Fifa has increased Michael Boateng's lifetime ban for match fixing. It is now a worldwide lifetime ban.

The Englishman admitted to charges against him by the Football Association for several breaches of their rules, "including accepting a bribe, which was, or appeared to be, related to seeking to influence the outcome or conduct of a match or competition. The player also admitted to the charge of failing to report the offer made to him. The charges relate to matches in the Conference South in the sixth tier of the English football league system in 2013".

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Bolton Wanderers' 19-year-old striker Zach Clough has said he has not surprised himself by scoring goals since he broke into the first team.

Clough has scored six goals in nine games since netting on his debut in the FA Cup against Wigan in January.

"I'm enjoying it. I've waited all my life to get to where I am and it's just all coming at once and hopefully it continues," Clough told BBC Radio Manchester.

"I'm not surprised because I've worked hard to get where I am.

"I've always scored goals at every level and it's just working now in the Championship. I believe in what I'm doing and I believe in my ability."

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Ireland's Padraig Harrington has forced a play-off against Daniel Berger, of the United States, in the Honda Classic.

Three-time major winner Harrington, without a win in the US or Europe since 2008, double bogeyed the 17th at the event in Florida.

But he holed a 15-foot putt for a birdie to tie at six under with Berger, who is seeking his maiden Tour win.

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After his fifth-round stoppage against Chris Avalos to retain super-bantamweight title, Carl Frampton is looking at Scott Quigg as his next challenger.

"I'd love to fight Scott Quigg in a summer showdown. It would be massive. It should happen," said Frampton.

"I would leave Belfast if I had to. If I have to travel for a fight against Scott Quigg, then that's OK."

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Heptathlon star Katarina Johnson-Thompson has revealed that she turned down a promising career in ballet at the age of nine to focus on athletics. In an interview with The Guardian,, external KJT says she "broke her mother's heart" when she chose leggings and running spikes over the leotards and Pointe shoes.

She goes into the European Indoor Championships as the outstanding favourite to take the title in the pentathlon. You can see live coverage and highlights from Prague from Friday on the BBC.

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A final few words from Sunderland's manager on the the FA's earlier decision with Wes Brown: "There are moments, certain games during the season, when you need your stronger players, your most experienced players, the leaders, and this is one of them, so having John and Wes is something very special for us," Poyet added.

"During the season, you know you are going to miss every now and then, one of them, but there are key moments. And in brings a little bit of calmness to everybody.

"Until a few minutes ago, we needed to know if he was coming with us or not because of the decision.

"Everything was planned for him to play tomorrow, so it makes things easier for me."

Back to Gus Poyet now and he's had more to say on Wes Brown's red card against Manchester United on Saturday being rescinded.

"The honesty of the referee, the honesty of the referees' association and the FA and the Premier League - in other situations, it would be a little bit awkward because when it's a mistaken identity, you have got two players involved, one who has done something and the other one who has been sent off," he added.

"But like I said, it's good. It's the way I like.

"One of the best things in life - and football is part of our life - is to live by the rules and be honest."

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It's been a busy day of decisions at the FA and the latest one to emerge from HQ is that Chelsea and Everton have been fined £30,000 for misconduct, external in their match on 11 February.

Chelsea won the match at Stamford Bridge 1-0 courtesy of a late strike from Willian, but the incident that caused most controversy happened in the 86th-minute.

Both clubs were charged with failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or refrained from provocative behaviour.

The charge against Chelsea further alleged their players surrounded the referee and/or became involved in a mass confrontation.

Chelsea and Everton both admitted their charge and as well as being fined were also warned as to their future conduct.

Time to hear from Sunderland manager Gus Poyet now and he's been reacting to the news Wes Brown's appeal for wrongful dismissal has been upheld.

"It just been rescinded, and it's very important for me and for English football, the way everything has been dealt with," he said.

"The rules, everybody has followed at the FA, so honesty has been at the top of this situation, which is great. It's great for football, so I am very pleased.

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Brendan Rodgers or "Brodge" as Noel Gallagher renamed him on MOTD2 a couple of weeks ago, has said that Liverpool can win all of their remaining Premier League matches. Currently on an 11 match unbeaten run, they are now fifth in the table, two points from third placed Arsenal.

"It takes a little bit of time to get going and bringing in a certain method of play," he told a news conference. "We had to stay strong during a tough moment. We've found the solutions and we're playing at a high level.

"It's tight. Arriving in there has always been our objective," he said of the top four. "We want to keep chasing right to the end.

"Every game is super competitive and every team has got quality. We are going into every game respecting the opponent but believing we can win."

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On facing up against recently-appointed Villa manager Tim Sherwood: "I managed against Tim last year. We played very well against Tottenham when I was at Palace and I think we made a couple of mistakes, they punished us and we lost 2-0.

"I like Tim. He's a very honest, straight talking man. There's no fluff with Tim.

"He's worked for some very good managers and with some good coaches and I think he's taken on board lots of good things."

Tony Pulis on what will be key to his side's hopes of Premier League survival: "Resilience is one of the factors that will be key to us in the the run-in towards the end of the season.

"But, there's a lot more as well.

"We've done OK so far, but there's 11 games to go and we need to ensure we continue doing what we're doing and not get carried away."

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West Brom manager Tony Pulis has been speaking ahead of the Baggies's trip to Villa Park on Tuesday.

All the major news lines coming up.

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Sticking with the 13-man code for a while and Wigan Warriors head coach Shaun Wane criticised his side after they let a 14-point lead slip in Sunday's Super League loss at Hull KR.

Eight days after their extra-time defeat by Brisbane in the World Club Series, Wigan were leading 20-6 in the second half but had no response as Rovers scored three unanswered tries to seal a 22-20 win.

Asked if the Brisbane game affected Wigan's performance, Wane told BBC Radio Manchester: "It probably did. It's a tough game, we played for 90 minutes but that's the way it is. We chose to do it.

"I still think we could have come here and won the game quite comfortably. We were just dumb with the ball and just not acceptable."

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Now you've heard about the importance of watching the ball in sport, well this little piece of video from the weekend's Super League action shows how sometimes you can be caught out by a little piece of individual brilliance.

A superb behind-the-back pass from Rangi Chase sets up Salford's Josh Griffin to score in the Super League Show's Try of the Week.

We'll forgive you if you have to watch it more than once to fully appreciate the magic, but I think you'll agree it's more than worth it.

Rory Anderson:, external Plenty of misdemeanours but I'd take Pierre van Hoojidonk back at Forest in a flash!

Becky Krych:, external Definitely Kim Collins. Undoubtedly one of the best talents in the sprinting world.

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Charlie: , externalPaul Pogba at Man United, never even got a first chance and look at him now.

Back to football now and Sheffield Wednesday's new owner Dejphon Chansiri wants to gain promotion to the Premier League within two years.

The Thai businessman officially took over the club from Milan Mandaric on Monday after a deal worth £37.5m.

The Owls are currently 10th in the Championship and 14 points off the play-offs. They celebrate their 150th anniversary in 2017 and Chansiri is hopeful they can be in the top division by then.

He told BBC Radio Sheffield: "We want to be back for our anniversary. We will do whatever is appropriate to invest in the club to get them to the Premier League."

Another fact for you about Chansiri is his family own one of the world's largest shares in tinned tuna production.

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It has been a long time since we saw Andrew Flintoff with a pint in hand on a pedalo. The former England cricketer has waved goodbye to his days of heavy drinking, confirming it is down to health reasons.

Currently appearing on the Australian version of 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here', he listed the reasons he gave up the boozy nights.

"One, I genuinely thought I'd had enough of it. It catches up with me in the morning. And two, I suffer with depression and it doesn't help at all. I just hit rock bottom afterwards. So you're far better without it."

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Join Michael Vaughan and Ashley Giles tonight from 21:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 live where the pair will be debating England's World Cup woes on the Tuffers and Vaughan Show.

I'll imagine there might also be a bit of discussion about a certain man named KP too.

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Remember that feature David Baddiel and Frank Skinner used to do on Fantasy Football League in the early and mid-1990s called 'Phoenix From The Flames'?

This little snippet via the Twitter feed of our friends at BBC 606, external is a bit like that - but with Subbuteo.

Thirteen years ago today since Bergkamp's iconic goal for #AFC vs. #NUFC.

Here it is in Subbuteo form, by @SubbuteoArt, external.

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