Opta Joe on Twitter, external: No player has made more Premier League appearances for @whufc_official than Mark Noble (211). Contract.

Big Sam begins by praising Mark Noble. The midfielder and Hammers vice-skipper has signed a contract extension until 2020.

"What's more is he's come through the Academy, like James Tomkins, and we want to produce more players. That's what we're striving for," Allardyce says.

Sam Allardyce has arrived to face the media, the first of nine Premier League managers giving news conferences today.

West Ham have tweeted , externalthis very nice picture montage of the Hammers boss preparing to start talking...

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Paralympic champion skiing guide Charlotte Evans will miss the 2015 Para-alpine World Championships after failing to recover from concussion.

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Evans and visually impaired skier Kelly Gallagher - who won Britain's first Winter Paralympic gold medal in Sochi last year - collided in training last month.

Doctors subsequently banned Evans from making phone calls or using a computer.

Gallagher will now train alongside her coach Ross Green in the hope they can race together in Canada.

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England women beat New Zealand by nine wickets in Lincoln to level the one-day series at 2-2 with one match remaining.

Chasing 169, Sarah Taylor (89 not out) and captain Charlotte Edwards (64 not out) came together after Heather Knight was dismissed for five.

They put on 158 to steer the tourists to victory with 17.5 overs to spare and set up a decider on Saturday.

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'Arsene left humilated' is the simple headline from the Express. The Gunners need to score three times in Monaco to overturn a 3-1 first-leg deficit. A mountain to climb for Wenger's side.

We don't want to dwell on poor old Madonna's slip at the Brits, I mean that tumble must have hurt, despite the fact she had that massive big cape to cushion the fall.

But Madge has very kindly provided the inspiration for today's Sportsday debate ... memorable sporting slip-ups.

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Maybe it's Steven Gerrard against Chelsea last season, maybe Greg Norman blowing a six-shot final-round lead at the 1996 Masters to hand victory to rival Nick Faldo.

Let us know your choice right now at #sportslipups or at the BBC Sport Facebook page.

Bangladesh have fallen to 110-5 against Sri Lanka, chasing a mammoth 333 for victory. Earlier, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara both scored unbeaten centuries to lay down the giant total.

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Former West Ham winger Matthew Etherington on Twitter, external: Congrats to Mark Noble on his new deal. Been an unbelievable servant to West Ham. Top player.

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The Mirror have gone with the clever headline 'Dimwits' as Arsenal's poor defending allowed former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov to score the second for Monaco. The visitors went on to seal a shock 3-1 first-leg victory at the Emirates Stadium.

Chelsea have issued a plea to fans to keep their support 'positive' in Sunday's Capital One Cup final against Tottenham, amid worries of potential anti-Semitic chanting.

Tottenham have long historical links to London's Jewish community and Chelsea have stressed that any supporter found to be taking part in discriminatory chanting will be dealt with severely.

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"For a small minority, this game has historically brought a deeply unpleasant and unwanted level of anti-Semitic abuse, which has no place in football or anywhere in society," a statement on the Blues' official website read.

"If we receive evidence that supporters have engaged in anti-Semitic or any other form of discriminatory chanting or behaviour, we will take the strongest possible action, including supporting criminal prosecution."

West Ham midfielder Mark Noble has signed a contract extension with the Hammers until the summer of 2020, with a further one-year option.

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No surprise what is making the headlines in today's papers. Sorry Arsenal fans, this isn't going to be pleasant. Let's begin our round-up with The Sun, which features Dimitar Berbatov's goal in Monaco's Emirates Stadium win.

Defending champion Grigor Dimitrov suffered a shock defeat to Ryan Harrison in the second round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament in Acapulco.

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The Bulgarian third seed had beaten Harrison in last year's US Open but the American had his revenge in Mexico, claiming his first win over a top-10 ranked opponent.

The pair traded sets but Harrison flourished in the decider to come through 7-5 4-6 6-0.

"It happens," said Dimitrov. "It's just the way it is. It's a bad loss for me, but best of luck to Ryan in the upcoming rounds."

Any hopes Leeds fans might have about actor Russell Crowe buying their team seem to have been snuffed out after the club's chairman Andrew Umbers insisted 'we are not for sale'.

Crowe, 50, star of Gladiator, caused a stir among Leeds fans when he asked his 1.6 million Twitter followers whether or not he should buy the club.

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But Umbers told the BBC: "The club is not for sale nor do the (Massimo) Cellino family wish to sell and nor have we received any approaches, contrary to reports in the press."

Crowe is already the co-owner of rugby league club South Sydney Rabbitohs, who play in Australia's National Rugby League.

A final note on Arsenal for the time being - the Gunners must now score at least three goals when they meet Monaco at Stade Louis II on 17 March if they are to avoid exiting at the last-16 stage for the fifth straight season.

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Want an idea of the size of the task facing Arsene Wenger's men?

No side has lost a European Cup or Champions League first-leg knockout tie at home by two goals and progressed to the next round since Ajax in 1969.

Never say never, but it does not look good - and with Chelsea and Manchester City also failing to win, it is fair to say the Champions League last-16 round is not going well for our Premier League teams.

In case you're already bored with Sportsday (and I'll be very offended if that's the case, but will, in time, forgive you), you might want to check out the live text commentary on the latest round of Formula 1 testing taking place in Barcelona.

We'll keep you abreast of what's happening on and off the track, including the latest on the health of McLaren driver Fernando Alonso.

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Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are out on the track as we speak...

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Former England bowler Vic Marks gives his verdict on the Scotland-Afghanistan game on Test Match Special: "That was an amazing game of cricket. Not the highest quality but as dramatic as I have seen in a long time. Afghanistan, against all the odds, have triumphed. Scotland are disconsolate."

Scotland fans look away now...

It might have been a thrilling match in Dunedin (second largest city in New Zealand on the off-chance you're interested) but Scotland were pipped at the post by Afghanistan and thus missed out on a first Cricket World Cup win.

Afghanistan won by one wicket with three balls to spare, despite - chasing 211 - being reduced to 97-7 at one stage.

Scotland have now lost all 11 matches they have played in three World Cups, surpassing the Netherlands' previous record of 10 successive defeats from debut.

Depression for Scotland, but delight for Afghanistan, as this photo shows...

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To be fair to Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal boss pulled no punches when describing his team's performance against Monaco.

"It is just not right to give goals away the way we did," said Wenger. "We missed chances and were suicidal defensively.

"It looks like we have lost our nerve and our rationality. The heart took over the head and at this level that doesn't work."