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What was the best deal of the January transfer window? If you can't make up your mind, maybe our experts' views will help you.

Former Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder Danny Murphy has gone for Wilfried Bony, who moved from Swansea to Manchester City.

"He's a one-goal-in-two-games striker," says Murphy. "It gives City more firepower and eases the burden on Sergio Aguero. It might, just might, give them an extra boost as they go for the league title."

The new Super League season starts on Thursday night with Widnes hosting Wigan before last year's champions St Helens face Catalans Dragons on Friday.

With a new structure in place, the campaign promises the usual thrills and excitement and BBC Sport has a handy guide of what to watch out for in 2015.

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Aaron Lennon is trending on Twitter, but we're not sure why. Ahem. If you want to see more pictures of (probably) the happiest man in football, check out Everton's gallery, external from the unveiling of their loan signing.

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Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan says that his own country, as well as England, Malta, Georgia, Belarus and the United States, have nominated him for the Fifa presidency.

At a news conference in London on Tuesday, the 39-year-old said it was time for the "culture of intimidation" in world soccer's governing body to end.

He also called for a public debate among the four candidates in the race including incumbent Sepp Blatter "to set out our positions and for people to know exactly where we stand."

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The greatest entertainer of them all? Gayle has dominated the Twenty20 game but has also scored more ODI runs than any other West Indies batsman except Brian Lara. One of only three batsmen - along with Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi - to hit more than 200 sixes and also has 158 wickets to his name.

ODIs: 263; Runs: 8,881; Average: 36.85; Strike rate: 84.22

Rory McIlroy's court case against his former management agent has been adjourned until 14:00 GMT at the Irish High Court

The world's number one golfer is suing Horizon Sports Management following a multi-million euros dispute over fees.

The period under dispute coincided with McIlroy's sponsorship deal with Nike, said to be worth about $100m (£66m).

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The Daily Mirror, external says Arsenal teenager Chuba Akpom has agreed a new four-and-a-half-year deal to stay at the club.

The 19-year-old striker, who had caught the eye of Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool and Tottenham, would have been out of contract in the summer.

Merseyside Police have withdrawn their legal appeal against the kick-off time of Saturday's derby between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park. It means the match will kick-off as planned at 17:30 GMT.

The force's deputy chief constable, Andy Cooke, told the Liverpool Echo, external that the late start would cost an extra £50,000 to police but the police application was withdrawn during a court hearing on Tuesday morning after Everton agreed to increase segregation inside the ground.

Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of Wolverhampton later as the city bids farewell to Sir Jack Hayward.

The former Wolverhampton Wanderers owner, businessman and philanthropist died on 13 January, aged 91.

A boyhood fan, he bought the club in 1990, spending some £70m of his own money before selling up in 2007.

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A Test number three who has thrived at the top of the order in limited-overs internationals, with the highest average of any batsman to have scored more than 2,000 runs. Reached 5,000 ODI runs in only 101 innings - a record, and some 13 faster than second-placed Sir Viv Richards.

ODIs: 107; Runs: 5,359; Average: 56.41; Strike rate: 89.61

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It's almost here... the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

And, to mark the competition's opening on the weekend of 14 February, BBC Sport is conducting a vote on the world's greatest one-day international XI. Each day Sportsday live readers will get to vote for the different components which make up the side - opening batsmen, middle-order batsmen, all-rounders, wicketkeepers, pace bowlers and spin bowlers. The contenders have been nominated by the Test Match Special team.

Voting on each category will take place on each weekday from today, with two votes on 9 February. The vote result won't be revealed until the Tuffers & Vaughan show on BBC Radio 5 live on Monday, 9 February and on the BBC Sport website.

The first one is live now and we'll profile the contenders during the course of the next 120 minutes. You can vote for one player, with the top two being selected as openers. Terms and conditions are here. Happy voting!

View the full list of contenders here.

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England's Carl Froch has vacated the IBF Super Middleweight title - one of the two belts he holds in that division.

It means James Degale, the mandatory challenger, will fight for the vacant belt on 25 April.

Froch, who is currently out with an elbow injury, is now set to defend his WBA crown later this year.

Robert Griffin:, external 7/10 for Villa: held on to Delph and Benteke, good early signs from Gil, but needed to reinforce defence.

Lee Collingwood:, external 9/10 for Chelsea. Really excited for Cuadrado, but sad to see Schurrle leave.

Romedo Meier:, external I'll go with a 7 for @MCFC. I think Bony is a great addition to the team, but still I think he's overpriced.

Top marks or could do better? Today we're asking you to give your team marks out of 10 for their transfers in January. Tweet using the hashtag #bbcsportsday or visit BBC Sport's Facebook, external page.

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Just say cheese, Aaron? Ok then... Maybe Aaron Lennon has had some dental work done which stopped him from smiling for the camera, external after his move to Everton was confirmed. Unfortunately, toffees aren't so good for the pearly whites.

If you missed the news, Everton have signed the winger on loan from Tottenham until the end of the Premier League season and the 27-year-old looks delighted to be on Merseyside.

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Portsmouth striker Paul McCallum has been banned for seven games following his dismissal against Southend on 24 January.

McCallum, whose is on-loan from West Ham, was found guilty of improper conduct towards referee Lee Collins after being asked to leave the pitch.

His three-match ban for the red card stands, and an extra four games have been added, meaning he will be unable to play again until 3 March.

McCallum has apologised on Twitter for his reaction,, external admitting he had been "very stupid and reckless".

Liverpool has been selected as the host city for the 2019 World Cup. It will be third time England has hosted the competition in its 56-year history.

Chelsea's 18-year-old forward Alex Kiwomya has extended his loan spell with League One club Barnsley, external until 3 March.

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The Daily Mail , externalreports that Carlton Cole was "left furious" on Monday night after his transfer to West Brom broke down. The paper reports that West Ham had given Cole permission to move, but the Hammers called off the deal with an hour to go to deadline after Tottenham blocked a move for Emmanuel Adebayor.

Manchester United failed to secure Borussia Dortmund centre-back Mats Hummels in the January transfer window but the Old Trafford remain interested in signing him this summer.

But former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves has told BT Sport, external that he believes Louis van Gaal should not sign the 26-year-old, describing the player as 'too slow'.

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Day three of F1 testing continues in Jerez with the likes of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg and Fernando Alonso in the McLaren among those in action.

To find out the news from the Spanish track, Lawrence Barretto has the latest on the BBC Sport website.