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Liverpool striker Luis Suarez named Barclays Premier League player of the season, with Crystal Palace's Tony Pulis given the manager's award.

Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick:, external Rio, A Rolls Royce, best all-round CB, got the lot, defend, quick, composed beyond belief and made those around him better players.

Remi Garde will leave as coach of Lyon after three years in charge.

The 48-year-old took over after the sacking of Claude Puel in 2011, and Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has openly said he wanted Garde to stay, especially with the club's new 58,000-seater Grande Stade set to be opened at the end of 2015.

Lyon currently sit fifth in Ligue 1, one point ahead of Marseille, and play Nice on Saturday in a crunch match that could see them qualify for European football for a French record 18th time.

Dan Biggar says he is humbled after being named players' player of the year in the Pro12 end-of-season awards.

But the 24-year-old Ospreys fly-half says he would trade the award for a place in the play-off semi finals.

"It is very very humbling to be fair because the league which we play in is full of superstars of the game," Biggar said. "But there is a slight disappointment that we didn't get into that top four as a team."

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Wales are set to name the two teams for a trial match to decide who goes on the two-Test tour to South Africa in June.

The Probables and Possibles sides will be named at 12:00 BST today and will play their trial match on 30 May in Swansea.

Wales's injury absentees include Sam Warburton, Leigh Halfpenny and Justin Tipuric.

Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova, who won a bronze medal at the London Olympics, has been banned for 16 months by the sport's governing body FINA for a doping offence.

The 22-year-old breaststroke specialist tested positive last October for the anabolic steroid 7-keto-DHEA, which speeds up metabolism and helps with weight loss, at an out of competition sampling in Los Angeles.

Ian Nye:, external Terry and Desailly .... Terry and Carvalho .... Terry and Cahill.... Terry and anyone.

Abz:, external Rio was never the fans favourite, but boy was he absolute class in his pomp, terrible not to give him a proper send off.

Joels Billie Millie:, external Terry and Carvalho were simply impregnable.

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The Manchester Evening News reports Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has promised fans he will return stronger, external than ever next season. They report it appears to kill the rumours that the Blues' leading goalscorer is being lined up for a £70million move to Real Madrid in the summer.

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Britain's Sir Bradley Wiggins leads the Tour of California after winning the individual time trial on stage two.

The Team Sky rider, 34, covered the 20.3km to Folsom in 23 minutes 18 seconds.

It gave the 2012 Tour de France winner a 44-second advantage over Australia's Rohan Dennis, riding for Garmin, in second place.

Wiggins took the overall race lead from fellow Briton Mark Cavendish, who had sprinted to victory on stage one.

Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier has told BBC Radio Solent that large transfer bids for their star players this summer will be difficult for the club to turn down.

Saints are having to deal with big money bids from Liverpool and Manchester United for World Cup-bound pair Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw,

And Le Tissier says the players will also have say on the outcomes of any talks

"It's down to the boys to choose what they want to do with their careers," he told BBC Radio Solent. "When the kind of money that is being mentioned is thrown around it's very hard to turn it down as a business."

Former England forwards specialist John Wells steps up to the role of head coach with Premiership club Newcastle next season.

The Falcons confirm their coaching staff, which also sees a new role for ex-Newcastle fly-half Dave Walder.

Walder is appointed as attack coach, with Wells, who was already part of rugby director Dean Richards' coaching team, now taking on the job vacated by Peter Russell's return to New Zealand.

Richards also retains the services of defence coach Graham Steadman, scrum coach Micky Ward and skills coach Calum MacRae.

The trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has resumed, with the judge due to rule on a prosecution application for him to undergo a 30-day mental observation.

State prosecutor Gerrie Nel is questioning defence forensic psychiatrist Merryll Vorster.

On Monday, she said that Mr Pistorius suffered from an anxiety disorder.

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BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty has looked at 10 things we have learned from the 2013-14 season.

Lesson number one, says McNulty, is that it takes a special man to manage Manchester United.

"In the end, he was a beaten, broken manager and failed to last the season," says McNulty of the sacked David Moyes. "Put simply, it takes a manager of unbreakable confidence - arrogance almost - and a concrete-clad self-belief that he is in his rightful place at Old Trafford."

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Gloucester announce that defence coach Paul Moriarty is to leave the club - 24 hours after they revealed the departure of rugby director Nigel Davies.

Former Wales back-row forward Moriarty will not have his contract renewed, the Aviva Premiership club said.

He was one of Davies' first appointments in July 2012 as they resumed a coaching partnership that saw them work together at the Llanelli-based Scarlets.

"Firstly, I would like to thank Paul for all his efforts over the past two seasons," Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan said.

The Thai owners of newly promoted Leicester City are willing to spend £180 million to achieve their goal of finishing in the top five of the Premier League within the next three seasons.

Leicester were promoted to the top flight this season and chairman Vichaj Srivaddhanaprabha has bold ideas.

"We want to stay in the EPL as long as possible," Vichai told reporters in Bangkok. "But we won't take the huge leap to challenge the league's top five clubs immediately.

"Do we have a chance to beat them? Yes, we have, but I think we need to establish our foothold in the league first and then we think about our next step.

"It will take a huge amount of money, possibly 10 billion Thai Baht, to get there. But that doesn't put us off. I am asking for three years, and we'll be there."

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"Roy Hodgson is a manager who comes with labels such as caution and conservatism attached, but England's 23-man squad and group of seven stand-by players is laced with the sort of youth, energy, enthusiasm and raw talent that may serve him well in South America."

For the rest of Phil McNulty's verdict on England's World Cup squad see here.

Andy from Belfast on text: Let's all remember Rio Ferdinand as the world class defender and excellent footballer he was in his prime. His presence on and off the pitch at Old Trafford shouldn't be underestimated either, he contributed massively to Manchester United's recent success. His centre-back partnership with Nemanja Vidic will go down in history, especially the performances during the 2008/09 season. Massive thanks Rio, club legend. Andy from Belfast.

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Blackpool's 22-year-old winger Tom Ince - who finished the season on loan at Crystal Palace - could follow in his father Paul's footsteps by joining Inter Milan, according to the Daily Mail. , externalThey report the England Under-21 forward would cost Inter as little as £155,000 in compensation after he ran down his contract at Blackpool.

Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard is one of four Premier League players named in the USA's provisional 30-man squad for this summer's World Cup.

The 35-year-old Howard, who has 97 international caps, made 37 appearances for the Toffees in the 2013-14 season.

Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan, Sunderland striker Jozy Alitdore and Stoke defender Geoff Cameron are also in Jurgen Klinsmann's squad. Each nation's final 23 must be submitted to Fifa by 2 June.

FULL SQUAD: Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake) Defenders: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (Nuremberg), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Michael Parkhurst (Columbus Crew), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders) Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Maurice Edu (Philadelphia Union), Julian Green (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jones (Besiktas), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes).

Manchester United are hoping to sign Borussia Dortmund's Germany defender Mats Hummels, 25, as a replacement for the departing Rio Ferdinand, 35, reports the Daily Express., external