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Wales coach Warren Gatland has revealed prop Samson Lee could miss the World Cup after suffering a ruptured Achilles during his side's Six Nations win over Ireland last weekend.

"It is a longer-termer that could potentially keep him out of the World Cup," said Gatland.

"He's having an operation and we're confident we can have enough time for him to come back and be available for the World Cup."

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British number two James Ward has confirmed he will play at the new ATP World Tour event in Nottingham in June.

Ward's stunning five-set win over John Isner helped Great Britain to Davis Cup success against the United States last month and the 28-year-old is close to breaking into the top world's 100.

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Kevin Pietersen is confident he can score more Test hundreds for England, if he is given the opportunity.

The 34-year-old was sacked by England 13 months ago but recently new England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves refused to rule out a recall if he can regain his form in county cricket.

"I don't think my best days are behind me," Pietersen told Fox Sports. "I think that's nonsense - I reckon I've still got quite a few Test hundreds in me.

"I thought I batted as well as I've ever batted in my career in Australia a few months ago."

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Reading and England forward Fran Kirby tells BBC South Today about her return to football, four years after quitting the sport following the sudden death of her mother.

With England just three months away from the World Cup in Canada and Reading opening their WSL 2 season on Thursday, Kirby knows she has a key part to play at home and abroad and wants to achieve one thing - to make her late mother proud.

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Denmark coach Morten Olsen will step down after the Euro 2016 finals.

Olsen, who took charge after Euro 2000, is Europe's longest-serving international manager - a full six years ahead of his nearest rival.

A former Danish international with over 100 caps, he has led the Danes to the finals of two World Cups and two European Championships.

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Former England all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas will be New Zealand's bowling coach for this summer's Test and limited-overs series between the two countries.

The 37-year-old former Hampshire captain, who played 20 one-day internationals and 14 T20s for England, will replace Shane Bond as the Kiwis' bowling coach once the World Cup co-hosts and unbeaten quarter-finalists have finished their campaign in the global tournament.

"Bondy has done an extremely good job with his bowling unit," said Mascarenhas. "During this World Cup they have been phenomenal, and I am looking forward to working with those guys."

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Newcastle have announced the signing of Tonga international prop Taione Vea from London Welsh.

The 6ft 2in 20-stone Auckland-born 26-year-old, who has won six caps for Tonga, will join the Falcons on a two-year deal in time for the 2015/16 season.

"As a Tongan international he brings a powerful and skilled head to our front row, although he's also a very humble guy who I know will fit in well with our squad," said director of rugby Dean Richards.

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South Africa captain AB De Villiers says his side "won't choke" as they prepare to take on Sri Lanka in the first World Cup quarter-final.

South Africa have never won a knockout match at the World Cup and have earned a reputation for producing nervy performances on the big stage, but De Villiers says history will have no bearing in Sydney on Wednesday.

"We can't focus on what happened back in the day," said De Villiers.

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Reading manager Steve Clarke says his side are not going to Wembley for a "day out" when they take on Arsenal in the semi-final of the FA Cup.

The Royals defeated Bradford 3-0 on Monday night to reach the last four of the competition.

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Former Yorkshire and England spin bowler Bob Appleyard has died at the age of 90.

Appleyard (on the left in the above picture) did not play first-class cricket until the age of 27, but took 200 wickets in his first season in 1951.

Three years later, he made the first of nine appearances for England, and took seven wickets in an innings win over Pakistan at Trent Bridge.

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McLaren are preparing driver Fernando Alonso for a return to action after he missed the Australian Grand Prix to recover from concussion sustained in a pre-season crash.

Alonso will drive the McLaren simulator this week as part of the plan for his return.

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More exciting news from World Cup 2018 qualification to bring you (yes, really).

The world's lowest-ranked side Bhutan have made it through to the second round of Asian qualifying with an extraordinary 3-1 aggregate win over Sri Lanka. 18-year-old Chencho Gyeltshen bagged both goals in the second leg. They'll be dancing on the streets of Thimphu tonight...

India have also made it, with a 2-0 aggregate victory over Nepal.

The Champions League takes centre stage this week with Arsenal first up on Tuesday night away at Monaco after losing the last 16 home leg 3-1.

In the latest Focus Forum, Dan Walker is joined by Mark Lawrenson and Stuart Pearce as they discuss the tie with Arsene Wenger's side needing to score at least three goals to stay in the competition.

This morning we've been asking you for your reaction to the news that Dick Advocaat is to take charge at Sunderland for the rest of the season...

Andy Rees: They just made a huge mistake, they have 9 games to save their season and have appointed a man that has no understanding of the English game. Lunacy.

Wez McCullough: We were sleepwalking to relegation under Poyet without a doubt. Not really confident Advocaat will do the job either but we will see. Glad to see Poyet go after most of his decision making this season but the timing looks too late.

Gordon Christie: He is past it. Didn't do well at Rangers with a squad of great players, won't do with a squad of players with no confidence.

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Stoke City's Marko Arnautovic has been called up by Austria for their forthcoming matches against Liechtenstein and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

However. Aston Villa's Andreas Weimann has been axed from the squad in favour of uncapped Red Bull Salzburg striker Marco Djuricin.

Bayern Munich midfielder David Alaba is back in the squad after recovering from knee surgery.

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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has called on their power-unit supplier Renault to get their act together and help save his organisation's season.

The team had to change the power unit on Daniel Ricciardo's car in between practice sessions on Friday due to a problem with the engine while Daniil Kvyat retired on the formation lap with a suspected gearbox failure.

"Renault need to have a clear vision and they need it quickly," said Horner. "You can see Ferrari have made a good step forward, whereas Renault at this stage appear to have made a retrograde step. It's frustrating we are effectively further back than we were in Abu Dhabi in both power and driveability.

"It means we haven't seen the potential of our car yet because it's masked by the engine issues we have. It's important we regroup with Renault and offer support where we can because it's obviously in a bit of a mess at the moment."

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Every international squad announcement contains a surprise name or two. But the inclusion of Rangers' Shane Ferguson in the Northern Ireland squad to face Scotland has raised more eyebrows than most.

That's because Ferguson hasn't played this year due to a serious knee injury.

Rangers boss Stuart McCall says he's mystified. "From what I've been led to believe, we won't see him at all this season," he said.

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Wales have made two changes for Saturday's Six Nations match against Italy. Props Aaron Jarvis and Rob Evans come in for the injured Samson Lee and Gethin Jenkins, while scrum-half Mike Phillips drops out of the match-day squad.

Wales have a chance of winning the championship if they beat Italy in Rome.

Bury chairman Stewart Day has revealed that getting the club to the Championship remains his main aim.

Day was part of the consortium that took control of Bury in May 2013 and the club currently sit fifth in League Two, four points off the automatic promotion places.

"When I came to the club I talked about a five-year plan to try and get us into the Championship and nothing has deteriorated away from that, "said Day.

Mongolia fans, look away now. Your boys have become the first side to be knocked out of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.

Today sees the second leg of the first round of qualifying in the Asia confederation, and Timor-Leste have proved too strong for the Mongolians, winning 1-0 in Ulaanbataar to wrap up a 5-1 aggregate victory.