Britain's Jade Etherington wins her second downhill gold in two days at the IPC World Cup in Tignes, France.

Etherington and guide Caroline Powell beat GB team-mate Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans by 0.46 seconds to give themselves a massive boost ahead of the Winter Paralympics in Sochi in March.

Racing continues on Friday before skiers head to the next World Cup in St Moritz, Switzerland from 3-6 February.

McLaren's Jenson Button is fastest so far on day two of testing in Jerez, but there is concern for reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel. The Red Bull driver's session seems to be over after just six laps of running.

For all the latest, head to the BBC Sport live text commentary.

Following the excitement of last night's Premier League games, there is more action tonight with four games which all kick off at 19:45 GMT.

After Arsenal dropped points against Southampton on Tuesday night, Manchester City can go top of the table with a win over Spurs at White Hart Lane in a game you can hear live on BBC London 94.9.

If they slip up, Chelsea could also go top if they beat West Ham and BBC London 94.9 will also have commentary from Stamford Bridge. Elsewhere, it is Sunderland v Stoke and Aston Villa v West Brom.

There will be full coverage of all the night's games on the BBC Sport website and also on BBC Radio 5 live.

Two-time World Championship finalist Ali Carter makes a shock exit from the German Masters taking place in Berlin, losing 5-4 to Thailand's Dechawat Poomjaeng.

Fans' favourite Jimmy White lost 5-1 to China's Xiao Guodong, while there were wins for Barry Hawkins, Rod Lawler and Paul S Davison.

Following her surprise run to the Australian Open semi-finals, teenager Eugenie Bouchard is being tipped as the next marketing face of the women's game.

BBC News' business reporter Bill Wilson analyses the off-court potential of the 19-year-old Canadian already touted as "the new Maria Sharapova".

Italian side Nocerina are thrown out of the country's third division after players faked injury during November's derby against Salernitana.

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) took the action after Nocerina players were reluctant to play following death threats from their own "Ultras" fans.

Nocerina made three substitutions and five players went off injured as the game was called off after 21 minutes.

German side Borussia Dortmund decide against making a January move for Tottenham midfielder Lewis Holtby, according to the Daily Express., external

It claims Spurs' asking price and the 23-year-old's wage demands are putting off last season's Champions League runners-up.

Bad weather continues to hit this week's planned meetings - Thursday's fixture at Towcester is the latest to fall at the inspection hurdle because of a waterlogged track.

Marcus Copsey:, external Waking up at 2am in Australia to see QPR lose 6-1 to Chelsea, having done the same a few months earlier when we lost 6-0 to Fulham.

James Pearce:, external Ipswich fans won't thank me to bring up their 4-1 and 5-1 defeats to Norwich in the 2010/11 season.

Adam Drake:, external December 2007, Huddersfield's first league encounter with Leeds for 20 years - we got gobbed 4-0.

Ireland fly-half Jonathan Sexton admits he has felt like quitting Racing Metro and returning home at times since his summer move from Leinster.

But Sexton, who is expected to start Sunday's Six Nations opener against Scotland, is confident he is settling into life at the French club.

"There have been some games where I thought 'I'm walking in on Monday and telling them I'm going home'," he tells BBC Sport. "Then there're other games where I've come off thinking 'right, this is the start of it, that's brilliant, and you could be here forever'."

Friday's meeting at Chepstow has been called off following an inspection. The course is not fit for racing after recent heavy rainfall in Monmouthshire.

Former Manchester City skipper Claudio Reyna says there is already "a lot of interest" from players wanting to join the club's Major League Soccer franchise in the United States.

Barcelona and Spain midfielder Xavi has been linked with becoming New York City FC's first marquee signing., external

"The long-term aim is to be competing with any team in the MLS - and we are not talking 10 or 15 years," adds NYC FC director of football Reyna.

Kevin Pietersen is one of 10 England players who will be included in next month's Indian Premier League auction.

Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Jade Dernbach, Craig Kieswetter, Luke Wright and Dimitri Mascarenhas, Alex Hales and Samit Patel are the others.

One month after his skiing accident, Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher is still in a medically induced coma, says his manager.

Sabine Kehm tells the BBC the seven-time world champion remains in a "stable" condition at a clinic in France.

She rejects as "speculation" a French media report saying Schumacher was being woken from his coma.

Tottenham are the victims of an attempted fraud after a Croatian middleman forged a signature to try to sell them a Dutch striker.

The fraudster contacted Spurs claiming FC Twente had authorised him to sell Netherlands Under-21 player Luc Castaignos - using a document with a fake signature from the Eredivisie club's chairman.

Three biathletes from Russia and Lithuania are provisionally suspended from competition by the International Biathlon Union after returning positive drug tests.

The news comes ahead of the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics on 7 February.

"This case is now being dealt with in a disciplinary process before the IBU Anti-Doping Hearing Panel, according to the IBU Anti-Doping Rules in accordance with the Wada Code," said the association's secretary-general Nicole Resch in a news release.

Image source, AP

French side Paris St-Germain plan to present their new signing Yohan Cabaye at a news conference at 17:30 GMT.

The French champions agreed a fee of around £20m with Newcastle earlier this week for the 28-year-old France midfielder.

Cabaye has been undergoing a medical in Paris ahead of the move.

After Everton were embarrassed in a 4-0 thrashing at neighbours Liverpool, we are asking for (bad) memories of your derby nightmares.

Dean Purcell:, external Wolves losing 5-1 to West Brom at Molineux. Awful day which ultimately cost Mick McCarthy his job.

Luke Plant:, external Leeds United losing 6-0 against Sheffield Wednesday. Hard week at work after that result.

Michael Lawlor:, external Birmingham getting hammered 5-1 by the Villa in 2008. Effectively sent us down.

Middlesbrough's Australia defender Rhys Williams could miss his second successive World Cup finals after suffering an Achilles tendon injury in Middlesbrough's 0-0 draw with Wigan on Tuesday.

Williams, 25, who missed the 2010 finals with a pelvic injury, was carried off on a stretcher just before half-time after twisting his body sharply.

"His face and the doctor's face were not good. He was crying and I feel sympathy for him," said Boro manager Aitor Karanka. "It is a very bad injury for him."

England lose the first T20 international against Australia by 13 runs.

Ravi Bopara bravely belts the ball around in the final over to help the tourists reach 200-9 in their pursuit of Australia's 213-4.

Follow all the post-match reaction in our live text commentary.