Norwich defender Michael Turner admits the relegation-threatened Canaries are looking for big favours from other clubs as they bid to stay in the Premier League.

Five successive defeats have seen Norwich fall into the bottom three with just two fixtures remaining. Arsenal will be the visitors to Carrow Road on the final day.

Turner said: "It is out of our hands so we will be aware of the results coming in and obviously we need teams to do us favours but when it comes to it on Sunday we need to make sure we do ourselves justice."

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Football Focus's Dan Walker:, external Best picture of the week. Corinthians paying an odd but brilliant tribute to Ayrton

Tottenham will be without Andros Townsend for Saturday's Premier League clash at West Ham after the winger underwent ankle surgery.

The 22-year-old damaged ankle ligaments at Stoke last weekend and went under the knife on Thursday, ruling him out for up to 10 weeks.

England team-mate Kyle Walker (pelvis) is also sidelined, as is Erik Lamela (back). Jan Vertonghen (ankle) and Etienne Capoue (foot) are back training but unlikely to be involved.

Stoke have started tentative talks with Liverpool over the permanent signing of winger Oussama Assaidi.

Potters boss Mark Hughes was keen to stress the dialogue is at a very early stage, but he is hopeful of keeping the Moroccan at the Britannia Stadium after a successful season-long loan.

Assaidi has scored four goals in 24 appearances this season, and it would have been more had he not missed two months with a knee ligament injury.

Worcestershire sign England Twenty20 opener Alex Hales on loan from Nottinghamshire as cover for their own England absentee, Moeen Ali.

Moeen has retained his international place for next week's one-day clash with Scotland and the Pears have responded by bringing in Hales, who has fallen out of favour in the longer form with Notts.

The 25-year-old averaged just 13.94 in 10 LV County Championship appearances last season, with only two half-centuries, while he made 61 and a duck against Lancashire earlier this season.

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Tottenham head coach Tim Sherwood has found this week's speculation surrounding Frank de Boer a "strange situation" and warned anyone looking to shunt him out of the hotseat that they have a "tough act to follow".

Life as manager has rarely been straightforward for Sherwood and this week was no different, with comments from the Ajax boss fuelling speculation over his future.

De Boer said he was open to speaking with Tottenham about taking over as manager and the Premier League club felt the need to release a statement denying rumours they had contacted the Dutch giants.

Sherwood joked on Wednesday that "somewhere along the line someone is telling porkies" and admitted he was no closer to getting to the bottom of it two days on.

Sale announce the signing of full-back Luke McLean from Treviso. The Australian-born 26-year-old has won 56 caps for Italy.

A four-under round of 68 was enough for Panuphol Pittayarat to retain a one-stroke lead after two rounds of The Championship at Laguna National.

Pittayarat hit five birdies, lost a shot with a bogey six on the second hole and finished 13 under.

American David Lipsky, Chilean Felipe Aguilar and Australian Scott Hend are one shot back on 12 under.

Briton Adam Yates has won a hill-top finish in the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey to take overall lead by one second.

It is the 21-year-old's first year as a professional cyclist and, along with his twin brother, is part of the Australian team Orica GreenEdge.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho questioned midfielder Eden Hazard's commitment during matches saying he is "not ready sacrifice himself for the team".

Hazard's failure to track back on Wednesday allowed Atletico Madrid to equalise in the Champions League semi-final second leg. The Belgian later said in an interview the Blues are set up to counter-attack, not to take the initiative in games.

Is Mourinho correct to question Hazard? Do you agree with Hazard's comments? Have you say via #bbcsportsday,, external text us on 81111 (UK only) and have your say on the BBC Sport Facebook page.

Worcestershire sign England Twenty20 record-breaker Alex Hales on a month's loan from Nottinghamshire as cover for Moeen Ali in the LV County Championship.

Hales will link up with the Division Two table-toppers after Ali was named in the England squad for next Friday's ODI with Scotland in Aberdeen.

England are also set to play Sri Lanka in five ODI's and one Twenty20 international between 20 May and 3 June.

Mike, in Edinburgh:, external No question, as a lifelong Evertonian I will be at Goodison Park tomorrow hoping to lose!

Tony, via text:, external I would never want my team to lose any game, no matter what the implications remember the blackburn game in 95. I fear though that some Everton "fans" would prefer them to lose tomorrow.

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David Beckham is 39 today and the people at BBC Sport's participation project, Get Inspired, are asking what are your favourite Beckham moments? Let us know using #GetInspired, external

Ed Davenhill:, external Wanted David Moyes to lose every game so he would get sacked this season. Short term sacrifice in exchange for long term gain.

James Brazier:, external Man Utd v Spurs 98/99, the whole of Old Trafford went crazy, even Sir Les Ferdinand realised what he'd done when he put us 1-0 up.

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Napoli coach Rafa Benitez presents a gift to Pope Francis during a special audience with Italian teams Napoli and Fiorentina at the Vatican.

Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood feels the club's final two games of the season should not have any bearing on who is manager next season.

Spurs face West Ham and Aston Villa over the next 10 days and there has been plenty of speculation that they will be Sherwood's final two games in charge.

"It should not make a difference," he says. "If we are relying on the last two games to decide the future of this club then it could be decided on a 30-yard shot or a referee's decision. The people upstairs will know who they want to run this club and the last two games should not make a difference."

Manchester United could appoint Louis van Gaal as their new coach early next week but caretaker boss Ryan Giggs has yet to decide whether he would like to be part of the Dutchman's staff.

"Nothing has changed. (This job) is just until the end of the season," Giggs says.

"We will chat when the season is over. The main concentration I have is on the Sunderland game and then after that the remaining two games. I have a lot to think about - whether to continue playing... But my concentration is just on now. We will see what happens at the end of the season."

BBC Radio 5 live

At 19:00 BST tonight, Dan Walker previews the weekend's football with Danny Murphy as well as having a look ahead to the weekend's other sport, including Amir Khan and Floyd Mayweather's bouts in Las Vegas.

A topic of discussion during the show will be - is it ever acceptable to want your team to lose if it prevents a rival from winning trophy?

Have your say via #bbcsportsday,, external text us on 81111 (UK only) and join the discussion on the BBC Sport Facebook page., external

Tanzim:, external Never have I celebrated an errant Gerrard back pass with such passion just to ensure Chelsea won the League in 2010.

Rian Hoskins:, external You should think of your team first but if they have nothing to play for, then you may want to hurt rival teams by losing.

Gavin Harper:, external I'd accept a defeat if it meant league position was unaffected & a fierce rival wouldn't win a trophy. Gain more than you lose.

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Barry Hawkins and Ronnie O'Sullivan will play their third session of their World Snooker Championship semi-final this evening at 19:00 BST. Hawkins won the last frame of the second session with a century break of 106 and now trails O'Sullivan 11-5.

Neil Robertson takes on Mark Selby at 14:30 and you can watch that semi-final on BBC Two, online and at the top of this page.