Aljaz Bedene is hoping to be granted British citizenship this week - and has his sights set on representing his adopted country in Davis Cup in March.

It emerged last year that the 25-year-old Slovenian, who has lived in Britain since 2008, was intending to switch nationalities.

"My solicitor is taking care of it and it should be in the next couple of days," he said.

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The Press Association reports that Croatia international forward Andrej Kramaric, 23, is at Leicester putting the finishing touches to a move to the Foxes after travelling to the city with the club's assistant sporting director Ivan Mance.

So Manchester City have started talks with Swansea City over a move for Wilfried Bony. Will they get their money's worth?

St Johnstone forward James McFadden and Hibernian striker Jason Cummings have both been issued with notices of complaint by the Scottish FA's compliance officer for alleged offensive gestures.

McFadden appeared to react to goading visiting fans after being sent off last weekend and has been offered a fixed two-match ban, while Cummings has been offered a one-match ban.

Both clubs have until Wednesday afternoon to respond to the charges.

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Who is your all-time footballing cult hero? Let us know at #myculthero

Sir Fran Walsingham:, external Billy Bonds of West Ham. Gave everything for club and was shunned by country. I'm a Spurs supporter but he was inspiring.

Stuart Collyer:, external Rodney Jack at Torquay! The man was a magician and even more so an incredibly nice guy from St Vincent.

Aaron Campbell:, external Easily Dirk Kuyt, the man always performed when it matter, scored some extremely important goals for Liverpool.

Crystal Palace confirm, external that striker Andrew Johnson, 33, has left the club following the completion of his short-term contract. He made only one substitute appearance in the League Cup defeat against Newcastle in September since returning to the club that month.

Gianfranco Zola suffered a 5-0 defeat in his first game in charge of Cagliari this afternoon. They were mauled at Palermo while AC Milan were humbled at home, losing 2-1 to Sassuolo. That result leaves Milan seventh in the table.

Roma moved joint-top with a 1-0 win over Udinese but Juventus can move three points clear tonight if they beat Inter Milan at home.

Elsewhere in Serie A today: Chievo 0-0 Torino, Empoli 0-0 Hellas Verona, Genoa 2-2 Atalanta, Parma 1-0 Fiorentina.

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West Ham striker Andy Carroll turns 26 today as his team face Everton tonight in the FA Cup at Goodison, live on BBC Radio 5 live, and he tweets:, external "Thanks for all the birthday messages. A win tonight will make my day!!"

Middlesbrough defender Rhys Williams will have surgery after scans confirmed that he ruptured his Achilles tendon in Saturday's FA Cup win over Barnsley.

It was his first start since sustaining a similar injury 11 months earlier.

The injury has been described as "extremely rare" with Boro saying the 26-year-old Australia international has "damaged another part of the tendon,", external not related to the previous problem.

The first big deal of the January transfer window could be upon us and BBC Wales Sport are all over it.

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More on this story as we get it in the coming minutes.

Emma & Dave:, external Gerrard once again showed his class last night - still LFC's best midfielder by far. Good luck to him at LA Galaxy.

Jack Hawkins:, external Pretty sad to see Stevie G leave Liverpool. One of those who should have retired with his club.

Is LA Galaxy the right destination for Steven Gerrard? He is close to agreeing an 18-month deal. Tweet us on #bbcsportsday.

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More now on Steven Gerrard's move to LA Galaxy.

The 34-year-old, who netted twice in the FA Cup third round on Tuesday, will earn £6m over the 18-months of his contract.

The 2015 MLS season runs from March through to October with the full fixtures list announced on Wednesday. Gerrard could of course meet ex-England team-mate Frank Lampard in the competition when he eventually joins New York City.

Norwich City will not find it easy to recruit a top manager under their current structure, according to former striker Iwan Roberts.

Neil Adams, who quit on Monday, was working as part of a four-man football executive board at the Carrow Road club.

"If they won't let that next manager have free reign where he can do what he pleases, they will struggle to get a top-class manager at the club," said former Wales international Roberts, who is third on Norwich's all-time scorers list with 97.

"There is this footballing board that overlooks everything - transfers, footballing matters. That's the manager's job, let him get on with it," he told BBC Radio Norfolk.

The Rugby Football League announce bookmakers Ladbrokes will succeed Tetley's as the new sponsors of the Challenge Cup.

The new deal is for three years and thought to be worth in excess of £1m a season.

Forty amateur clubs, including representatives of the armed forces and the police, will go into the hat for the first-round draw at Wembley on Thursday, with clubs from higher leagues entering at later dates. This year's Wembley final takes place on 29 August.

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Top seed Novak Djokovic beat fellow Serb Dusan Lajovic 6-2 6-1 in the opening round of the Qatar Open.

Some news on the future of Ched Evans could be imminent.

Oldham and the Professional Footballers' Association are preparing a joint statement over the future of the convicted rapist, according to Press Association Sport.

We will bring you more on that as we get it.

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Dave Hill:, external Ian "sticks" Ormondroyd at Villa. Not gifted but was the epitome of "Mr 110%".

Nick Poninski:, external Graham Branch. Played in four different positions over eight years for Burnley. Graham Di Branchio!

Richard Todd:, external Got to be the Terminator and Hammers legend Julian Dicks. Accomplished left-back, scored some sensational goals and thunderous pens.

There is a full fixture list in Itay's Serie A today and several games are underway.

Gianfranco Zola has taken charge of his first game since being named Cagliari boss and it is a dismal day for the diminutive Italian, they trail 3-0 after an hour at Palermo.

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AC Milan are drawing 1-1 with Sassuolo at the San Siro, Parma lead Fiorentina 1-0, while Atalanta are 2-1 up at Genoa.

We will bring you the full results shortly and later today champions and league leaders Juventus host Inter Milan, Napoli visit Cesena. Updates on those games will be in our FA Cup live text commentary from 18:30 GMT.

Lee Parkinson:, external Great move for Steven Gerrard I wish him luck in his new adventure, they may have trouble understanding him though.

Wayne Andrews MD TT:, external It's a soft option for Steven Gerrard - LA Galaxy? Why not try Serie A, as Ashley Cole did? Now that would be a challenge.

Has Steven Gerrard made the right call in agreeing to join LA Galaxy? Send your thoughts to #bbcsportsday.