BBC Sport's Frank Keogh:, external Rock On Ruby, 2012 Champion Hurdle victor & contender for Arkle Chase at Cheltenham, wins two-runner Doncaster race. Two from two over fences.

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Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal,, external who won men's gold in the Super-G event in Vancouver 2010, writes on Twitter: First training run #Sochi2014 downhill done. The changing snow conditions on the hill makes it a challenging downhill.

Scotland team to play England in the Six Nations Championship at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Starting XV: S Hogg (Glasgow); T Seymour (Glasgow), A Dunbar (Glasgow), M Scott (Edinburgh), S Lamont (Glasgow), D Weir (Glasgow), G Laidlaw (Edinburgh, capt); R Grant (Glasgow), R Ford (Edinburgh), M Low (Glasgow), T Swinson (Glasgow), J Hamilton (Montpellier), R Wilson (Glasgow), C Fusaro (Glasgow), D Denton (Edinburgh).

Replacements: S Lawson (Newcastle Falcons), A Dickinson (Edinburgh), G Cross (Edinburgh), J Gray (Glasgow), J Beattie (Montpellier), C Cusiter (Glasgow), D Taylor (Saracens), M Evans (Castres).

Russian fans have been enjoying their first taste of snowboard slopestyle on the opening day of action at the Winter Olympics with the snowboard slopestyle event.

Austria's Anna Gasser heads the scores from the second heat of women's qualifying with 95.5 and she will be joined in the final by Jamie Anderson and Karly Shorr of the United States and Switzerland's Elena Koenz.

More reaction to our debate on which managers you wish had never been sacked and Neil Warnock seems to be getting a few mentions.

Borcsok Laszlo: Despite having won almost everything, Real Madrid gave Vicente del Bosque his walking papers in 2003 - cardinal sin. Since then they have been struggling.

Vince Molloy: Sheffield United sacked Neil Warnock and have been in a downward spiral ever since.

Warnock at Sheffield United: December 1999 - May 2007. Games: 388. Won: 165.

Jamie Sheehan: Neil Warnock at Plymouth Argyle Football Club because we got promotion in his first season. Within 18 months we were back in the bottom division again. We never seem to be able to hold onto decent managers, and that has to change if we're going to return to the Championship.

Warnock at Plymouth: January 1995 - February 1997. Games: 88. Won: 35.

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Coaches Rob Penney and Simon Mannix will leave Munster at the end of the season, the club announce.

Penney assumed the head coach role at Munster for the 2012-13 campaign, and will now leave in the summer when his contract expires after rejecting an offer to stay with Munster for another year.

Munster chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald said: "Rob has been a very positive influence on this Munster squad and management and we are disappointed to see him go as we had hoped that he would fulfil his third season. In developing the squad he has highlighted the strength and depth of the Munster panel, with the competition for places as high as ever."

Scotland captain Kelly Brown is dropped for Saturday's Six Nations clash with England at Murrayfield and replaced by Chris Fusaro, the Scottish Rugby Union announces.

Head coach Scott Johnson says it had been a "difficult" decision to omit Brown but that Fusaro's skills as a ball-winner on the deck had been key in the selectors' deliberations.

"Fusaro is picked to do a certain role and we believe there's an opportunity for him to do it," adds Johnson. "England are powerful, they have an edge to their side and are assertive and aggressive. They will probably consider themselves unlucky last weekend but it's not always brute force that wins these games."

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National selector James Whitaker said after the announcement: "Both Moeen and Stephen have been very consistent performers for Worcestershire and Lancashire and both counties and their coaching staffs must take credit for their continued progress and Harry Gurney brings some variety to the tour party.

"England have won the ICC World Twenty20 before - in 2010 in the Caribbean - and this group has an exciting mix of youth and experience and I am sure with good preparation, desire and determination they will be able to produce an exciting brand of cricket."

Caribbean tour party: S Broad, E Morgan, M Ali, R Bopara, T Bresnan, J Buttler, J Dernbach, H Gurney, A Hales, C Jordan, M Lumb, S Parry, J Root, B Stokes, J Tredwell, L Wright

ICC World Twenty20 squad: S Broad, E Morgan, M Ali, R Bopara, T Bresnan, J Buttler, J Dernbach, A Hales, C Jordan, M Lumb, S Parry, J Root, B Stokes, J Tredwell, L Wright.

More from Michael Laudrup following his sacking at Swansea.

"Of course the obvious highlight during my time in charge was leading Swansea to the first major trophy in the club's history in winning the Capital One Cup at Wembley resulting in European qualification," adds Laudrup.

"In addition, our ninth place in the Premier League was our highest finish in 31 years and the second highest in the club's 102-year history, which again is something which fills me with pride. This season we have all enjoyed the memorable journey in the Europa League where the team will soon face Napoli in the last 32.

"The club has informed me that I cannot visit the training ground to say my farewells to the players so I do that now through this statement. Three members of my staff have also been dismissed. While league results have been disappointing of late, we are still 12th in the table."

Uncapped Moeen Ali of Worcestershire and Lancashire's Stephen Parry have been included in England's World Twenty20 squad and for the preceding tour of the Caribbean.

Uncapped Nottinghamshire seamer Harry Gurney will also feature in the earlier series, the England and Wales Cricket Board has announced.

Michael Laudrup, who was sacked as Swansea manager earlier this week, releases a statement, via the League Managers' Association.

"I am deeply disappointed to have been dismissed as manager of Swansea City," says Laudrup. "In particular, the manner in which it happened and the actions the club has taken since notifying me in the briefest of letters which gave no reasons why such hasty and final action was deemed necessary.

"I am, of course, taking legal advice and the LMA have already written to the club asking for a proper explanation as to why I was summarily dismissed. Until we receive the response I am unable to say any more about the termination but I do want to take this early opportunity to thank the Swansea City fans for their continued support and say it has been an honour to manage this great football club."

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More thoughts on managers you wish your club had never sacked.

Mark Gallacher: I'm a St Mirren fan. We sacked someone called Alex Ferguson. He went to Aberdeen and won a European trophy, then he did not bad at some English club.

Ferguson at St Mirren: August 1975 - May 1978. Games: 123. Won: 51.

Ricky Dickenson: I'm an Arsenal fan but Malky Mackay at Cardiff should never have been sacked in my eyes. Look at what he did at Cardiff, he got them promotion.

Mackay at Cardiff: June 2011 - December 2013. Games: 125. Won: 54.

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns attacks and discrimination against homosexuals in a speech to the International Olympic Committee a day before the opening ceremony of the Games.

Ban also reiterated his call for warring parties around the world to lay down their arms during the Olympics and said many professional athletes, gay and straight, were speaking out against prejudice and discrimination.

"We must all raise our voices against attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex people," he said. "We must oppose the arrests, imprisonments and discriminatory restrictions they face. Hatred of any kind must have no place in the 21st century."

Former England scrum-half Matt Dawson predicts a feisty weekend of Six Nations fixtures as old rivals and new clash in the second round of Six Nations fixtures this weekend.

Wales face Ireland in Dublin, where their coach Warren Gatland will face a vociferous home crowd who will not be happy that he dropped Irish legend Brian O'Driscoll for the final Lions Test in Australia.

Scotland face old enemy England at Murrayfield, while France will hope to avenge their shock loss to Italy in Rome a year ago.

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New St Mirren signing Eric Djemba-Djemba hopes he can play his way to the World Cup finals in Brazil.

Djemba-Djemba, who had been released six months into a two-year contract with Partizan Belgrade, has agreed a deal until the summer with the Buddies and could make his debut against Dundee United in Sunday's Scottish Cup fifth-round tie.

"I hope the Cameroon manager can see me playing here and I can get in the squad," said the 32-year-old former Aston Villa and Manchester United midfielder, who already has 24 international caps. "You never know, football is football. That's why I'm here."

Brazilian First Division club Gremio are to open their own chain of fast food restaurants in a bid to diversify and bring in cash to sign new players.

The Porto Alegre side, club world champions in 1983, hope to sell as many as 90 franchises at between $80,000 and $270,000 over the next five years. The first is due to open in April.

"In a country where 37% of spending is on food eaten outside the home, we needed a new product that would help us with the fact we have the most fanatical fans in Brazil," Beto Carvalho, Gremio's marketing manager, told the club's website. Fans voted in an online poll to call the restaurants Hamburgueria 1903 in reference to the year the club was founded.

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Prime Minister David Cameron adds his voice to the row over Kevin Pietersen's ejection from the England cricket team.

Speaking on BBC Radio Lancashire, the PM says he enjoys Pietersen's style of play, but stresses he would leave decisions to team selectors.

"I am an enormous fan of Kevin Pietersen and I have had some of my most enjoyable times watching him tonking the ball all over the park," said Cameron. "His average is remarkable. But I will let the England selectors pick the England team, I think I had better stay out of this one."

Wales centre Scott Williams signs a new contract with the Scarlets.

Williams, 23, was one of the players linked to a WRU central contract, but has chosen to commit to his region.

"I'm really pleased to have secured my contract with the Scarlets going forward and to have committed my future to rugby in Wales," says Williams. "It's really good to have this all secured now, so I can concentrate solely on my rugby and the campaign ahead of us."

Premiership Rugby say they will take legal advice over a breach of contract, after the current organisers of the Heineken Cup decided not to release tournament funds on Wednesday

European Rugby Cup owe the English clubs £1.6m, and the Welsh regions £800,000, but said they will delay the payments for another two weeks.

Premiership Rugby are looking to establish a new European Cup away from ERC, and believe this latest move "inflames the issues." If no resolution over a European Cup is found shortly, the English clubs and Welsh regions will look to set up an expanded Aviva Premiership in time for next season.