Celtic centre-half Virgil Van Dijk has laid into the referee who sent him off during the club's Europa League defeat at Inter MIlan.

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Slovakia's Ivan Kruzliak booked Van Dijk for a foul on Rodrigo Palacio and, within 10 minutes, sent him off for a clumsy challenge on Mauro Icardi.

"The referee was horrible," the defender said. "It was never a red card and everybody could see that, but he gave it.

"If you look at the fouls, the first one was never a yellow card. It was maybe a foul - but never a yellow card. The second one was a 50-50 challenge in the air."

Alex Goode and Jack Nowell, have been named in the England side for the Six Nations match with Ireland in Dublin on Sunday.

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Goode, who replaces the injured replaces Mike Brown, will start his first Test for England in two years and is joined in the back-line by Exeter Chiefs wing Nowell, who takes over from Jonny May.

In the only other change to the match day 23, Henry Thomas replaces Kieran Brookes on the replacements' bench.

England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster said: "We've made minimal changes as we felt the squad performed well in the first two games."

Some positive news to finish on from Wenger.

He says midfielders Aaron Ramsey and Mathieu Flamini are "nearly fit" - though on the downside, Mathieu Debuchy (who dislocated his shoulder against Stoke last month) and Mikel Arteta are "still a few weeks away" from a return.

And that's that for the time being, we'll bring you more later.

Arsene Wenger keeps mentioning that he wants and expects a "strong response" to the Monaco defeat.

"You play 55 games a year and you have moments where you are disappointed. We want to finish the season in a strong way," he says.

"I expect a strong response in the Premier League because it is a different competition. We have an opportunity to maintain our top-three position."

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As you'd expect, plenty of questions from the media about Arsenal's chastening Champions League defeat at the hands of Monaco in midweek.

"We fought very hard against Besiktas to qualify and what's frustrating is that we've gone out in the last 16 in the last four years," says Wenger.

"There is nobody to blame individually. On the night everything went against us and missing chances was only one characteristic.

"What's important to give a strong response. We are a big club so that gives us a stronger responsibility."

Arsene Wenger has arrived and begins with a bit of worrying news.

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Jack Wilshere has undergone a "minor procedure" to stop discomfort in his ankle.

This is not good news at all for Gunners fans, with the midfielder first undergoing surgery back in November and returning to training a couple of weeks ago with the problem apparently sorted.

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More Europa League misery in The Guardian, as well as a pledge from new ECB chairman Colin Graves about the future of English cricket.

We mentioned the cricket earlier, with AB de Villiers hitting the fastest 150 in one-day international history as South Africa amassed 408-5 in their Pool B match against West Indies in Sydney.

Well, an update on the Windies reply, and it's fair to say it's not going well. In fact they seem to be playing a bit like England usually do.

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Current scoreboard - 63-7 off 17.4 overs. Could be an early finish in this one me thinks.

We're waiting for Arsene Wenger's press conference at Arsenal to begin. When it does, we'll have bring it you here.

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After what happened against Monaco on Wednesday, the Gunners gaffer could be facing a few tough questions.

Over in Spain, Jenson Button is on the track as testing ahead of the new Formula 1 season continues.

McLaren have had a poor start to the year, what with Fernando Alonso suffering a bad crash and the car hit with a few issues.

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How will Button do today? Find out by following live text commentary by BBC Sport's Jamie Strickland.

And on that very subject, here's confirmation from BBC Radio 5 live's rugby reporter Chris Jones.

"Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Football Union have begun discussions about expanding the Aviva Premiership and scrapping promotion and relegation.

The talks - described as "constant and productive" - are a key part of the negotiations around a new heads of agreement between the two parties, with the current deal set to expire in 2016.

Although it is early days in the process, a possible outcome is for the Premiership to expand to 14 teams in time for the start of the 2016/2017 season, with the extra clubs reaching the top-flight on merit.

The potential move is being described as a "moratorium" rather than a permanent ring-fencing, meaning clubs in the Championship may be able to force their way into the top-tier if they could prove their suitability on and off the pitch over a period of time."

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In the Daily Telegraph, there's a big photo of the moment which made Celtic's Europa League task in Milan nigh on impossible - the first half dismissal of defender Virgil van Dijk. There's also an exclusive from the world of rugby union, with the paper claiming the game is set to undergo its biggest overhaul since going professional. "England's leading clubs are proposing a radical plan to expand the Premiership for the start of the 2016-17 season and then scrap ­promotion and relegation," writes Gavin Mairs, external.

Everyone loves an underdog, which is why there will be a lot of people cheering for Nic Henning today.

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Despite being the joint lowest-ranked golfer on the professional tour - the world number 1,555 to be exact - Henning leads the Joburg Open after carding a nine-under-par 62 opening round to equal the course record.

"I haven't made a score like that for many, many years so it's really nice," the 45-year-old South African said.

He is one shot ahead ahead and if Henning retains his lead over the remaining three rounds, he will collect a prize of £150,000 - more than three times his previous biggest payday on the European Tour.

But wait, just when you thought all was doom and gloom, Everton have provided us with a little ray of sunlight - the only British club to make it through to the last-16 of the Europa League.

They beat Young Boys 3-1 at Goodison Park, following up a 4-1 first leg win in Switzerland to record a handsome aggregate victory.

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Romelu Lukaku scored two goals last night, not bad going after hitting a hat-trick in the first game.

Remember Everton fans, the draw for the next round is at 12:00 GMT and we'll bring it you right here.

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The Times reflects on a pretty dismal night for British clubs in Europe, pointing out that a Premier League hailed as the best in the world by many is struggling big-time in this season's elite competitions.

Opta Joe on Twitter:, external The three teams to beat Liverpool in a competitive penalty shootout are Wimbledon, Northampton Town and Besiktas.

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Since joining Southampton in 2009/10, Rickie Lambert has scored all 35 penalties, external in club football. Expert.

Tottenham also have no more trips to Europe to look forward to, Mauricio Pochettino's side losing 2-0 to Fiorentina.

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It was an error-strewn performance from Tottenham, with goals from Mario Gomez and Chelsea loanee Mohamed Salah sealing victory for the Italians after defensive errors.

It meant a 3-1 aggregate win for Fiorentina and the result is a blow for Spurs ahead of their biggest game of the season so far - the League Cup final against Chelsea on Sunday.

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A sad story adorns the back page of The Sun today, with Chelsea striker Diego Costa claiming he's being picked on by referees. How much sympathy the Spaniard will get from football fans across the country with his complaint remains to be seen...

Celtic are out of the Europa League too, though they leave with heads held high.

Virgil van Dijk was dismissed in the first half of their tie in Inter Milan, leaving the Glasgow club a man down for the majority of the game.

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But only a stunning late strike from Inter's Fredy Guarin secured a 4-3 aggregate victory for the Italians, leaving Ronny Deila's men - and especially outstanding keeper Craig Gordon - devastated.

Full report here.

Let's start with Liverpool, who went to Istanbul and the home of Besiktas full of hope following a 1-0 first-leg win at Anfield.

But 1-0 down after the end of extra time, Brendan Rodgers' team suffered a 5-4 penalty shoot-out defeat and exit the competition.

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It was, interestingly, the first time Liverpool's have ever lost a European shootout.

The Reds actually had happy memories of their last penalty shootout at the same venue, the Ataturk Olympic Stadium - it was where they beat AC Milan to win the 2005 Champions League.