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Britain's Samantha Murray is the new modern pentathlon world champion after winning the title in Warsaw, Poland.

She becomes only the fourth British woman to win the title following Wendy Norman's gold in 1982, Steph Cook's tile in 2001 and Mhairi Spence's victory in 2012.

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Chelsea and Tottenham target Fredy Guarin has emerged as a January target for Real Madrid, according to reports in Italy., external

Spurs were rumoured to have offered Roberto Soldado to Inter Milan as part of a swap deal for the 28-year-old Colombian midfielder.

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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has defended the club's decision to sell Xabi Alonso and Angel Di Maria.

Speaking at a press conference to announce that the La Liga club's income had risen by 10.9% in 2013-14 to €603.9m, Perez explained that allowing Alonso to join Bayern Munich and Di Maria to leave for Manchester United made sense.

"Perhaps he [Di Maria] had financial demands... that were greater than what was able to be offered," he said, adding that he had a "very good relationship" with Alonso and the player's exit was "the best thing for him and the club".

Fifa have confirmed that ethics investigator Michael Garcia has submitted his report into alleged corruption in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests and has "reached conclusions concerning further action with respect to certain individuals".

Qatar won the right to host the 2022 tournament and Russia the 2018 event..

The 350-page report, which was initially expected in July, will now be examined by Fifa ethics judge Joachim Eckert, who can impose sanctions.

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Spaniard Dani Navarro took a first Grand Tour stage victory in the Vuelta a Espana as compatriot Alberto Contador retained his overall lead.

Navarro won the 188.7km 13th stage of from Belorado to Obregon after making a break on the climb to the finish line. Fellow Spaniard Daniel Moreno was second and Dutch rider Wilco Keldermann third.

There was no change at the top of the general classification as the leaders came in five seconds back, meaning Contador stays 20 seconds ahead of Alejandro Valverde with Britain's Chris Froome fourth, 1min 20sec adrift.

A player in the fifth tier of Austrian football is appealing a 70-game ban received for butting a referee, claiming that he merely slipped rather than intentionally crashing his forehead into the official's face.

SK Rum's Ismail Gunduz is quoted as saying, external his punishment was "madness" and that it was a big "misunderstanding" that left the referee with a split lip and blood pouring from his face.

Gunduz had just been shown a second yellow card in the 86th-minute of a recent Landesliga West contest against SPLG Innsbruck.

The 26-year-old midfielder has since been banned and sacked by his club, who have been fined €257 by their local FA.

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Maurice Malpas has revealed he would be interested in becoming the new manager of Ross County.

Malpas, who was assistant to Terry Butcher at Hibs before the pair were sacked in June, also spent five years as the Englishman's number two at Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

"I'm out of a job and I want to work again. If that [Ross County] job came up I'd be interested," Malpas told BBC Scotland.

Northampton Saints start the defence of their Premiership title when they host Gloucester this evening.

Live commentary of the match,, external which kicks-off at 19:45 BST, will be on the BBC Sport website.

In 1931, Celtic's 22-year-old goalkeeper John Thomson died after colliding with Rangers' Sam English during an Old Firm match.

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Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng will return to Germany's XI for their Euro 2016 qualification opener against Scotland on Sunday. The centre-back missed Wednesday's 4-2 friendly home defeat by Argentina with a knee injury.

"Jerome doesn't feel any more pain and will no doubt return," said Germany's goalkeeping coach Andreas Kopke. "We expect him to be in the starting line-up."

The 'world's greatest half marathon' is nearly upon us. Don't miss the Great North Run on Sunday, 09:30 BST on BBC One.

Celebrities such as BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James and Olympic rower James Cracknell will be taking part, but we want to know if you'll be joining them?

What are you running for and how have you prepared? Got an interesting story to tell us? Let us know by commenting on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external or by tweeting using #BBCGNR.

Aaron Hughes and Chris Brunt are cautiously optimistic that Northern Ireland can emerge from a "wide open" Euro 2016 qualification group.

Michael O'Neill's side begin Group F against Hungary on Sunday and also face Greece, Romania, Finland and the Faroe Islands, with the play-off on offer for the third-placed side in their sights.

"I think we can do it, but all the other teams will be saying the exact same thing," said Hughes.

Brunt added: "It's going to be tough but with the extra teams going through it's the best chance we've had for a long time."

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Jenson Button has described himself as "massively relaxed" about next season after suggestions that he might retire.

The 34-year-old McLaren driver appeared to acknowledge the possibility of quitting in a recent interview but, speaking ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, he laughed off the speculation.

He said: "Initially it's annoying, but then you're like 'You know what, I've been here before, been in this situation before, heard it before'."

Bad news for Newcastle. New signing Siem de Jong, who suffered a thigh injury in training earlier this week, is likely to be out "for a number of months", according to the Premier League club.

The 25-year-old Dutchman, who joined from Dutch champions Ajax in the summer, will be undergo further assessment next week.

What do you do when you hear good news? Manchester City's John Guidetti dances.

The Swedish striker was in a coffee shop on Thursday afternoon when he heard that Fifa had ratified his loan move to Celtic and reacted by doing a little jig.

"I was actually dancing because I was so happy," the 22-year-old said.

Guidetti has form for this kind of thing. Sportsday recommends you have a little search for footage of him doing his very best George Michael impression...

Interested in ice hockey? Well, BBC Radio Nottingham will have live radio coverage of Nottingham Panthers' Champions League encounter against Lukko of Finland this afternoon.

The group game, in Rauma, faces off at 16.30 BST.

It's the Diamond League tonight in Brussels (19:00 BST, BBC Three) and we're asking you to get involved.

What have been your favourite moments of the athletics year so far?

Let us know by commenting on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external or by tweeting using #bbcathletics and we will read out the best comments later in the programme.

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Northern Ireland are showing "more potential" ahead of their Euro 2016 campaign than they did two years ago, says boss Michael O'Neill.

O'Neill's side, who won just once in 2014 World Cup qualification, begin their attempts to reach France with Sunday's trip to Hungary.

"I don't know if we're a stronger squad than we were two years ago but I think we're a squad with more potential," he says.

The Pro 12 also begins this evening for clubs in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Italy.

Irish powerhouses Munster welcome Edinburgh and Italy's Treviso travel to Wales to face Ospreys.

BBC Sport's journalists in Scotland, Ireland and Wales have taken a look at the prospects for their teams.