Nine teams remain in the FA Cup. Preston and Manchester United are around 45 minutes away from beginning their battle for the last quarter-final place.

See the quarter-final draw on BBC One at 19:30 GMT, then catch the full match live from Deepdale - which you can also listen to on BBC Radio 5 live. We've even got a live text commentary for you here on the BBC Sport website.

Enjoy your night's cup football, and we've be back with Sportsday tomorrow from 08:00 GMT.

West Brom defender Joleon Lescott has one wish for tonight's FA Cup quarter-final draw. He tweets:, external Just want a home tie tonight. Boys are buzzing after the weekend, confidence high at the moment.

The draw is live on BBC One at 19:30 GMT.

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will start Diego Costa in tomorrow's Champions League last-16 first leg away to Paris St-Germain, but does not expect his prolific striker to be at his best following suspension.

The Brazil-born Spain striker was banned retrospectively for three matches for treading on Liverpool's Emre Can in the Capital One Cup semi-final victory on 27 January.

Costa, who has 17 goals in 19 Premier League games this term, missed the matches with Manchester City, Aston Villa and Everton, but will come straight into the starting line-up at Parc des Princes as he bids for a first European goal for his club.

Mourinho has told a news conference in Paris this evening: "Yes, I start him. But I don't think it's good for a player to be three weeks or three matches without starting a game. So I don't think he's in the best of his condition."

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Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney has been played in midfield recently by manager Louis van Gaal - and BBC Sport pundit Kevin Kilbane has queried that strategy.

"Wayne Rooney is a fantastic striker - that is his natural position. He is a goalscorer," Kilbane told World Service.

"He's chasing records don't forget, he's chasing the Premier League's overall goalscoring record and Manchester United's overall goalscoring record. That's what he wants, he wants to be scoring goals and he is less likely to do that playing in midfield.

"I think that you do him a disservice by playing him in the position that he is playing because he is far better suited to playing as a striker."

Breaking team news from Deepdale: Wayne Rooney starts for Manchester United tonight - but there's no Robin van Persie, even on the bench.

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Rojo, Shaw, Blind, Herrera, Rooney, Fellaini, Di Maria, Falcao.

Preston, meanwhile, have an FA Cup hero in their starting line-up. Kevin Davies, who helped Chesterfield reach the semi-finals as a third-tier side in 1997, starts up front alongside their leading scorer Joe Garner.

Preston XI: Stuckmann, Clarke, Huntington, Wright, Laird, Humphrey, Welsh, Kilkenny, Gallagher, K Davies, Garner.

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"It's a crisp clear winter's night in Preston, where fans are already gathering outside Deepdale, many pausing to take a picture of the famous 'Splash' statue of Sir Tom Finney outside the ground. Saturday marked one year since Sir Tom passed away at the age of 91 and North End boss Simon Grayson wants a performance tonight that would have made football's most famous plumber proud.

"This club has fantastic history and tradition," said Grayson. "It would be a fantastic way to mark what he did for this club with a good performance and hopefully a result for him."

There's a dedicated live text commentary on tonight's game under way on the BBC Sport website. It's also live on BBC One and BBC Radio 5 live.

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Let's start looking ahead to tonight's FA Cup fifth-round tie between Preston and Manchester United - kick-off is around an hour away at Deepdale.

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Salford Red Devils forward Gareth Hock faces two charges of recklessly using his knees during last Thursday's Super League defeat by St Helens.

The more serious Grade C charge arises out of a 53rd-minute incident involving Tommy Makinson of Saints.

And the 31-year-old has also been charged with a Grade B offence towards Mose Masoe a few minutes later as Salford were beaten 52-6.

Former British Olympic 400m bronze medallist Katharine Merry has responded to a claim by the head of world athletics that the sport is in crisis.

Lamine Diack, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has told BBC Sport that the sport was in trouble over allegations of doping by Russian competitors.

But Merry has told BBC Radio 5 live: "It's not a case that more people are cheating. What's happening is there are more people getting caught. You have Diack coming out and saying the sport is in crisis. But it's individual bodies and the IAAF who are in crisis because they haven't put sanctions in place for bodies who break the rules consistently.

"He needs to retire, move out of the way, let someone else come in like Seb Coe or Sergey Bubka and put new rules in place to deal with this."

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MK Dons have re-signed Fulham and Wales midfielder George Williams on a youth loan until the end of the season.

The 19-year-old came through the Dons' youth system, and became the club's youngest-ever goalscorer at the age of 16 when he found the net against Nantwich Town in the FA Cup in 2011.

"I was so gutted when he left because he's a kid who has got everything," Dons manager Karl Robinson told the club website., external

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Ireland forward Jamie Heaslip will be out for around four weeks with a back injury sustained during Saturday's 18-11 win over France.

The number eight, 31, was forced off after receiving a knee to the back from Pascal Pape, who has been cited for the challenge, as we told you at 11:17.

Ireland bosses confirmed Heaslip suffered "fractures of the transverse process of three vertebrae" in his back, but there is a chance he could return for the final match against Scotland on 21 March.

A statement by the Irish Rugby Football Union added: "Although this injury causes a good deal of discomfort it does not impact on the structural integrity of the spine, and once healed should pose no long term issues. Typically this injury is treated akin to a soft tissue injury; according to symptoms.

"Jamie is already feeling more comfortable and it is hoped that he will be available to play again in approximately four weeks."

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Wolves boss Kenny Jackett says the introduction of timeouts in football could be a good idea - but only from a coach's point of view.

The 53-year-old head coach admitted timeouts would spoil the game for fans, but would give team bosses a tactical advantage.

"As we went 2-0 up at Huddersfield last week, I could have done with a timeout to reorganise," he told BBC WM 95.6.

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England full-back Mike Brown is to be re-assessed by the team's medical team this evening after apparently being concussed in the early stages of Saturday's Six Nations win over Italy at Twickenham.

Head coach Stuart Lancaster says Brown has been given two days complete rest and will now begin the graduated return-to-play protocols. England's next match against Ireland is a week on Sunday, so no early decision will be made on his participation in the Dublin match.

The 32-man England squad is gathering at the team's Surrey base this evening with all players being medically assessed ahead of training tomorrow.

Lancaster said: "We'll review the Italy game in the morning followed by training and we will then release a number of players back to their clubs in the evening ahead of the Aviva Premiership this coming weekend. We will then train on Wednesday and Thursday before we come back into camp on Monday."

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Bath scrum-half Peter Stringer will leave the club at the end of the season.

The 37-year-old, who has 98 Ireland caps, moved to the Recreation Ground from Munster in January 2013.

Head coach Mike Ford said: "It's a shame we are unable to keep Peter, but with Niko Matawalu joining, Chris Cook re-signing and Will Homer coming through from the academy, this has become an incredibly competitive position within the squad."

Stringer said: "I am, of course, disappointed not to be staying at Bath, but I am very much looking forward to the next chapter of my rugby career elsewhere."

Colombian side Deportivo Cali say they were forced to abandon their own coach and take a police bus to Sunday's match against Deportes Tolima after their driver was found to be drunk.

"Our squad had to get to the stadium in a police bus after a routine stop on the road there detected that the bus driver was over the legal limit of alcohol," said the club in a statement.

The incident appeared to have left the Cali players with a hangover as they lost the match 4-1.

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Captain Nathan Clarke has dismissed a report which said League One strugglers Leyton Orient are "a club in crisis".

An Evening Standard article suggested players had held their own team talks because of a language barrier with Italian manager Fabio Liverani, that the squad had been unsettled by the wage structure and some staff were "determined" to leave.

"I'm a bit surprised and I'm not too sure where it's come from," centre-back Clarke, 31, told BBC London 94.9.

He added: "There are always differences in wages. You don't get one team that are always on the same. To point the finger at that is a cop-out and an easy thing to say; that because he is on more than me I am not going to try or I'm not going to work."

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The Premier League's £5.14bn TV rights deal, starting in 2016, should prompt a ticket price cut for fans, says the Swansea director representing supporters on the club's board.

Huw Cooze also backs a renewed campaign to allow standing areas at matches.

Swansea City supporters society owns 21.1% of the club's shares.

"It's an area of high unemployment and we need to try and get as many supporters through the turnstiles as we can," said Cooze.

Championship clubs could benefit by about £1m per year from the new Premier League TV rights deal, according to Bournemouth chairman Jeff Mostyn.

He said money would "trickle down" to the Championship in a "very positive outcome" for clubs in the second tier.

"It could mean a substantial amount in real terms. We may be talking in excess of £1m," he told BBC Radio Solent.

The Scottish Professional Football League is unlikely to take action against Celtic and Rangers over the behaviour of their fans at the recent League Cup semi-final.

Twelve supporters were arrested for alleged sectarian offences at the game on 1 February.

But the SPFL say both clubs did all they could to avoid any offensive behaviour in the match at Hampden.

And they revealed, as yet, there is no evidence of any breaches to the SPFL's rules by Celtic or Rangers.