Andrew Benson
BBC Sport chief F1 writer

"Lewis Hamilton missed his day's running on Thursday through illness, but he is back at the track and is now out in the car.

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"Mercedes will have done this on fairness grounds - it means that over the first two days of the test Hamilton and Rosberg will have had about the same amount of running at half a day each. Then they run a day each over the weekend."

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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says midfielder James Milner will miss Saturday's visit of Newcastle with a knee injury.

"It's not very, very serious but [Milner] couldn't work all week. All of the other players are fit," he said.

But Pellegrini has refused to confirm whether Wilfred Bony will start against John Carver's side.

"Bony is an important player - he's on the squad list for tomorrow," adds Pellegrini. "We'll see if he starts or if he's on the bench."

Looking ahead to Saturday's away game at Swansea City, Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal says: "Swansea are a very good team.

"I like to see them playing. They want to play football. They want to make the game a passing game like we do, so I like that kind of football. I hope it shall be a match like that on Saturday."

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Van Gaal also says his players can cope with playing a variety of different formations and systems.

He adds: "When we change the system during the game we always surprise our opponent and that's why it's also a good thing for our team. Of course, it is not always that we improve our game but mostly we have improved and won the match, so that's important."

On team news for the visit of Burnley, Jose Mourinho says John Mikel Obi is the only player unavailable for Chelsea.

The Nigerian midfielder has a knee problem and the manager thinks he could be out for at least two more weeks. Otherwise he reports a fully fit squad.

Liam Gough, the son of former England fast bowler Darren, is among three players to join Essex on a short-term trial basis.

A club statement said the 20-year-old batsman would be registered to play for the first team in the first two months of the county season.

Father Darren, who played county cricket for Yorkshire and Essex, took 467 wickets for England in all forms of the game and won the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing in 2005.

A Chelsea spokesman says the club has offered an apology to the man involved in the racism incident on the Paris Metro.

"We want to make it clear our disgust the incident on the Paris Metro. We were appalled by what we saw," said Steve Atkins.

"We apologise to Souleymane for the actions of a small number of individuals. We have co-operated with police and will continue to do so.

"We're writing to him to apologise and to invite him to come to a game as our guest."

More from Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal, who says his side, who are third in the Premier League, should have more points than the 47 they have picked up this season.

"We have lost a lot of points in spite of being the better team, but you have to score at that moment," says van Gaal.

"I believe that every player knows the philosophy of me and my staff and everyone wants to follow that philosophy. Our team spirit is unbelievable."

More from Jose Mourinho on the Fifa presidency bid of his compatriot Luis Figo.

"I am proud of him - I knew him as a kid and I am proud a good friend like him can reach this level," he said.

I told him yesterday that he can win or lose the election but one thing he has won already is credibility by a nice campaign polite clean without being offensive and I am proud of him."

More from Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal, who says: "When you see the score of the last 19 or 20 matches, we are the best team in the league.

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"I am never 100% happy. We can play better than we are now, but the main thing is to win games.

"We've shown our team spirit many times this season. It's good for the fans and for me, as you see a player wants to follow you."

Chelsea's media conference with Jose Mourinho is being taken up with the aftermath of the racism incident on the Paris Metro and Mourinho has condemned those involved.

"I felt ashamed when I found out what happened but these supporters do not represent the club," he said.

"The dressing room reacted as I did - with disappointment and they condemn the situation and support the gentleman involved and they feel ashamed but maybe we shouldn't because these people involved do not belong to Chelsea Football Club."

Young Celtic fan Jay Beatty has won a landslide victory in the Scottish Professional Football League goal of the month award.

The 11-year-old, who has Down's Syndrome, recorded 97 per cent of the vote in the SPFL's online competition for January.

Jay, who comes from Neil Lennon's home town of Lurgan, netted a penalty on the New Douglas Park pitch during the interval of Celtic's 2-0 win against Hamilton on 17 January after being invited to the game as a guest of the Lanarkshire club.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says that both Robin van Persie and Phil Jones are fit for the visit to the Liberty Stadium.

The Dutchman adds that Michael Carrick is his side's only injury worry but expects him to resume training with the squad next week.

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport chief F1 writer

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Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo edged out Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen by just 0.010 seconds as teams stopped for the lunchtime break on the second day of the second pre-season test at the Circuit De Barcelona-Catalunya.

Sergio Perez's 2014 Force India was third, followed by Nico Rosberg's Mercedes.

It was a more encouraging morning for the troubled McLaren-Honda team as Fernando Alonso set the fifth fastest time.

BBC Radio 5 live

Coming up at 13:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 live it is the Friday Sports Panel presented by Eleanor Oldroyd.

Today's guests are cricketer Harry Gurney, rugby union player Ben Morgan and Paralympic legend Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.

Among the topics being discussed will be England's World Cup woes, captaincy in sport and racism in football.

An old family business standing in the way of Spurs' £400m stadium redevelopment has lost its High Court challenge against a compulsory purchase order being used to force it out.

Archway Sheet Metal Works, in Paxton Road, Tottenham, asked a judge to quash Communities Secretary Eric Pickles' decision to confirm the order on the grounds that it was "unlawful and invalid".

But Mr Justice Dove, who has revealed he is an Aston Villa fan, ruled there was "no legal flaw" in the decision-making process.

Unless there is a successful appeal against the ruling, it is believed the way is now clear for Tottenham Hotspur to go ahead and build their new stadium.

Australian batsman Mark Cosgrove could be appointed as Leicestershire's new captain, should he join the club, says chief executive Wasim Khan.

Talks are well advanced in a bid to bring the 30-year-old left-hander, who holds a British passport, to Grace Road.

"I think it will be mid-March before we get somewhere with that because he's currently contracted to South Australia and it could take a little bit of time to get to a conclusion," Khan told BBC Radio Leicester.

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport chief F1 writer

"There has been a flurry of fast times on the 'soft' tyre at the Barcelona test. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen both ran on it, and the Australian set a new fastest time of the day of one minute 24.574 seconds - just 0.010secs faster than Raikkonen.

"Sergio Perez remains third in the 2014 Force India - their new car will not appear until at some point during next week's final test - with Nico Rosberg's Mercedes fourth fastest and Fernando Alonso's McLaren with its patched up Honda engine - which is still going - fifth.

"The lunch break starts at 1200 GMT."

Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford will be in action on Saturday at the Birmingham Grand Prix, which will be live on BBC One from 13:00 GMT.

But before then, at lunchtime on Friday, he will be answering the best of your questions on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external and it is not too late to get involved.

Well, Mark Hughes is not totally convinced by Luis Figo's attempt to become Fifa president (see 11:33 GMT), but Hull City manager Steve Bruce does like Figo's idea of simplifying the offside rule.

"There's too many grey areas in the offside rule," says ex-Manchester United central defender Bruce.

"When you see people standing in front of the goalkeeper, yet they might not be interfering with play. The referees are being put under too much pressure. Are the players interfering or not? It's a very good idea to take away that problem."

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport chief F1 writer

"Fernando Alonso has now surpassed the number of laps team-mate Jenson Button managed in the McLaren-Honda on Thursday before the failure in the energy recovery system that ended the 2009 world champion's running. So whatever temporary fix Honda put in place on the hybrid system overnight - before the arrival of a newly designed part to fix the problem completely on Saturday - seems to have worked, at least for now.

"Assuming the car keeps going, this has already been a more positive day for the team. Alonso has run some decent lap times all morning, even though the team are focusing on exploring set-ups.

"As of 1100 GMT, The double world champion was fourth fastest. He's 1.46 seconds slower than pace-setter Sergio Perez's 2014 Force India, but 0.8secs off the fastest 2015 car - Nico Rosberg's Mercedes. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo is between the Mercedes and the McLaren. But Kimi Raikkonen has just gone up to fourth, ahead of Alonso, in the Ferrari."