West Ham United striker Andy Carroll has had surgery on a knee injury that is expected to keep him out for the rest of the season.

Carroll suffered medial ligament damage in Wednesday's 0-0 draw at Southampton.

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The 26-year-old was forced to stay on the pitch because West Ham were down to 10 men and had made all three of their substitutions.

On Tuesday, Carroll tweeted: "Today's surgery went great and glad to be put back together into one piece!"

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Let's begin a round-up of the morning papers with The Guardian. It tells the tale of Chelsea's Champions League draw in Paris, and has some worrying news for Birmingham fans - a possible 10-point deduction after, according to the paper, the club's Hong Kong-listed parent company, Birmingham International Holdings, appointed the receivers Ernst and Young to take over the running of its business.

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Want an inspirational video to start your day? We've got just the ticket.

This is Hyvon Ngetich, a Kenyan marathon runner, who crawled to the finish line after collapsing 50 metres from the end of a race in Austin, Texas.

Ngetich had been leading the race when she fell - but still finished in third place.

Full video here.

Preston goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann has claimed that Wayne Rooney apologised for the way he won a penalty against him in Monday's fifth round FA Cup tie.

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Manchester United and England skipper Rooney was accused of diving to win a spot kick in United's 3-1 win, but replays showed there was no contact.

"After the game Rooney told me: 'Sorry, it was my chance to get a penalty. I had to use that,'" Stuckmann told The Sun, external.

A little update on the latest at the Cricket World Cup down under.

Afghanistan, making a historic first appearance at the competition, bowled out Bangladesh for 267 and are now batting.

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It's fair to say the new boys are finding things tough with the bat, reduced to 19-3 after nine overs.

Still a long way to go though. You can follow the action live right here.

Footage has emerged appearing to show fans preventing a black man from boarding a Paris train which had Chelsea supporters, among others, on board, before last night's Champions League game.

In the amateur video, which has appeared on the Guardian website, external, the man repeatedly tries to get on the crowded Metro carriage but is pushed off.

A group of people can be heard singing: "We're racist, we're racist and that's the way we like it."

A Chelsea FC spokesman said the behaviour was "abhorrent" and the club would support any criminal action against those allegedly involved.

This was one of Thibaut Courtois's many saves against PSG, keeping out a Zlatan Ibrahimovic header.

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And here's a couple of folk in the crowd in Paris who you might just recognise...

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We're assured there wasn't a single flying boot in sight.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho picked Thibaut Courtois in goal for the Paris St-Germain game, rather than Petr Cech.

It proved a good decision with the Belgian in sparkling form, described by Chelsea skipper John Terry as "different class".

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Paris St-Germain had 14 shots on goal, seven of which were on target - but only Edinson Cavani's second-half header was enough to beat Courtois.

"Cech and Courtois are both phenomenal goalkeepers," said Mourinho. "If football was nine players plus two goalkeepers we would be on the moon."

Read more of what Mourinho and his Chelsea players made of last night's draw here.

It wasn't always pretty by Chelsea against Paris St-Germain but the Premier League leaders did enough to get a vital draw in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

Branislav Ivanovic headed Jose Mourinho's team in front after Gary Cahill's flick from John Terry's cross.

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But Paris St-Germain dominated the second half and scored a deserved equaliser when Edinson Cavani headed in.

Jose Mourinho's men had to withstand waves of Paris St-Germain attacks but earned a 1-1 draw and, just like they did in last season's quarter-finals, will now hope to progress again at Paris St-Germain's expense when the teams meet again at Stamford bridge on 11 March.

Morning to one and all, and off we go on yet another Sportsday.

Nothing in the sporting world will be able to so much as move a muscle without us finding out and letting you know.

We'll bring you all the breaking news and the best of what's on social media.

First, though, a little bit of Champions League action...