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Staying with athletics and closer to home - Glasgow and Birmingham will alternate as host venue of the Indoor British Grand Prix between 2016 and 2020, British Athletics has announced.

Birmingham hosts the event on 21 February and will also be the venue for the World Indoor Championships in 2018.

Glasgow is also in the running to secure the European Indoor Championships in 2019.

British Athletics Chief Executive Niels de Vos said: "Following the construction of the Emirates Arena in Glasgow (pictured above), and the extensive redevelopment of the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, we are in the fortunate position of having two genuinely world-class indoor athletics venues capable of hosting events on this scale."

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Usain Bolt will compete in the 100m at the Diamond League in Paris on 4 July, organisers have confirmed.

The 28-year-old six-time Olympic champion - who is also the world record holder in both the 100 and 200 metres - missed last year's meeting because of injury and will vie with France's pole vault world record holder Renaud Lavillenie for top billing.

The news has also been given front-page billing in French sports newspaper L'Equipe.

"We will have two Bolts in Paris, the original one and then the French version in Lavillenie," French Athletics Federation president Bernard Amsalem told news agency AFP.

Canadian city Edmonton has withdrawn its bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, leaving Durban in South Africa as the only remaining bidder.

A statement from the bid team said financial reasons and a global fall in oil prices were behind the withdrawal.

The Games, which were held in Glasgow last year, were staged in Edmonton in 1978 and the city has said they will bid again to host the 2026 event.

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The San Francisco Chronicle reports, external that Ryder Cup charity mementos belonging to Europe captain Paul McGinley have been stolen from his car, along with his golf clubs.

The paper claimed the Irishman, who is due to play in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, went from San Francisco airport to Ocean Beach to get some fresh air and have lunch.

When he returned to his car outside the restaurant, he found the back window shattered and his clubs, travel bag, a carry-on bag, travel documents and passport stolen, as well as Ryder Cup items he had set aside for a charity auction.

We've been asking you for your positive and negative thoughts on the new Premier league TV deal agreed yesterday.

Here's a selection of what you've been saying on the BBC Sport Facebook, external page:

Scott Rowntree: No reason why they shouldn't drop tickets now. You shouldn't pay more than £20 to go to a game. Just look at the Bundesliga. Cheaper than that and some great football and stadia over there.

Stuart R Moore: Fantastic deal and wait 'til the overseas deal - just think of the tax the deal will give the country - my club Everton do deals for kids for £95 and, I think, £155 for 16-21 season tickets. Also my club does huge amounts for the area, always willing to help but that could be because we are run by a fan!!!

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Allan Scott: It's kind of double standards. In one hand Uefa put in place Financial Fair Play rules so the rich clubs can't blow everyone else out the water, yet they allow the Premier League to sell their TV deal for this type of money, ensuring English football blows every other league around the world out the water!!!!

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has responded to criticism of the deal by saying the league "is not a charity".

Aside from the action on the pitch - it seems every major sports tournament these days tries to predict who will be crowned champions before the action starts through some sort of psychic medium.

The 2010 World Cup in Germany had Paul The Octopus and ahead of the Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand - we introduce Ikram The Robot., external

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Created by the University of Canterbury in New Zealand - Ikram has tipped Afghanistan to be crowned champions at the end of March after viewing the 14 competing countries flags.

Time will tell if Ikram's prediction turns out to be true.

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England have lost their final World Cup warm-up match against Pakistan in Sydney by four wickets.

England had set a target of 251 and an unbeaten 91 from Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq (pictured above) guided them to victory with seven balls to spare.

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Former England fast bowler Steve Harmison seems to have cracked football management after winning his first game in charge of non-league Ashington.

Harmison, 36, agreed a deal to manage his hometown side on Sunday - who play in the ninth-tier of English football.

The Colliers gave the new boss the perfect start as they advanced to the quarter-finals of the Brooks Mileson Memorial League Cup with a 1-0 victory against Bishop Auckland.

"We've only been in the job 48 hours," Harmison told the club's website., external

"It's been frantic before the game, the 90 minutes were frantic, but we were on the right side of the result."

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Wales coach Warren Gatland has explained his decision to give George North more time off, although the WRU say the winger is currently symptom-free.

"We have taken the decision to give George an extended recovery period ahead of the game against France," said Gatland.

"The response from the players has been very positive in training this week and we are looking forward to having the opportunity to right last weekend's wrongs.

"We know what we need to do and we hope our performance can reflect that."

Wales winger George North has been left out of Wales's Six Nations side to face Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday.

North has been given an extended recovery period after sustaining two blows to the head against England on Friday.

The 22-year-old is replaced by Liam Williams in the starting line-up with Scott Williams named on the bench.

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Australia captain Michael Clarke scored 64 on his return to the one-day team after opening the batting against United Arab Emirates in their World Cup warm-up match in Melbourne.

The 33-year-old was promoted to opener to maximise his time in the middle and kept the scoreboard ticking over in a 123-run partnership with Aaron Finch as his side made 304-8.

National selectors will now assess Clarke on Thursday before considering whether to name him in the team for Saturday's World Cup opener against England at the MCG.

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Andy Murray is back in singles action later in his first match after his Australian Open final defeat to Novak Djokovic when he starts his campaign at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

The Scot, who is top seed in Rotterdam, is third on court against French qualifier Nicolas Mahut.

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A look at what's making the sports headlines across the continent now and in Spain, the microscope is firmly focused on Real Madrid and manager Carlo Ancelotti.

It follows Real's embarrassing 4-0 defeat against city rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday and a loss of form from a number of key players, including Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Sports newspaper Marca goes with the headline "Carlo, Te Toca" - which translates as Carlo, Do Something.

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World Cup-winning captain Katy Mclean returns to the England starting line-up, external for Sunday's Six Nations clash against Italy at the Twickenham Stoop.

Mclean missed last weekend's defeat to Wales as she was playing for England Sevens in the World Series and has been named as vice-captain with Tamara Taylor staying on as skipper.

It is one of seven changes to the starting line-up with Mclean's fellow World Cup winner Victoria Fleetwood also coming back in, while scrum-half Bianca Blackburn and lock Abbie Scott both make their debuts.

Here's a few of your thoughts from the BBC Sport Facebook, external page on the positives and negatives of the new £5.136bn Premier League TV rights deal.

JohnBoy Cunningham: It's all very good saying the new deal means ticket prices should go down. However, ultimately, this deal has to be funded and that means subscriptions are only going to go up. Fans may win on one hand, we will certainly lose on the other.

Dan Boyle: Worth every penny! You don't think so, don't watch it! Easy! Rather watch Premier League than EastEnders and I'll happily pay for it!

Chris Judson: Can only see footballers and agents getting richer, whilst fans stump up rising ticket prices and Sky Sports costs. The grass roots will get very little which is very much underfunded.

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The BBC Business desk has analysed the facts and figures behind the deal.

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Former Wales international Gavin Henson has joined Bristol with immediate effect after agreeing an early release from Bath., external

The 33-year-old, who was part of the 2005 Lions tour, had signed a one-year deal with the club to arrive in the summer.

Henson linked up with Andy Robinson's squad on Wednesday and will be eligible to play during the Championship season.

Meanwhile, Bath have added to their squad by signing London Irish's versatile back Tom Homer, 24, who will move to the Rec this week.

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QPR caretaker manager Chris Ramsey says the Hoops's 2-0 win against Sunderland on Tuesday was "long overdue".

Goals from Leroy Fer and Bobby Zamora at the Stadium of Light gave QPR their first away win of the season at the 12th attempt and lifted them out of the Premier League relegation zone.

"To be honest with you, the boys threw their bodies on the line," said Ramsey.

"Rob Green was fantastic in goal and the back four worked fantastically together."

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There was a full programme of fixtures on the Championship on Tuesday with Middlesbrough taking advantage of a 2-2 draw between Bournemouth and Derby to leapfrog them to the top of the table.

Aitor Karanka's side beat bottom club Blackpool 2-1 at Bloomfield Road thanks to late goals from Jonathan Woodgate and Kike.

Meanwhile, Ipswich climbed to fourth with a 2-1 win against Sheffield Wednesday while Watford moved above Brentford to fifth as the Hornets came from behind to win 2-1 at Griffin Park.

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England's final World Cup warm-up match against Pakistan in Sydney is continuing and it looks like a tight finish is in prospect.

England made 250-8 in their 50 overs, with Joe Root top-scoring on 85, and after 34 overs, Pakistan are 144-4.

You can follow the latest on the BBC Sport website with commentary on 5 live sports extra.

Former Tottenham chairman Lord Sugar believes the record £5.14bn Premier League TV rights deal will damage the England team.

Lord Sugar helped form the Premier League in 1992 and negotiate early TV rights packages.

He told BBC Sport that young English players will be "starved" of games as clubs buy expensive foreign talent with the extra money.

"We don't have a chance of winning the World Cup again," he said.