Shakira posts cosy snap with rumoured beau

Pop star Shakira has fuelled rumours of her relationship status with Spanish footballer Gerard Pique by posting a romantic picture with him on micro-blogging site Twitter.

The photograph shows the pair in front of a beach setting with the sun shining on them, and their arms are wrapped around each other.

"I present to you my sunshine," Shakira posted along with the picture, reports dailymail.co.uk.

Rumours about Shakira, 34, and the 24-year-old centre-back player's relationship became intense earlier this month when gossip magazines published photographs of the couple holding hands and kissing in Barcelona.

Both of them have been denying any relationship, other than friendship, ever since.