cheetah

“I just got a FaceTime call from my brother @cheetah,” Armstead wrote on X. “First thing he said ‘man I’m just happy we got that win’!!

She also has a string of commercial deals, appearing in bespoke cheetah print boots in the semi-final win over France and big-screen adverts for the tournament's official beer.

For decades these animals – lions, tigers, pumas, cheetahs and jaguars – have been a sign of power, status and even political fealty in the country.

Authorities in India's Kuno National Park have started disciplinary action against a forest worker who is seen offering water to a cheetah and her cubs in a video that has gone viral online.

In a corridor she painted a picture of an Iranian cheetah running.