Summary

  • Great Britain 1-0 USA in Davis Cup with James Ward in action

  • Gerrard faces first-team fight - Rodgers

  • King, Murray and Gilligan voted on to Rangers board

  • Live coverage of European Indoor Athletics

  • Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins European indoor gold

  1. Northampton sign Stanley's Graypublished at 12:49 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    In the Football League, the loan signings continue as Northampton Town sign striker James Gray, 22, on loan from fellow League Two club Accrington Stanley until the end of the season.

  2. Let It Snow!published at 12:48 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Toby AlderweireldImage source, Toby Alderweireld

    More pictures of Southampton players shoop-shooping on the slopes during a team-bonding trip. "Enjoying the snow," tweets, external full-back Toby Alderweireld.

  3. GET INVOLVEDpublished at 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    In response to our story on the Football Association's request for more to be done to end sexist chanting at matches, we are asking for your thoughts on the issue and whether you have experienced sexism in the game.

    Rachel Maidment:, external As an assistant referee I wasn't provided with changing facilities for a local cup final and had to change in the toilets

    Phil Dickinson:, external These sexist songs are wrong, but there'll soon be nothing left. Referees? Long hair? Large stewards?

    Emma Payn:, external I expect the female Chelsea doctor has more brain cells in her little toe than 90% of the entire crowd at Stamford Bridge.

    Tweet us on #sexisminfootball and comment on the BBC Sport Facebook page., external

  4. Davis Cup - Great Britain v USApublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Piers Newbery
    BBC Sport at Emirates Arena, Glasgow

    Emirates Arena

    John Isner has been having a hit with 17-year-old Stefan Kozlov as the stands around him fill up ahead of the start of play at 13:00 GMT. First up is Andy Murray v Donald Young, followed by Isner v James Ward. The court is "super slow", according to Greg Rusedski, with the aim of blunting Isner's huge serve. Today's second singles could be the key contest of the weekend. It's all live on BBC Two, this website and 5 live sports extra.

  5. Tottenham news conferencepublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    We hope to bring you as much as we can from Mauricio Pochettino's news conference, which is scheduled for 12:30 GMT.

    His Tottenham side take on Queens Park Rangers in the only Premier League match this weekend due to the return of the FA Cup.

    A Spurs win would move them sixth while Rangers are in the bottom three and know a victory would move them out of the relegation zone, to be replaced by Aston Villa.

  6. Brits off pace in Miamipublished at 12:25 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Welshman Jamie Donaldson is the best-placed Briton after round one of the WGC-Cadillac Championship but Rory McIlroy struggled on the opening day.

    Donaldson is two under par while McIlroy shot one over the par of 72 as American JB Holmes dominated with a 10-under 62. Eight birdies and an eagle have given Holmes a four-shot cushion over compatriot Ryan Moore at Trump National Doral in Miami.

  7. Johnson-Thompson in record-breaking formpublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Katarina Johnson-ThompsonImage source, Getty Images

    Katarina Johnson-Thompson has broken the championship record in the pentathlon high jump, clearing 1.95m. The Briton failed with her three attempts at 1.98m, but her 1.95m effort was still good enough to break a record which was held by Carolina Kluft.

    That jump earned Johnson-Thompson 1171 points, giving her a total of 2259 after two events in the pentathlon. A British record and a world record could be on the cards.

    You can watch live coverage of the European Indoor Championships on this website.

  8. Spit and you eat through a strawpublished at 12:13 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    PLastic strawsImage source, Google

    Stoke City striker Jonathan Walters has a fairly frank message for any player who chooses to spit at him.

    The subject of spitting has been a major talking point in interviews and news conferences this week after Papiss Cisse accepted a charge for spitting at Manchester United's Jonny Evans, who has also been charged for the same act.

    "If it happened to me and someone spat at my face or towards me then I think he'd be eating his supper through a straw that night," Walters tells Talksport., external

    "I wouldn't be that happy. It's the lowest of the low."

  9. Thumbs up for new FA manpublished at 12:06 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    As we told you earlier, the Football Association's new chief executive Martin Glenn was the brains behind Gary Lineker's appearance in crisp adverts and the former England striker is bullish about the appointment.

    Gary Lineker tweetsImage source, Gary Lineker

    Glenn, 54, will join the FA in May, leaving his role with United Biscuits having also worked for Cadbury Schweppes, Mars and Deloitte.

  10. Listen to Sports Panelpublished at 12:04 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    On BBC Radio 5 live you can listen to the Friday Sports Panel at 13:00 GMT where former Great Britain athlete Andy Turner, ex-Scotland striker Kevin Gallacher and English rugby player Maggie Alphonsi are the guests.

    They will discuss sexism, spitting and all the other talking points from a busy week in sport.

  11. Lake and KJT head-to-headpublished at 11:59 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Britons Morgan Lake and Katarina Johnson-Thompson are going toe-to-toe in the pentathlon high jump. Both have cleared 1.92m, setting up an exciting finale as we head towards the business end of the event.

    "She's showing great maturity and getting better and better as the competition progresses," says Denise Lewis of Morgan Lake.

  12. Haynes joins Cheltenhampublished at 11:59 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Cheltenham Town sign free agent Danny Haynes on a two-month deal. The 27-year-old, who can play up front or on the wing, had loan spells with Hibernian and Crewe in 2014 and was recently released by Notts County.

  13. Number 10 backs GBpublished at 11:51 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Great Britain will play their first top-flight home game since 2002 when they take on USA in the Davis Cup's World Group later today and they have one lofty backer...

    David Cameron twitterImage source, David Cameron

    You can watch the action on BBC TV and on the website and it is scheduled to get started at 13:00 GMT.

    The winners of the tie will meet France or Germany in the quarter finals in July.

    You can download a full 5 live special podcast on the Davis Cup which includes interviews with Andy Murray, the Bryan brothers, Jim Courier and Andre Agassi.

  14. Johnson-Thompson in controlpublished at 11:46 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Katarina Johnson-ThompsonImage source, Getty Images

    Easy. Katarina Johnson-Thompson glides over 1.89m at her second attempt in the pentathlon's high jump. Morgan Lake is third, clearing 1.86m on her third attempt. She has just failed in her first attempt at 1.89m.

  15. Meadows into 800m semispublished at 11:38 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Favourite Jenny Meadows qualifies with ease in 2:02.59 for Saturday's semi-finals of the women's 800m.

    "I'm relieved," says the 33-year-old Briton, who has been troubled with a cold this week.

    "My preparations this week haven't been good, I haven't run since Monday so I've been resting in isolation from the rest of the team. I did ok and the main thing now is to recover for tomorrow."

  16. McGeechan takes charge at Carnegiepublished at 11:36 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Former British and Irish Lions boss Sir Ian McGeechan has taken temporary charge of coaching at Yorkshire Carnegie following the departure of Tommy McGee after only four months.

    Sir Ian, the club's executive president, will head a coaching team, also including former Bradford Bulls boss Francis Cummins.

    Carnegie are currently ninth in the Championship table.

  17. Southampton move to skipublished at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    An update on Ronald and his Southampton gang. Thursday was ice hockey, Friday is Nordic ski day and manager Ronald Koeman tweets the evidence.

    Ronald KoemanImage source, Ronald Koeman

    Coach Sammy Lee was once the subject of a loving chant by Liverpool fans: "He's fat, he's round, he bounces on the ground, Sammy Lee..."

    He may hope to bounce if he tumbles today.

  18. KJT clears 1.83m in high jumppublished at 11:23 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Katarina Johnson-Thompson has just cleared 1.83m in her first attempt in the pentathlon's high jump. That effort gives her 1016 points and the Briton is in line to break the British record.

    Team-mate Morgan Lake is currently fourth in the high jump thanks to a 1.80m opening effort, earning her 978 points.

  19. GET INVOLVEDpublished at 11:22 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    As we have reported all morning, the Football Association is calling on fans to report sexist abuse at games after being shown disturbing scenes of women officials and staff being subjected to obscene chants.

    We want to know if you have experienced sexism at a match? Tweet us on #sexisminfootball or comment on the BBC Sport Facebook page., external

    Heather Rabatts

    Dan Woodward:, external My son's team played a girls team and they were fantastic. The women's game will never be as big as the men's game. It's a good game to watch though as they're not soft like the blokes, diving about and so on.

    Darren James:, external We're probably only a couple of generations away from total and utter silence as nobody will be allowed to say anything about anybody soon. Everything passing our lips will be deemed offensive to someone or something!

    Britt:, external Is rank and I've had it from other City fans. Saying you don't belong somewhere just because you're female is disgusting.

  20. Footballpublished at 11:18 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Saido BerahinoImage source, Laurence Griffiths

    West Brom will be without injured forward Victor Anichebe (groin) and cup-tied midfielder Darren Fletcher for Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final at Aston Villa.

    Albion boss Tony Pulis has said he has a few "knocks and niggles" in his squad to assess - winger Callum McManaman (foot) is a doubt, while strikers Saido Berahino and Brown Ideye have both been playing recently with pain-killing injections.

    Pulis also said the club "have to go careful" with Stephane Sessegnon, with the forward understood to have suffered a family bereavement, and it remains to be seen whether goalkeeper Ben Foster keeps his place after his costly late error in the 2-1 league loss at Villa Park.