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Midfelder Joe Cole has been ruled out for around two weeks with a hamstring injury, ahead of Sunday's Premier League match against Leicester.

The former England international suffered the problem in Tuesday's win over Crystal Palace.

England midfielder Fabian Delph returned to training on Friday as he recovers from a dislocated shoulder but he, Ron Vlaar, Philippe Senderos and Nathan Baker are all unavailable.

Provisional squad: Guzan, Given, Hutton, Lowton, Okore, Clark, Herd, Cissokho, Westwood, Richardson, Sanchez, N'Zogbia, Cleverley, Grealish, Bacuna, Weimann, Agbonlahor, Benteke, Robinson.

Here is the view at Victoria Park, home of Hartlepool United and the venue for tonight's FA Cup second round tie.

Blyth Spartans are coming to town and there will be a few more packed into the ground before kick-off.

There will be live coverage of the game, which kicks off at 19:55 GMT, from 19:30 on BBC Two with full commentary on BBC Tees and BBC Newcastle, updates on BBC Sport website.

Ronald Koeman on how his side are feeling after two defeats in a row: "I'm not focused on league position but on how we like to play and keeping that way of playing. That's what makes points.

"The focus has to be not on winning but the way of playing."

"If we play like we did on Wednesday, we have a chance of winning."

Ronald Koeman says Jack Cork will be out for "more than six weeks", while Morgan Schneiderlin is also out of Monday's game against Manchester United.

Defender Toby Alderweireld is also doubtful following the injury which forced him off early against Arsenal on Wednesday, while James Ward-Prowse could return to training in a week's time.

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Southampton manager Ronald Koeman is speaking ahead of his side's match with Manchester United at St Mary's on Monday night.

Keep tuned for news from him shortly.

Nigel Pearson won't be pleased to hear that he has finished joint top of this afternoon's poll of who you think will be the first Premier League manager to get the sack.

The full results are on the right-hand side.

Alongside Pearson at the top on 29% is West Brom's under-fire manager Alan Irvine.

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Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has said he won't be apologising following his run-in with a fan during the defeat to Liverpool on Tuesday night.

"I've had run-ins in with fans in the past and sometimes, heat of the moment, these things happen," he said.

"But there certainly won't be any apology, let's put it like that."

Voting has now closed in our afternoon poll on who you reckon might be the first Premier League manager to be sacked this season.

Keep your eyes on the top-right of the page and we'll have the results for you shortly.

Chelsea defender Gary Cahill is available for tomorrow's Premier League trip to Newcastle, manager Jose Mourinho said during his news conference.

Cahill was taken off at half-time during Wednesday's 3-0 victory over Tottenham following a clash of heads with Jan Vertonghen, but Mourinho said after that game that his centre-back had not suffered concussion.

At the UK Championship in York, it's quarter-final day.

Birthday boy Ronnie O'Sullivan is level at 2-2 with Scotland's Anthony McGill, while Graeme Dott leads Stuart Bingham 3-1 in the best-of-11 match.

You can follow the latest on the BBC Sport website.

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Olympic skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold has been awarded an MBE by the Queen for services to her sport.

The 26-year-old won Team GB's first gold medal of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and received her award at Windsor Castle.

"The Queen said she was really pleased to award me the MBE and she knew all about Sochi and the event, and had it all gone well and was it cold enough there for the event," said Yarnold.

"It is a huge privilege, really, that I have been recognised for my services to sport, not only the performance in Sochi but how much I care about getting young people into sport and other people to doing their own best."

A reminder that you can have your say on who will be the first Premier League manager to be sacked this season.

You can make your choice through the voting section in this page.

Voting will be open to UK readers until 1500 GMT. Terms and conditions can be found here. The result will be announced in this page after 1500 GMT.

Lord Coe, who has launched his manifesto for election to the IAAF presidency, has released a statement following claims of cheating by Russian athletes.

"These are clearly very serious allegations and I understand that they are now rightly subject to investigation by the IAAF, Wada and the IAAF Ethics Commission," he said. "It would be inappropriate to comment further until those investigations have been completed."

Mourinho on his failure to win a game at Newcastle: "Let's try tomorrow. It is difficult and a difficult stadium to play in. There are some stadiums where when they see Chelsea shirts they have the game of their lives and when they play against other teams they look like they are playing friendlies."

Chelsea go into Saturday's game having equalled the club record of 23 games unbeaten with Wednesday's win over Spurs but manager Jose Mourinho, who was in one of his more reticent moods when he faced the media, played down the significance of avoiding defeat against Newcastle.

"I don't care about records - only victories and points. The record I want is to win the Premier League three times with this club," he said.

"The players don't know the record. I wouldn't know - only you tell me 20 times."

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says his side have no new injury worries ahead of tomorrow's game at Newcastle.

Voting will be open to UK readers until 1500 GMT. Terms and conditions can be found here. The result will be announced in this page after 1500 GMT.

To cast your vote you will need to be signed in to the BBC website. Signing in or registering a new BBC iD is simple and can be done through the voting section. This will also get you ready to vote online for Sports Personality of the Year 2014 on 14 December.

No manager has been sacked in the Premier League this season. Robbie Savage, writing in his BBC Sport column believes that is about to change. So we are now asking you: Who will be the first Premier League manager to be sacked this season?

Make your choice through the voting section in this page.

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Reading director of football Nicky Hammond says manager Nigel Adkins continues to have the full support of the club's executive board.

Hammond also says despite a "tricky" start to the season there has been no mention of replacing Adkins as boss.

"We all know managers are judged on results," Hammond told BBC Berkshire.

"But he has the support of myself, everyone at the training ground, and I don't sense any lack of support for him at executive level of the club."

The quarter-final action is under way at the York Barbican in the UK Championship.

Scotland's Anthony McGill has taken the opening frame of his match against Ronnie O'Sullivan while Stuart Bingham leads Graeme Dott 1-0 in the other match this afternoon.

Follow all the action on our live page with a choice of three video streams.