Right, that's another edition of Sportsday wrapped up in a neat little package.

It's been emotional as always.

As if you didn't know, there's loads of sport in the pipeline this weekend - football, Six Nations rugby, golf, World Cup cricket, Indian Wells tennis, you name it - and you can keep up with it all across the BBC.

Thanks for your company today. Bye for now.

Gareth Barry is out of the Everton team to face QPR at Loftus Road on Sunday.

Barry started the 5-2 Europa League defeat to Dynamo Kiev on Thursday night but he has one more game to serve on his two-match domestic suspension after picking up 10 yellow cards this season.

Roberto Martinez remains without Kevin Mirallas (knock), Bryan Oviedo (hamstring), Tony Hibbert and Steven Pienaar (both knee) but reported no new injuries from the trip to Ukraine and Aiden McGeady (knee) will be in the squad along with Aaron Lennon, who was cup-tied in the Europa League.

Provisional squad: Howard, Robles, Griffiths, Stones, Alcaraz, Jagielka, Browning, Coleman, Baines, Garbutt, Besic, McCarthy, Lennon, Barkley, Gibson, Osman, Atsu, McGeady, Naismith, Lukaku, Kone.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has delivered a warning against a boycott of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Ukraine's president has called for a boycott in protest at alleged Russian military involvement with pro-Moscow separatists.

"The World Cup in Russia will be able to stabilise all this situation that is in this region of Europe," said Blatter. "The message is leave sports alone. Boycotting a World Cup or any sporting event has never brought any solutions to nobody."

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Angel di Maria is available for Sunday's match at Liverpool having served a one-match suspension for his dismissal against Arsenal.

Robin van Persie is still out with an ankle problem and Jonny Evans is suspended.

Left-back Luke Shaw (hamstring) and centre-half Marcos Rojo (groin) are doubts.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Lindegaard, Valdes, Shaw, Blackett, Rojo, Smalling, Jones, McNair, Rafael, Pereira, Young, Blind, Fellaini, Herrera, Valencia, Di Maria, Januzaj, Mata, Falcao, Rooney, Wilson.

Champion jockey AP McCoy is still in two minds over which horse to ride for owner JP McManus in his final Grand National at Aintree on 11 April.

McCoy, who will be crowned champion for the 20th time when the National Hunt season ends next month, has been earmarked for the Jonjo O'Neill-trained favourite Shuthefrontdoor.

"I think I'm riding Shutthefrontdoor," the retiring McCoy, 40, told BBC Sport.

"But Cause Of Causes won at Cheltenham, so he has a good chance now."

Newcastle skipper Fabricio Coloccini will sit out Saturday's Premier League match with Arsenal after failing in his red card appeal.

The Argentina international was sent off for a challenge on Aaron Lennon during Sunday's 3-0 defeat at Everton and will be suspended for three games, joining striker Papiss Cisse on the sidelines as he serves the second stage of his seven-match ban.

In addition, head coach John Carver will have to contend with a crippling injury list which will deprive him of the services of defenders Steven Taylor (Achilles), Paul Dummett and Massadio Haidara (both knee), and midfielders Cheick Tiote (also knee), Mehdi Abeid (thigh), Siem de Jong (collapsed lung) and Rolando Aarons (thigh).

Provisional squad: Krul, Elliot, Janmaat, Williamson, R.Taylor, Satka, Sterry, Anita, Colback, Sissoko, Gouffran, Cabella, Ameobi, Obertan, Gutierrez, Kemen, Riviere, Perez, Armstrong.

Wales head coach Warren Gatland says the fact England are in action last on Saturday puts them in the "box seat" to win the Six Nations title.

Gatland's side are in action first against Italy in Rome at 12:30 GMT.

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They need a big win to overhaul their inferior points-difference compared with title rivals Ireland and England.

"England... are definitely going to know what they need to do to win the Championship, so that puts them in the box seat," said Gatland.

Stoke striker Jon Walters could feature in match against Crystal Palace despite suffering a fractured cheekbone last weekend.

Walters had an operation to repair the damage and could play wearing a protective mask but he will be assessed first.

Forward Victor Moses (leg) is unlikely to face his former club while defenders Erik Pieters (thigh) and Philipp Wollscheid (groin) will undergo fitness tests.

Provisional squad: Begovic, Butland, Wilson, Bardsley, Shawcross, Pieters, Wollscheid, Cameron, Whelan, Adam, Nzonzi, Sidwell, Teixeira, Ireland, Crouch, Moses, Arnautovic, Diouf, Walters, Shenton.

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Newcastle midfielder Jonas Gutierrez says he feels "born again" following his return to Premier League action after overcoming testicular cancer.

In an interview with Football Focus, the Argentine, 31, revealed the shock of his diagnosis last year and the subsequent support from his team-mates.

Read more and watch a clip of the interview.

Southampton are able to welcome back Eljero Elia for this weekend's match against Burnley.

The Dutch winger has recovered from the ankle injury which saw him miss last weekend's 1-1 draw at Chelsea.

Graziano Pelle started that match from the bench and will be vying for a start on Saturday. Jay Rodriguez (knee) and Emmanuel Mayuka (groin) remain absent, but Ronald Koeman has no fresh injury concerns.

Provisional squad: Forster, K Davis, Gazzaniga, Clyne, Bertrand, Targett, Gardos, Yoshida, Alderweireld, Fonte, Schneiderlin, Wanyama, Ward-Prowse, Reed, Elia, Tadic, Mane, Djuricic, S Davis, Long, Seager, Pelle.

Central defender Federico Fernandez is available for Swansea's visit to Aston Villa after missing Monday night's 1-0 home defeat to Liverpool.

Fernandez returned home to Argentina for what manager Garry Monk described as "family reasons" and was replaced by Jordi Amat.

Fernandez has trained this week and is set to resume his partnership with skipper Ashley Williams.

Provisional squad: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Cork, Ki, Shelvey, Routledge, Sigurdsson, Gomis, Tremmel, Rangel, Amat, Fulton, Carroll, Britton, Montero, Dyer, Emnes, Oliveira, Grimes, King.

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Rory McIlroy charged up the leaderboard after a second-round 66 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational but was still five shots behind leader Morgan Hoffmann.

McIlroy's first sub-70 round on this year's PGA Tour included a run of five straight birdies on his back nine.

First-round leader Hoffmann added a 65 to his opening six-under 66 which left him on 13 under and three ahead of defending champion Matt Every.

World number one McIlroy shares fourth spot with New Zealand's Danny Lee.

Defender Stephen Ward is expected to be fit for Burnley's trip to Southampton after missing training with a niggle this week.

Midfielder Matt Taylor requires another run out with the under-21s before he is deemed fit enough to return after an Achilles operation.

Dean Marney and Kevin Long (both knee) remain long-term absentees.

Provisional squad: Heaton, Gilks, Trippier, Mee, Keane, Shackell, Duff, Arfield, Boyd, Jones, Wallace, Kightly, Barnes, Vokes, Ings, Sordell, Reid, Jutkiewicz, Ward.

Crystal Palace will hand late fitness checks to wingers Jason Puncheon and Wilfried Zaha ahead of the Premier League trip to Stoke.

Puncheon (dead leg) and Zaha (hip) both suffered knocks during last weekend's 3-1 win over QPR.

Skipper Mile Jedinak is still suspended and striker Marouane Chamakh remains sidelined by a hamstring injury.

Provisional squad: Speroni, Delaney, Kelly, Dann, Ward, McArthur, Gayle, Zaha, Ledley, Bolasie, Puncheon, Gray, Hennessey, N'Diaye, Souare, Hangeland, Boateng, Mariappa, Ameobi, Sanogo, Murray.

Rotherham have made their second loan signing of the day by bringing in Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez on loan for the rest of the season.

The 22-year-old Argentine has made six appearances for the Gunners this season, including Champions League games against Anderlecht and Borussia Dortmund.

This year's German Grand Prix has been withdrawn from the calendar after F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone failed to reach an agreement with the race promoters.

Hockenheim, which hosted the 2014 race and is supposed to alternate each year with the Nurburgring, had been due to stage the event again this year after the Nurburgring deal fell through.

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However, Hockenheim's owner told a German newspaper this week that the circuit would not be ready in time to stage the race on the weekend of 17-19 July.

The FIA has now confirmed the race will not be on the calendar, meaning there will only be 19 races this season.

Pele has been chatting about Harry Kane.

No, really.

The three-time World Cup winner believes the Tottenham striker, who has just earned a call-up to the England squad after a breakthrough season, can have a big impact.

"I think he is an excellent player - he could be a good one for the English team," Pele said. "What is important is the team work, I think. You cannot win games with individual players. Always it was like that.

"Tell him never think he can be the best. Always he has something to learn. That is my advice."

Rotherham United have signed Charlton Athletic defender Lawrie Wilson on loan until the end of the season.

Wilson, 27, has made 27 appearances for the Addicks this season, but has not featured in their last three games.

The former Stevenage player could make his debut for the struggling Millers in Saturday's Yorkshire derby against Sheffield Wednesday.

On the early exit of English clubs from European competition:

"The world is changing, it's not the same world as 20 years ago. Twenty years ago the English Premier League was up here, had a lot of money, a lot of players came to the Premier League because you are paying well and the Premier League is a high standard.

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"But the other countries are developing themselves also - but they also have a winter break while we have to play four or five matches in two weeks and they have a break of two weeks.

"Then you have to play those after how many matches you have already played. How many matches have Bayern Munich played in the meantime, for example? That's the difference. They are much fresher than players of Arsenal or Chelsea. That, in my opinion, is the difference because players need rest."

Louis van Gaal adds that he was delighted by his side's performance in the 3-0 win over Tottenham, but they will need to be better still to win against Liverpool at Anfield.

"I think we played very good in the first half - it was also good to have an evolution that is very positive," he said.

"[But] it says nothing when you lose the next match. Liverpool is not a ground where Manchester United have won a lot.

"When we have won at Liverpool, that will have shown we have improved further."