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Tottenham accuses Andre Villas-Boas of rewriting history after their former manager claimed the club reneged on promises.

Tuesday marked a year to the day since the Portuguese's exit from White Hart Lane, following a topsy-turvy 18 months at the helm.

"The chairman [Daniel Levy] proposed a challenge to increase Tottenham's competitive level, but immediately Luka Modric left and we didn't get any of the targets I had identified, such as Joao Moutinho, Willian, Oscar or Leandro Damiao," Villas-Boas told channel TVI.

"These were promises that were not kept. I had a group of players I had not chosen.

A Tottenham spokesman said in response: "It's unfortunate that Andre has felt the need to pass comments like these.

"Not only has he attempted to rewrite history, he has clearly forgotten the facts."

Manager Gary Johnson says he is "proud" Yeovil Town were able to beat Accrington to book an FA Cup third-round meeting with Manchester United.

The third-tier Glovers overcame their League Two opponents 2-0 in Tuesday's second-round reply to make sure of a tie against the Premier League side.

"I know they are a league-lower side and everyone will say we didn't do it convincingly enough," Johnson told BBC Somerset. "But that won't matter when Man Utd run out on the Huish Park pitch."

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Club captain Dylan Hartley, lock Courtney Lawes and back rower Calum Clark are three of seven players to sign new contracts with Northampton Saints.

Director of rugby Jim Mallinder said: "We have a group that has shown time and again that they have the ability to compete at the highest level of club rugby, and retaining players is very important to us.

"The seven forwards that we have announced today are all good players already, but they still have the ability to improve and we are looking forward to seeing them develop further at Franklin's Gardens."

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MK Dons boss Karl Robinson believes the Football Association was wrong to force a replay of the FA Cup second-round tie against Chesterfield.

Chesterfield won the game 1-0, but were subsequently punished for fielding an ineligible player.

"I don't think it's the right decision. I don't think either team needs that outcome," said Robinson.

The FA will publish its full written reasons for the decision this week, but the governing body is able to apply punishments it deems appropriate for each individual case.

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Teams owned by former India cricket captains Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly will clash in the final of the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) after Atletico Kolkata pipped FC Goa on penalties in the second semi-final on Wednesday.

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Celtic winger Aleksandar Tonev insists he is not a racist as he prepares to resume a seven-match ban for abusing Aberdeen full-back Shay Logan.

The on-loan Aston Villa player was described as neither a "credible or reliable" witness by a Scottish Football Association-appointed judicial panel in a report that was made public on Tuesday after he lost his appeal against his ban for using racist language.

Tonev told the Celtic website: , external "A lot has happened in the last few months. It has been a very difficult time for me and everyone involved. All I can do is move on from this now.

"I have made my case all along that I never used the words I was accused of using. I say again that I did not do this, I know what I am and I am not a racist."

Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Michael Garcia's decision to quit the organisation's ethics committee on Wednesday:

"I am surprised by Mr Garcia's decision. The work of the Ethics Committee will nonetheless continue and will be a central part of the discussions at the ExCo meeting in the next two days."

Garcia spent two years investigating corruption in World Cup bids. However, he was dissatisfied with the handling of the subsequent report.

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Australian Rohan Dennis will attempt to claim The Hour Record early next year amid reports Jack Bobridge and Alex Dowsett will also launch bids.

Bobridge, the four-kilometre individual pursuit world record holder, and Dennis have track pedigree.

Both were members of Australia's team pursuit squad which finished runners-up to Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics.

Austria's Matthias Brandle set the current mark, with a distance of 51.852km, in October, after cycling's world governing body, the UCI, revised regulations to make the Hour more appealing.

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BBC Radio Manchester's Bill Rice:

"Anthony Crolla's trainer Joe Gallagher says he's had a plate and pin put into his broken ankle today, and has a confirmed fractured skull along with 12 stitches in a head wound from his hairline to eyebrow. He's in Oldham Hospital recovering but is hoping to be home by the weekend."

Do you want to watch the oldest piece of football footage? Footage that dates back to 1898?

The Lancashire Telegraph, external has film of the match between Blackburn and West Brom which finished 4-1 to Rovers.

Cycling participation levels have boomed in recent years, while golf's have fallen dramatically. Are golfers morphing into cyclists?

BBC Sport has explored what two wheels have over a five iron.

Organisers of the Rio Olympics in 2016 are creating a task force to deal with so-called "super bacteria'' discovered in Olympic sailing waters.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, organisers said they were in contact with specialists at the respected health research institute behind the discovery.

Sale Sharks hooker Tommy Taylor has signed a new one-year contract with the Premiership club.

The 23-year-old academy product has not played this season after having surgery on a knee injury picked up playing for an England XV against the Barbarians.

Taylor has played 66 times for Sale since his debut, scoring three tries.

"He's recovered from the injury, he is bigger for it, and we just can't wait to get him back," said director of rugby Steve Diamond.

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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have revealed the venues that will stage its home international matches from 2017-19.

Old Trafford and Edgbaston have been awarded the remaining Ashes Tests for 2019, with Headingley, Lord's and the Oval already announced as venues for the five-Test series.

Meanwhile, MCC have announced that Lord's will host the 2019 World Cup final and the 2017 Women's World Cup final.

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BBC Sport chief F1 writer

Another one bites the dust at Ferrari. Hirohide Hamashima, former Bridgestone tech chief, leaves role heading tyre performance analysis.

Hull goakeeper Steve Harper: , externalGood luck to @NUFC tonight in the League Cup Quarter Final

Follow the live text coverage of this match and all the night's other fixtures on this website.

Record-breaking steeplechaser Kauto Star has performed a demonstration dressage routine in front of over 6,000 people at the Olympia Horse of the Year Show.

The 14-year-old, who was retired in 2012 after winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice and the King George VI Chase a record five times, is likely to begin competing in dressage events in 2015, but has been ruled out of a future Olympic bid.

Watch rider Laura Collett explain to BBC Sport's Nick Hope how she was pleased with his showing.

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Captain Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers have compiled an unbroken partnership of 283 as South Africa closed day one of the first Test on 340-3 against a wilting West Indies.

The hosts lost all three wickets to fall at Centurion with the score on 57 but Amla (133 not out) and de Villiers (141 not out) piled on the runs as SA took charge.