Summary

  • Silva out for four weeks - Pellegrini

  • Costa fit to face QPR - Mourinho

  • US Grand Prix first practice - Hamilton fastest

  • Murray faces Djokovic at 18:30 GMT

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  1. Footballpublished at 08:35 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2014

    Tom HuddlestoneImage source, Getty Images

    Speaking of Hull, Tom Huddlestone spoke to the media last night and revealed he is already plotting a move into management when his career comes to an end.

    Clearly a man who likes to plan ahead, the 27-year-old took his Uefa B licence in the summer and is half way through his A badge.

    "Hopefully I've still got a few years left playing but it's better to have it," he said. "It's something I would like to do in the future and I didn't have much planned in the summer, so it was ideal to get it started.

    "It's easier to get the badges while you're still playing, rather than be out of the game for four or five years and suddenly decide you want to get them because a few of your ideas might have been lost."

  2. Footballpublished at 08:31 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2014

    The first of today's nine - yes NINE - Premier League news conferences gets underway shortly when Steve Bruce faces the media at Hull City.

    Arsene Wenger is next up at 09:00 GMT, with Aston Villa's Paul Lambert at 09:30.

    We will bring you the best bits from them all.

  3. Footballpublished at 08:28 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2014

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    There is a big Steven Gerrard interview in the Daily Mail,, external with the midfielder admitting he might be forced to leave Liverpool.

    A player as synonymous with Anfield as beans are with toast, Gerrard is out of contract at the end of the season and is yet to be offered a new deal.

    "I certainly won't be retiring this summer. I will play beyond this season," said the 34-year-old, who joined the Liverpool Academy at the age of nine and has made nearly 700 appearances for the club.

    "We will have to wait and see if that's at Liverpool or somewhere else. That's Liverpool's decision. If they don't come then I will see what's out there."

  4. Footballpublished at 08:22 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2014

    Some interesting stuff from Paul Scholes in his weekly column for The Independent, external.

    Ahead of Sunday's Manchester derby, Scholes says he likes City but has concerns about a certain area of their team.

    "I don't think the central midfield is right, and that they are getting the best out of Yaya Toure," he wrote.

    "He still looks laboured to me, you might even say he looks a bit bored. He has the ability to step it up when he wants to, and that could be the case on Sunday.

    "My view is that the better midfield partner for him is Fernandinho rather than Fernando. Fernandinho just seems to have more to his game."

  5. Footballpublished at 08:15 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2014

    Aleksandar TonevImage source, Getty Images

    Some news you might have missed from last night. Celtic winger Aleksandar Tonev has been banned for seven matches for racially abusing Aberdeen defender Shay Logan.

    The 24-year-old, on loan from Premier League side Aston Villa, was charged following an incident with Englishman Logan during a Scottish Premiership match in September.

    Celtic say they will appeal against the punishment, saying the Bulgarian is "not a racist" and the club "absolutely abhors racism of any kind".

  6. Great sporting momentspublished at 08:10 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2014

    England World Cup Final 1966Image source, Getty Images

    Remember yesterday? Thought you might.

    We asked you to name which sporting event from history you wish you had been a spectator at.

    It led to a barrage of responses, so much so that we totted up the total and made a list of the most popular choices.

    Here are the great sporting moments you wish you'd seen.

  7. Rise and shinepublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2014

    We can't make you a morning cuppa, or a slice of hot buttered toast, but we can bring you the very best of everything that happens in the world of sport throughout the day.

    There is plenty going on, especially in the Premier League, where managers like Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Louis van Gaal and Maneul Pellegrini are speaking to the media ahead of the weekend action.

    Lewis Hamilton, aiming for a fifth successive race win, will be looking to set the pace as practice begins at the US Grand Prix.

    Andy Murray faces world number one Novak Djokovic later this evening, so we'll build-up towards that as well.

    You lucky, lucky people, it's going to be good.