Madonna with child

Budapest - The American pop star Madonna, who once said she would advertise for a man to father her child, is pregnant with her first baby and is "deliriously happy", her publicist, Liz Rosenberg, said yesterday. The father is her personal physical trainer, Carlos Leon (pictured with Madonna) whom the 37-year-old met in New York.

Madonna is currently in Budapest, filming the screen version of Evita. Ms Rosenberg said Leon was a professional bicyclist who had become Madonna's personal trainer, adding: "He also does a little acting and modelling." Reuter