The Yorkshire Evening Post's chief football writer Phil Hay, external reports that Massimo Cellino will announce his resignation as Leeds United president today following a week of negotiations with the Football League.

Cellino was formally banned as owner of Leeds by the league on Monday, but has not yet stepped down from the board of directors.

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BBC World Service's Alex South: "I've been speaking to the French team of the World Health Organisation in Malabo, who've made the decision not to go back to the stadium on Saturday to screen for Ebola, due to fears over their safety.

"There are two other WHO teams in the city. One from Egypt and one from Equatorial Guinea, who are yet to say whether they will attend the matches and carry on the screening process."

During the Ivory Coast v Guinea game on Tuesday, WHO staff were forced inside the stadium as fans surged towards the gates to try and get in. Police were called and pushed the supporters back using batons and cattle prods.

BBC Sport's Caroline Chapman tweets:, external "Gavin Henson to leave Bath in the summer to sign for West Country rivals Bristol."

Read the full story here.

Germany forward Lukas Podolski has confirmed he intends to retire from international football after Euro 2016.

The 29-year-old former Arsenal player has won 121 caps since his debut in 2004, and the finals in France would be the Inter Milan player's fourth European Championships.

"The European Championships will be the last major tournament for me," the 2014 World Cup winner told German newspaper Bild. "I have already achieved my main goal of winning the World Cup. No one can take that away from me."

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Rafael Nadal is coasting through his third-round match against unseeded Dudi Sela of Israel at the Australian Open. The 2009 champion, seeded third, has gone 6-1 6-0 up in no time. In the words of the tournament's Twitter feed: "Nadal's playing like he's 100-foot tall."

There's dedicated live text commentary on the BBC Sport website, which is currently being dominated by debate about the shortness of Nadal's shorts.

The sporting action is relentless today, with play now under way in the World Indoor Bowls Championships. The men's singles quarter-finals are on the agenda and you can watch every blocker, toucher and heavy on BBC Sport.

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Louis van Gaal offered his own entry to the lexicon yesterday but what's your favourite sporting phrase?

Let us know via #sportingslang, text 81111 (UK users only) or post on the BBC Sport Facebook page.

Anyone suggesting "late doors", "handed a boost" or "dealt a blow" gets an automatic four-match ban...

Caretaker manager Kenny McDowall has admitted he needs a break from Rangers after resigning following a turbulent four games in charge.

Ally McCoist's former assistant is intending to work his 12-month notice period but realises his eight-year stay at the club could be ended sooner than that.

"It wasn't an easy decision but the last four years have been tough," McDowall said. "It was time to step aside. It does take its toll on you. I will have a break probably, but we will see."

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The last Asian Cup quarter-final is under way in Sydney, and it's the United Arab Emirates who hold a surprise 1-0 half-time lead over Japan thanks to a tidy seventh-minute finish from Ali Mabkhout, who controlled a dropping ball before driving it across the keeper and into the far corner. The winners face hosts Australia in Tuesday's semi-final in Newcastle.

League One strugglers Crawley Town have signed Woking forward Dean Morgan on loan until the end of the season. Crawley winger Charles Banya, 21, has joined Woking on loan until the end of the season as part of the deal.

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The Press Association's Eleanor Crooks tweets:, external "Things that don't happen at PL press conferences - lady pops in: 'do you mind if i do my ironing?'"

Eleanor is at Rochdale for a news conference ahead of their meeting with Stoke in the FA Cup fourth-round on Monday.

We've been asking for your favourite sporting phrases on the back on Louis van Gaal's "twitching my ass" comments...

James Fatcat Smith:, external "I did not see it."

Alanboo Mohammed:, external "Specialist in failure."

Billy Dolton:, external "Fergie Time"

BBC Radio Manchester tweet:, external "Wigan Athletic confirm Shaun Maloney joining Chicago Fire (undisclosed fee)... Ben Watson in Watford for talks over loan... four clubs interested in signing Callum McManaman - so far one bid of £4 million rejected."

Scotland winger Maloney was expected to join Leicester earlier this month and had also been linked with a return to Celtic.

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Allardyce on his hopes of signing midfielder Darren Fletcher from Manchester United: "Darren has several clubs interested in him, so it is up to him where he wants to go."

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce on the FA Cup: "Several Premier League teams have struggled against lower league opposition. It's all about the attitude of our players. They need to rise to the occasion.

"I don't have a problem playing my full strength team as we've got a full week until our next league game. We put a lot of energy into the Everton tie, over two games, so we don't want that to be in vain. We want to win on Sunday."

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An extraordinary finish to the Asian Cup quarter-final in Canberra, where Iraq beat Iran 7-6 on penalties after a 3-3 draw. Iraq captain Younis Mahmoud, needing to score to keep his team in the competition at 4-3 down, responded with a chipped effort reminiscent of Antonin Panenka's winning kick for Czechoslovakia against West Germany in the 1976 European Championship final. Mahmoud is currently without a club. Will an opportunity beckon now?

Iraq will now face South Korea in the semi-finals in Sydney on Monday.

A quick update on the Tri-Series encounter in Hobart, where Australia are currently 191-4 as they chase 304 to reach the final.

You can follow their efforts with our live text and radio commentary.

Bombast or belief? Bradford manager Phil Parkinson insists his League One side will travel to Stamford Bridge for their FA Cup round four tie intent on "causing Chelsea problems".

"We're certainly not going to go there and sit back for the whole game," said Parkinson, who memorably guided then League Two side City to the 2013 Capital One Cup final with victories over Premier League Wigan, Arsenal and Aston Villa said.

"If we do that, we're just asking for trouble. hen we've played teams from higher divisions before, we've certainly caused them problems."

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Any Italian speakers in the house care to explain this one? "London Market" trumpets the front page of Gazzetta dello Sport, reporting on three potential transfer stories - two involving Chelsea and another involving that famous London club Liverpool.

Championship leaders Bournemouth are understood to have made a third bid in the region of £3m for Birmingham City's teenager Demarai Gray, reports BBC WM.

The 18-year-old winger, who was awarded the Football League's Young Player of the Month award on Thursday, has scored four times for Blues this season, playing a big role in their rise from 23rd to 11th in the Championship table.