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England full-back Mike Brown is ruled out of the Six Nations match against Ireland after failing to recover from concussion.

Brown, 29, was taken off on a stretcher in the first half of England's 47-17 win over Italy at Twickenham on 14 February.

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Peter Hatch: 1985 ECWC Final, Everton v Rapid Vienna, as one-sided a European final as you'll see. Rapid booed off by both sets of fans

Chris Carey: Middlesbrough 8-1 Manchester City- I was there and it was amazing

Sean Brown: Australia 31-0 American Samoa World Cup Qualifier 2001

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Explosive France centre Mathieu Bastareaud has been dropped to the bench for Saturday's Six Nations clash against Wales in Paris.

Bastareaud is replaced by Remi Lamerat as Les Bleus coach Philippe Saint-Andre makes five changes following the 18-11 defeat by Ireland.

Premiership side Harlequins sign back-row forward Netani Talei on a deal until the end of the season.

The 31-year-old Fiji international has been with Quins on a short-term deal and has featured in their last three games.

Talei was a free agent after leaving Newport Gwent Dragons in October following a foot injury.

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Davis Love III has been named United States captain for the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine in Minnesota.

Love, 50, led the United States team beaten by a stunning Europe comeback in the 'Miracle of Medinah' of 2012.

"I am here with the same goal as in 2012 but not as the same captain," said Love.

Europe, who defeated the US 16½-11½ at Gleneagles to retain the cup last autumn, named Darren Clarke as skipper for 2016 last week.

Former Manchester United and England midfielder Paul Scholes is seen regularly as a television pundit these days - but could he soon be spotted in the dugout?

The 40-year-old's affinity with hometown club Oldham has been well documented and now the League One club are thought to be interested in appointing him as their new manager, according to the Daily Mail.

The Latics are set to lose current boss Lee Johnson to divisional rivals Barnsley.

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McLaren driver Fernando Alonso remains in hospital in Barcelona following Sunday's accident in pre-season testing that left him with concussion.

McLaren initially said the incident was a "normal accident" but the length of the two-time world champion's stay has raised questions about his condition.

The Spaniard, 33, has spent three nights in hospital and there has been no information on his likely release.

McLaren have not said whether he could drive in this week's final test.

Norwich City boss Alex Neil says he and his players are proving their desire to win games.

The Canaries came from behind to win 2-1 at Blackburn on Tuesday and register a fifth successive victory.

"It means the world to me. I'm here to win games and do the best I can for Norwich and my group of players," Neil told BBC Radio Norfolk.

"I know it means a lot to the fans, but I can assure you, it means everything to this group of players."

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We are talking one-sided matches today on Sportsday.

Katie Beveridge: Scotland vs Estonia (October 1996) match abandoned after three seconds because of Estonia not turning up.

In one of the most farcical moments in world football, Scotland kicked off without any opponents after Estonia were unhappy that the game had been moved forward by more than three-and-a-half hours because the floodlights were judged to not be good enough for an evening game.

Scotland kicked off and celebrated as they thought they would be given an automatic 3-0 win. They were not celebrating though when Fifa ordered the game to be replayed in Monaco - and, with Estonia present this time, it ended 0-0.

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Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion have been fined £90,000 by the Football Association after admitting to a breach of the FA's agent regulations over their purchase of midfielder Dale Stephens from Charlton in January last year.

The Seagulls have also been warned about their future conduct.

Three football agents - Alex Levack, Matthew Kleinman and Ali Rahnama - have been sanctioned and warned after also admitting a breach of rules.

Do Manchester City look out of place against the elite European clubs? And can they upset the odds and beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp?

These are two of the questions examined by BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty following City's 2-1 first-leg defeat in Manchester.

Grab a drink and take five minutes out to read Phil's analysis.

As BBC Sport Wales revealed about an hour ago, Cardiff Blues announce director of rugby Mark Hammett is leaving his post after just six months.

The ex-New Zealand hooker, 42, was appointed at the start of the season on a three-year deal.

Blues say Hammett had asked to leave his role and "return home with his family at the earliest opportunity, citing personal reasons".

Great news for Irish cricket fans. Ireland have managed to scrape a two-wicket win over United Arab Emirates in the Cricket World Cup with two balls to spare.

UAE had posted a score of 278-9 off their 50 overs and Ireland, who beat West Indies earlier in the competition, fell to 97-4 in their reply.

But 80 from Gary Wilson and 50 from Kevin O'Brien helped them to 279-8 and their second win of the tournament.

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Allan James Marsh: Getting up at silly o' clock to watch Cassius Clay knock out Sonny Liston, then having time to go back to bed for a lay-in.

This is the reaction Liston got when he called his opponent Cassius Clay. Muhammad Ali had changed his name after their first fight and before the second. Liston was knocked out in the first round of their second meeting in 1965.

Blackpool have extended the loan deal of Bolton Wanderers defender Niall Maher until the end of the season.

The 19-year-old full-back has played three times for bottom-of-the-table Tangerines since joining from their Championship rivals last month.

England Rugby League:, external Coming up at 2pm today we will be announcing the dates and venues for our three-match series against New Zealand.

We will bring you the details on Sportsday as soon as they are announced...

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Less than an hour's work for Andy Murray in the Middle East sunshine.

The British number one breezes past Portugal's Joao Sousa in just 57 minutes - winning 6-0 6-2 - in the Dubai Championships.

Next up is either Croatia's Borna Coric or Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, who play later today, in the quarter-final.

Nottingham Panthers coach Corey Neilson says the reigning Challenge Cup champions' semi-final defeat against Sheffield Steelers feels like a "dagger in the heart".

Panthers led 3-1 after the first leg, external in the home of their fierce rivals but Steelers won the second leg 6-4 at the National Ice Centre and then triumph 1-0 on penalty shots.

"We weren't good enough. I wasn't good enough. It's a dagger in the heart," Neilson told BBC Radio Nottingham.

"We didn't execute all that well I don't think we dealt with the emotion of the game and the highs and lows that well."

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The Lanky One: Spurs 9-1 Wigan in 2009, Jermain Defoe scored the second fastest hat-trick in Premier League history.

Danny Steel: A 9-0 win for Celtic against Aberdeen, fans booed at the final whistle after chants of 'we want 10'.

Gary: Chelsea v West Ham in the Premier League season 2013-14. One of the most one sided games I've seen but ended 0-0.

Joao Sousa sticks a couple of games on the scoreboard - but anything other than a comfortable straight-sets win for Andy Murray at the Dubai Championships would be a huge surprise. A surprise on the same level as Bobby Beale being unveiled as the Eastenders killer in fact.

World number three Murray, after winning 6-0 in the opener, is serving for 4-2 in the second set...