in intensive care after being struck down by an infection, his doctor said today.

Former soccer star George Best is in intensive care, doctors said today.

Football legend George Best said today he was feeling fit and healthy and would “carry on for a long time” – a week after an operation to check on his life-saving liver transplant.