...and we're off.

Another Sportsday begins and by jove it's a busy one, with bags of reaction to last night's fiery League Cup clash between Chelsea and Liverpool and a look ahead to tonight's other semi, when League One Sheffield United aim to get the better of Tottenham and make it to Wembley.

There's also all the breaking transfer news, a round-up of what's in today's papers, Australian Open action - Novak Djokovic faces Canada's Milos Raonic shortly in the quarter-finals - and the best of anything else that happens in the sporting world throughout the duration of the day.

Right, that's enough talking - on with the show, starting with a Spanish striker and his fondness for showing his studs...