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Yorkshire moved to the top of County Championship Division One by bowling out Warwickshire for 89 at Headingley to win by an innings and 155 runs with a day to spare.

The visitors followed on 244 in arrears but Jack Brooks took 4-37 as they were skittled in 31.2 overs, with only three batsmen reaching double figures.

European football chief Michel Platini has repeated calls for countries to clamp down heavily on racist behaviour.

Platini has spoken out after some notable recent incidences of racism in domestic leagues in Spain and Italy.

Platini said: "It is unacceptable for anyone to be racially insulted or abused inside our stadiums, and we simply cannot tolerate it. We call on all our member associations and stakeholders to apply a zero-tolerance policy against all forms of discrimination and to follow the Uefa guidelines in sanctioning all guilty parties."

If you want catch up with the day's latest sports news, from Tim Sherwood's sacking to John Terry's contract extension, Sportsday is starting soon on the BBC News channel. You can also watch it on this website.

Newcastle's Paul Dummett has had his claim of wrongful dismissal upheld after an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing.

The 22-year-old defender was given a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd during Newcastle's 2-1 defeat at Liverpool on Sunday.

But Dummett will not have to serve a ban when the 2014-2015 Premier League season starts in August after the sending off was overturned on Tuesday.

West Ham United will decide the future of their manager Sam Allardyce in 10 days. It follows the board's end of season meeting where they looked at the manager's plans for next season.

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The organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are to close a ticket website and phoneline from 18:00 BST due to an ongoing fiasco with sales.

Glasgow 2014 said the measure was necessary to address technical issues which had hampered the sales of 100,000 extra tickets since Monday.

Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker:, external Chuffed to announce that Juninho will join @BBCSport punditry team for the World Cup. Wonderful to have a Brazilian on board.

England Under-21 coach Gareth Southgate has named Fulham striker Cauley Woodrow in his squad for Monday night's European Championship qualifier against Wales and the Toulon Tournament.

Following the qualifier in Swansea, the squad will fly to France to participate in the Toulon Tournament and will come up against Qatar, Colombia, Brazil and South Korea in their group.

Everton duo Ty Browning and Luke Garbutt are also involved with the Under-21s for the first time, with Brighton pair Solly March and Jake Forster-Caskey also receiving their first call ups.

Four members of the squad are too old to compete in the Toulon Tournament, which means Wifried Zaha, Tom Ince, Danny Ings and Jesse Lingard will only take part in the Wales clash before leaving the set-up.

World champions New Zealand will play the United States in Chicago in November.

The All Blacks will clash with the Eagles for the first time in 34 years on American soil on 1 November at Soldier Field before their European tour begins later in the month.

USA Rugby chief executive Nigel Melville said on usarugby.org: "We have taken big steps to increase the profile of rugby in the United States with our international games drawing record crowds, but nothing on the scale of a match against the New Zealand All Blacks."

Roger Federer has decided to play at the Rome Masters after consulting his wife, who gave birth to twins last week.

The 32-year-old Swiss pulled out of the Madrid Masters to be present at the birth and was expected to miss the tournament in Italy.

"They all said I should quickly come and play here," Federer said recounting a conversation with his wife Mirka and his team. "So I was like, 'OK, if you don't want me around I'll go away'."

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BBC Sport counts down 100 of the greatest World Cup moments, as the 2014 tournament in Brazil draws nearer.

Today looks back to arguably Brazil's most painful defeat, when in front of over 200,000 fans in the Maracana they lost 2-1 to neighbours Uruguay in the final match of the 1950 World Cup.

It secured Uruguay's second Jules Rimet trophy, but the manner of the defeat deeply affected Brazilian football and society for many years after, and to this day is still known in Brazil as "Maracanazo" ("The Maracana Blow"). You can watch the video on the BBC Sport website.

Torrential rain marred the resumption of the Giro d'Italia as Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni won stage four in Bari.

After Monday's rest day and the transfer from Dublin to southern Italy, the 112-kilometre route from Giovinazzo concluded with an eight-lap circuit in Bari which was neutralised due to a rider protest.

Fears over the treacherous conditions were proven when the race for the line on the last of the eight laps as numerous riders tumbled on the slick roads.

Bouhanni (FDJ.fr) recovered from a late mechanical to launch his bid for the line off the Giant-Shimano sprint train - without Marcel Kittel, who withdrew due to illness - and take victory ahead of Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek) and Tom Veelers (Giant-Shimano).

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"White Hart Lane's revolving door spins once more and the latest manager to find himself on the outside looking in is Tim Sherwood, sacked after only five months in charge," writes BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty.

"Now the spotlight must turn to the man responsible for his sacking, a chairman seeking his ninth manager since he took over in 2001.

"As managers come and go with alarming regularity at Spurs, Daniel Levy remains untouched and almost silent. He is usually only heard through the medium of all too regular statements thanking the latest victim for his services and announcing the search is on for someone who would give the club the results he believes they deserve."

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Louis van Gaal refused to talk about his potential move to Manchester United when quizzed at his final Netherlands press conference before naming his World Cup squad, reports the Daily Mirror., external The Dutch coach is the heavy favourite to take over at Old Trafford.

Liverpool have moved ahead of Manchester United in the race to sign 22-year-old Portugal and Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho, who has a £37m release clause in his contract.

Full story: Daily Star, external

Opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan and fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara are named in Sri Lanka's 15-man squad for the upcoming five one-day internationals in England.

The selectors have picked 13 of the 14 players who featured in the Asia Cup title triumph in March. Fast bowler Dhammika Prasad is the only one to miss out, his place going to Kulasekara.

The first match will be at The Oval on May 22. The teams also play one Twenty20 international at the same London venue two days earlier and meet in two tests at the end of the one-day series.

Squad: Angelo Mathews (captain), Lahiru Thirimanne, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal, Ashan Priyanjan, Sachithra Senanayake, Ajantha Mendis, Chathuranga de Silva, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera, Suranga Lakmal.

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"So another Spurs manager goes - so many under Daniel Levy that more and more people are now questioning if Levy himself is the problem."

Manchester United are weighing up moves for Borussia Dortmund centre-back Mats Hummels, 25, and Feyenoord defender Bruno Martins Indi, 22.

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Infostrada Sports:, external Iker Casillas to be called up to a major international tournament (WC + ECh) for the 8th time. Only European with more: Lothar Matthäus (9).