Polo teacher 'thumps' Wood after tiff

Ronnie Wood sustained a black eye and a swollen lip after he was allegedly hit by his new girlfriend, reports The Sun.

It is claimed that Brazilian polo teacher Ana Araujo lashed out after discovering that the Rolling Stone was drinking alcohol behind her back.

Araujo assaulted Wood after ripping up two of his paintings, an insider alleged, adding that the rocker then called his ex-wife Jo "in a state".

The source said: "Ana had been keeping him off the bottle. She rumbled him on Wednesday having a drink and an argument escalated quickly. He was calling her all sorts of names for criticising his drinking and she just snapped.

"Two of his prized paintings, which he had hoped to sell, are ruined. She ripped them to shreds. He crossed the wrong woman."

Wood met Ana at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden earlier this year. Their relationship comes after Wood and Celebrity Big Brother contestant Katia Ivanova ended their 18-month fling.