The Football Association has contacted Aston Villa and West Brom to "request their observations to the disturbing crowd incidents which occurred during and after their FA Cup quarter-final tie" on Saturday.

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport chief F1 writer

Formula 1 will emerge from its shortest winter break for nearly 40 years when the season starts in Melbourne next weekend but it doesn't take much scratching at the surface to see that a great deal has changed since the end of last term.

Chief F1 writer Andrew Benson examines the landscape...

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Cologne forward Anthony Ujah has apologised after grabbing a goat by the horns after scoring in the 4-2 Bundesliga victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.

The Nigerian grabbed Hennes VIII - the club mascot - by the horns and attempted to drag it on to the pitch before the animal's handler intervened.

"Perfect Sunday. Sorry Hennes. I was a bit too rough on him," Ujah wrote on Twitter and Facebook., external

Sports director Joerg Schmadtke added: "Hennes is used to such stuff. He may have a bit of a sore neck."

United Arab Emirates will host the 2019 Asian Cup after beating outsiders Iran to stage the expanded 24-team tournament.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced the decision after a meeting of their executive committee in Bahrain on Monday.

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A judiciously-timed instagram post, external from Scotland batsman Kyle Coetzer... "One last push to make the last leg of this journey a special one #CWC15 @cricketscotland"

Peter Moores has told BBC Sport he wants to stay as England coach despite his side's World Cup exit at the hands of Bangladesh but admits "it's not my decision".

Read the full story here.

Here's a curious one... a BBC reporter at Hemel Hempstead Town's Conference South fixture against Bath City ended up playing an important part in the game.

Matt Mesiano was at the match for BBC Three Counties Radio, but when one of the assistant referees suffered a calf injury in the first half, he realised he was the only qualified alternative.

"There was a 10-minute break for me to put on the other lad's outfit, luckily for me we were the same size," said the level seven referee.

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BBC Radio 5 live was granted exclusive behind the scenes access to the British team during their Davis Cup win over the United States.

You can hear the thoughts of captain Leon Smith and just what the competition means to Andy Murray on Davis Cup: Captain's Diary on Tuesday at 21:00 GMT.

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Martin Skrtel should be fit for Liverpool's Premier League match at Swansea on 16 March despite fears he had lost consciousness in Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final draw with Blackburn.

Skrtel, 30, landed heavily on his neck after contesting a third-minute header. Following an eight-minute delay, the defender was taken off wearing a neck brace. "He could have been knocked out," boss Brendan Rodgers said.

"He was fine, shouting he wanted to play on when he was on the stretcher."

Former International Cycling Union (UCI) head Hein Verbruggen will be asked to resign his honorary presidency, after a report found doping culture still existed in cycling, and suggested collusion between Lance Armstrong and cycling's governing body.

Current UCI president Brian Cookson says he will write to Verbruggen asking him "to consider his position."

Cookson says Verbruggen, who was UCI president from 1991-2005, should have no role in cycling's future. The Dutch official retains his IOC honorary membership.

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New York City's first Major League Soccer match ended in a draw on Sunday as 62,510 fans saw Kaka snatch a late equaliser for Orlando City at Citrus Bowl.

The former AC Milan playmaker scored with a deflected free-kick in the 91st minute, after Mix Diskerud put the away side ahead with their first ever goal.

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Former West Ham and Watford manager Gianfranco Zola has been sacked by Serie A club Cagliari after just 10 league games in charge.

"Cagliari announce that Gianfranco Zola and his staff have been relieved of the technical leadership of the first team," the Sardinian club said in a statement.

"It was a decision which was taken reluctantly against a great man who has written unforgettable pages in the history of Cagliari, bringing brilliance and giving international prestige to the land of Sardinia."

Cagliari are 18th in the table, four points adrift of safety.

Equipment belonging to disbanded Formula 1 team Caterham will be auctioned off over the next few weeks.

The team, who were put into administration last October, folded at the end of the 2014 season and their remaining assets will be sold beginning on Wednesday, with race and pit lane equipment, 2014 chassis show cars, electronics workshop and test equipment all available.

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Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm has returned to training after breaking an ankle late last year.

The 31-year-old last appeared in November before suffering the injury in training.

Bayern have not missed the World Cup winner too badly - they are currently leading the Bundesliga title race by 11 points over second-placed VfL Wolfsburg.

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Ulster lock Dan Tuohy has been called into a 36-man Ireland training squad having missed the opening three Six Nations matches with damaged thumb ligaments.

The second row has not played in a Test since February 2014 after twice breaking an arm.

It was also Scottish Cup quarter-final weekend, with the standout tie being the coruscating 1-1 draw between nine-man Dundee United and 10-man Celtic.

BBC Sport Scotland has highlights of that Tannadice tie, as well as the best from Hibs 4-0 win over Berwick and Falkirk's 1-0 triumph at Queen of the South.

England coach Peter Moores has been speaking to Sky Sports folowing England's exit from the Cricket World Cup.

He said: "You just feel hollow. We haven't played well enough and we have to accept that. I thought 275 was chaseable, although we didn't bowl as well as we could have done in the middle. We should have chased it down after a good start but we didn't. You've got to be able to deal with pressure in a tournament.

"We definitely should have won the game and we didn't. I can't stand and say I'm making a difference when we've just been knocked out the World Cup."

Dan Roan
BBC sports editor

England have unmatched resources and had unprecedented time to prepare. Lowest point in English cricket history? It's certainly a contender.