Steve Bruce says Saturday's opponents Stoke are the perfect example of how to get in the Premier League - and stay there.

"It's a really healthy club," the Hull boss said. "That's something we aim to achieve here. Stoke and West Brom are two types of club we can take an example from.

"They're well run, they built their training grounds up and the infrastructure to go with it, and over the years they've steadily become established Premier League teams.

"That's something we can aspire to. The longer we're here, the better the squad becomes and the better facilities become."

Everton's Romelu Lukaku has used his Instagram page to dedicate the win against BSC Young Boys to his late Grandfather.

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Ipswich Town, external have signed Chris Wood on loan from Leicester until the end of the season. The striker will wear the number 39 and could make his debut in the East Anglia derby against Norwich on Sunday.

India coach Duncan Fletcher has left the World Cup to attend his father-in-law's funeral in Cape Town.

Fletcher is set to miss the world champions' Pool B clash against United Arab Emirates in Perth on Saturday.

Fletcher is scheduled to return on Monday and in time for India's fourth group game, which will also be at the WACA, against West Indies on 6 March.

West Indies Players Association on Twitter:, external Darren Bravo has been ruled out of the World Cup and will be replaced in the West Indies squad.

Hull may be looking to stretch their unbeaten run to four matches against Stoke, but manager Steve Bruce has warned his players they remain in a "horrible dogfight".

Bruce's boys head into Saturday's match in a seemingly respectable 15th place but the boss said: "Two weeks ago we were in the bottom three and now we're four points clear, but we've got to maintain it.

"We're not out of the woods yet. We're in a horrible dogfight and there's eight or nine teams in with us who are all feeling it.

"If you can put another couple of results together at this particular stage of the season it will really help."

Former South African batsman Barry Richards has been on Radio 5 live to hail the achievements of AB de Villiers 162 off 66 balls against West Indies at the Cricket World Cup today.

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"He's magnificent - an all-round sportsman," said Richards. "He could play any sport. It was almost as good a knock as the one he played against them in South Africa recently. He's decimated them twice in two knocks so they must hate the sight of him."

Asked where De Villiers ranks among the great batsman, Richards replied: "He's obviously a genius player. Is he better than Sachin Tendulkar or Brian Lara? I don't know. They didn't play under the same conditions so it's always difficult to say."

And just to prove we're not going mad, even West Ham striker Carlton Cole is tweeting about it...

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If you have no idea what we are on about, read this...

Anyway Manchester United have jumped on the bandwagon tweeting this picture, external of their away kit from last season.

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As you were.... (It's blue and black).

Jump jockey Danny Cook is to face a disciplinary inquiry after testing positive for cocaine.

The 31-year-old rider, who won at the Cheltenham Festival on Great Endeavour in 2010, has accepted an interim suspension and will miss the big meeting next month.

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In a statement on his behalf, the Professional Jockeys' Association confirmed he had tested positive for a banned substance.

Cook, who was set to partner runners for trainer Brian Ellison at Cheltenham, apologised to "all those he has let down through an act of foolishness".

The British Horseracing Authority has scheduled a hearing for 19 March, with the jockey facing a ban of about six months if he is found to have breached the rules.

BBC C&W Sport:, external Coventry caretaker manager Neil McFarlane has confirmed that the Sky Blues have signed Brentford striker Nick Proschwitz on loan. He'll be in contention for Saturday's game against MK Dons.

Steve Bruce is asked about the Uefa fine that Hull are expected to be hit with a £10,000 fine today for failing to comply with Financial Fair Play rules.

"It's interesting because even Jose Mourinho has to sell before he brings someone in," said Bruce, whose club will find out their fate at 16:00 GMT.

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"Financial Fair Play is there, we've been given two years to put our eggs in the basket and to make sure it's right.

"But it's tough on us because the only reason we've come under investigation is because we qualified for a Uefa tournament and because we were in the Championship.

"Most clubs would struggle to meet the way it works. They are trying their best but it's very difficult."

Bad news for Hull - Mohamed Diame is again absent for Hull as they take on Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.

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Tigers boss Steve Bruce confirmed that the Senegal midfielder, who has been out with a knee problem since 3 December, is still not back in training after suffering another setback last week.

He joins fellow long-term absentees James Chester (shoulder), Liam Rosenior (hamstring) and Robert Snodgrass (knee) on the sidelines but there are no new injury concerns ahead of the game with Sunderland.

The International Cycling Union has requested that Astana, the team of Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali, has its World Tour licence withdrawn.

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It follows an independent audit and places Nibali's future in limbo.

The audit was ordered by the UCI after a number of anti-doping infringements by Astana and its feeder team.

The UCI said the reality of the team's policies and structures differs from what Astana told the licence commission during a review last December.

As one of the tastiest games at this year's competition draws nearer, Alison Mitchell is in Melbourne to look ahead to the two host nations as they do battle at Eden Park on Saturday.

The lowdown on that knock...

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A bit like putting an injured dog hit by a car out of its misery, South Africa have finally finished off the suffering West Indies at the Cricket World Cup in Sydney.

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The Windies were bowled out for 151, which means South Africa win by a massive 257 runs - the fourth largest winning margin in the history of one-day internationals.

Earlier AB de Villiers hit the fastest 150 in ODI history as South Africa amassed 408-5. De Villiers reached 150 from 64 balls, beating the previous record, set by Australia's Shane Watson, by 19 balls.

Feyenoord's Europa League match against visitors Roma was suspended for more than 10 minutes after an inflatable banana was thrown towards the pitch.

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Several objects landed close to Roma's Ivory Coast striker Gervinho, who went on to score the winner in a 2-1 victory as the Italians progressed to the last 16 3-2 on aggregate.

"It was right to suspend play," said Roma coach Rudi Garcia. "We could have opened a shop with all the objects thrown from the stands."

In what was a lively match to say the least, both teams left the pitch in the 55th minute after Feyenoord's Mitchell te Vrede was shown a straight red card.

Rotterdam police had detained 17 locals and one Italian before the game had even begun.

As if losing in heartbreaking fashion wasn't bad enough, Scotland's players have been fined for a slow over rate in their tense World Cup defeat by Afghanistan.

The International Cricket Council deemed the Scots were "one over short of its target" in Dunedin on Thursday.

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The Scots were fined 10% of their match fees, with captain Preston Mommsen, who pleaded guilty to the offence, paying double the amount.

Mommsen will face a one-match suspension if he is again found guilty of the same offence in this tournament.

Something you may want to check out... On this week's 5 live rugby podcast, Matt Dawson is joined by Paul Grayson, Denis Hickie and Shaun Edwards to preview a crucial weekend in the 6 Nations. England travel to Dublin to face Ireland, as the only two teams that can claim a grand slam.

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