DHAKA: JK Rowling has written a new short story about Harry Potter on her Pottermore fan website, set during the Quidditch world cup final.

The 1,500-word tale is written in the style of a newspaper column by Daily Prophet reporter, Rita Skeeter, according to the BBC.

The article reports that Harry took his sons James and Albus to visit the world cup compound ‘where he introduced them to Bulgarian seeker Victor Krum’.

Skeeter then speculates on the absence of Potter’s wife Ginny at the event.

‘Are cracks beginning to show in a union that the Potters are determined to promote as happy?’

Quidditch is the fictional game played on broomsticks that features in Rowling's Harry Potter novels.

Harry is about to turn 34 in Rowling’s latest story, which can be accessed by registering on the Pottermore website.

The former boy wizard now ‘sports a nasty cut over his right cheekbone’ along with his famous lightning scar. His hair is said to be slightly greying.

But there is no mention of Harry and Ginny’s third child, Lily, who is referred to in the epilogue of Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Hermione, who now has two children with her husband Ron, is now deputy head of the department of magical law enforcement.

BDST: 1814 HRS, JULY 09, 2014