Northampton and England full-back Ben Foden has been ruled out for the rest of the season - and probably the World Cup - with a knee injury.

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Foden ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left leg against the Ospreys last weekend, and will now have surgery.

Gary Lineker on Twitter, external: Just watched the Kevin Mirallas penalty debacle. What a prat!

Blackburn striker Leon Best has joined Brighton on loan, external for the remainder of the season.

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The move to the south coast reunites the 28-year-old striker with former Newcastle United boss Chris Hughton, who recently became manager of the Championship club.

While we're on the subject of this game, Liverpool have failed to beat Chelsea in any of their five meetings under Brendan Rodgers but the Reds have been building up momentum after a slow start to the season.

They are unbeaten in eight games in all competitions, and haven't lost at Anfield since defeat to Chelsea in November.

And one stat to give Liverpool fans optimism - the Reds have won both of their previous meetings with Chelsea at Anfield in the League Cup.

Not too long now until tonight's big game gets under way.

Rodgers v Mourinho, or Liverpool-Chelsea if you prefer, starts at 19:45 GMT with live coverage on the BBC Sport website.

BBC Radio Merseyside, external have just tweeted: Likely @LFC team tonight v Chelsea... Mignolet; Can, Skrtl, Sakho; Markovic, Henderson, Lucas, Moreno; Gerrard, Coutinho; Sterling.

Robert Manzon, the last surviving driver of Formula One's inaugural season in 1950, has died. He was 97.

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Manzon, a member of the 24 Hours of Le Mans hall of fame, took part in the famed endurance race six times, and drove in 28 F1 races from 1950-56.

Bath have announced that lock Dominic Day has renewed his contract with the Aviva Premiership club.

Day, 29, joined Bath from the Scarlets in 2012 and has been among their most consistent performers this season.

Birmingham City defender Paul Caddis says their good form is down to manager Gary Rowett keeping them grounded.

They have risen from 23rd to 11th in the Championship since former Burton boss Rowett took over in October.

"No win is too big and no loss is too big either. He's very level-headed and he's kept the dressing room like that as well," Caddis told BBC WM 95.6.

We are asking for your thoughts on memorable penalties, following the fuss over Everton midfielder Kevin Mirallas taking one at Everton last night instead of Leighton Baines ... and missing.

Steve Woodnutt: Baines hasn't been in great form, perhaps he didn't want to take it? His set pieces were poor all game especially corners.

Matthew Whitaker: ‏Can't beat the Pires and Henry incident for penalty comic capers.

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Josh Brannan: Just because Mirallas missed a penalty Everton supporters are saying get rid of him. I would gladly have him at Liverpool.

UnSimpleSimon: A fine of a week's wages for missed penalty by undesignated player might solve the problem.

Keep them coming to #bbcsportsday or at the BBC Sport Facebook page.

League Two strugglers York City have signed striker Emile Sinclair. The 27-year-old was a free agent after having his contract with Northampton terminated by mutual consent on Monday.

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"A lot around on the the future of Winston Reid today but a senior source at West Ham has told me they remain confident of holding on to the highly-rated central defender.

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"He has not, I am told, informed the club that he wants to leave and West Ham have been led to believe that Arsenal will only move for the player should they miss out on other targets in January.

"Worth saying, too, that West Ham do not anticipate any first-choice players leaving the club this month."

Championship League One side Gateshead Thunder have rebranded as Newcastle Thunder, returning professional rugby league to the city for the first time since 1938.

As part of the change, Thunder have applied to Newcastle City Council to make Kingston Park their home ground.

The switch comes after Newcastle Rugby Limited, owned by Falcons rugby union chairman Semor Kurdi took over the rugby league side in May.

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Tottenham's struggling £26m Spanish striker Roberto Soldado, 29, is being chased by German club Bayer Leverkusen, reports The Mirror, external.

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Ex-Crystal Palace sporting director Iain Moody has spoken for the first time about the text scandal involving himself and Malky Mackay.

He resigned in 2014 after allegations he shared racist, sexist and homophobic texts with manager Mackay, when they were at Cardiff City from 2011 to 2013.

"Good people sometimes do bad things," he told Palace fanzine Five Year Plan. "I'm not denying it was me, but that's unrecognisable and it's not a reflection of what I stand for."

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World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has announced his first fight in America for seven years.

The 38-year-old Ukrainian will defend his IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO belts against unbeaten 30-year-old Bryant Jennings at Madison Square Garden on 25 April.

The bout will be Klitschko's first fight since November, when he knocked out Bulgaria's Kubrat Pulev.

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More from Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe: "First and foremost I want to be back here playing games and scoring goals. I've missed the Premier League.

"I'm really looking forward to the challenge and I believe we will create a lot of chances for me and others to score goals.

"You know when a club really wants you and that is special, and I knew from my first conversation with Gus how much he wanted me."

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Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe has described Sunderland as a "special club".

The 32-year-old striker completed his move to Sunderland last week, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal with the club.

"It's been good and it always helps knowing a few of the players when signing for a new club. The lads have been great," he said.

"I spoke to Gus on a few occasions and I played with him at Spurs. Even before I met him he was someone I admired as a player.

"I have always known over the years that it is a special club with special fans. I'm really looking forward to making my home debut."

The Cyprus Football Association says it is postponing all matches for one week after referees went on strike following a bomb attack.

The week-long strike is in response to a bomb attack at the home of a referee's mother.

"It's a disgrace. It was a big device and it blew off the front door of the house," said Costakis Koutsokoumnis of the Cyprus FA. "If the mother of the referee was not in the right place then we probably would already have a victim."

It is the third such attack this season. All league and cup games scheduled from Tuesday onwards, from senior to junior level, will be postponed until Monday, 26 January.

Mauritius international Kevin Bru has signed a contract extension with Ipswich Town to run until 2018, with an option for a further year.

The 26-year-old has made 21 appearances for Town, who have lost fellow midfielder Luke Hyam for up to six weeks with a knee injury.

The Daily Express , externalreports that Inter Milan are prepared to sell £30m-rated Mauro Icardi this month, with Chelsea and Liverpool said to be interested in the forward.

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