Aljaz Bedene, who switched allegiance from Slovenia to Britain last month, has won the first set 6-3 in his match against Maximo Gonzalez at the Casablanca ATP tour event.

But he is trailing 3-1 in the second set after being broken in the fourth game.

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Paris Saint-Germain will be without two key players for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona next week.

Defender David Luiz has been ruled out for four weeks and midfielder Thiago Motta for ten days after the pair sustained injuries in the weekend Ligue 1 match against Marseille.

Yeovil Town acting manager Terry Skiverton says some of the players who lost 4-0 to Fleetwood on Monday will never play for the League One team again.

The Glovers are 13 points from safety with five matches remaining and are almost certain to suffer a second consecutive relegation.

"This was last chance saloon," Skiverton told BBC Spotlight. "The doors have finally swung and now there are a few people in that team that will not be able to get back into the doors of Yeovil Town."

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Russian Premier League side Torpedo Moscow will play two home games in an empty stadium in what is their fourth racism-related punishment this season.

The Russian Football Union said Torpedo fans displayed a Nazi symbol during Sunday's 3-1 win at Arsenal Tula.

The punishment will take place in May, as Torpedo's next two home games are already set to be behind closed doors.

That follows an incident in which fans abused Zenit St. Petersburg striker Hulk with monkey chants.

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Ipswich striker Luke Varney says Town's players "let themselves down" in Monday's 2-1 loss at Huddersfield.

Varney's first goal for the club could not prevent a defeat that left Ipswich eighth in the Championship, three points outside the play-off places with five games left.

"We didn't do ourselves justice," the 32-year-old told BBC Radio Suffolk. "We knew we needed to do a lot more and we've let ourselves down."

Time to change tack on today's Get Involved topic.

After last night's impressive victory for Crystal Palace, Eagles manager Alan Pardew has been praised to the rafters in many quarters.

But does he deserve to be named Manager of the Season? Should Jose Mourinho or Garry Monk get the nod? Or is there a more deserving candidate elsewhere?

Let us know via the usual channels: on Twitter at #bbcsportsday, via the BBC Sport Facebook page,, external or text us on 81111.

New British number two Aljaz Bedene's match against Argentine Maximo Gonzalez has started.

Bedene, who switched allegiance from Slovenia to Britain last month, survived a break point in the third game and leads 2-1 with the match going to serve.

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Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has backed misfiring forward Neymar, who has not scored for the club in La Liga since 15 February.

"I am not worried at all," says Enrique, whose side play Almeria at home on Wednesday. "We are talking about an outstanding player, a top player.

"And from what I see in training I am sure his scoring streak will soon return and he will be back on top form.

"Now he is helping us in a less spectacular way, less visible for you, but he gives the team a lot of things that I consider important."

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Can he get back into the England team? No, not Kevin Pietersen but Essex spinner Monty Panesar.

The 32-year-old has not played for England since December 2013, with his last appearance coming in a defeat against Australia in Melbourne.

"I still want to get back in the England team," he tells Sky Sports. "I feel there is more cricket ahead of me than behind.

"I feel if I put in some hard work, and some strong performances - particularly early in the season - then you never know. The desire is still there."

New British number two Aljaz Bedene is set to take to the court imminently to play Maximo Gonzalez in round one of the Casablanca tour event.

Slovenian-born Bedene, 25, has been a UK resident since 2008 and switched allegiance last month.

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Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has returned a £16,000 watch given to him by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

The commemorative gifts were handed out by one of the CBF's sponsors to various people at the 2014 World Cup, including 28 members of Fifa's executive committee.

"Mr Greg Dyke has returned the CBF Parmigiani watch," read a Fifa statement.

"As a consequence, the adjudicatory chamber of the Fifa Ethics Committee has decided to close the proceedings in respect of a possible breach of the Fifa code of ethics."

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The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou, has called for the organisation's 54 members to vote for Sepp Blatter in the Fifa presidential election in May.

Blatter is the current incumbent and is going for a fifth term in his role but faces competition from Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan, Dutch Football Association President Michael van Praag and former Portugal international Luis Figo.

"His action in favour of Africa speaks for him. To us, he is still the man of the situation," Cameroonian Hayatou said at the start of CAF's two-day general assembly in Cairo.

Portsmouth pair Ryan Taylor and Nyron Nosworthy say they want to be at the club next season.

Forward Taylor, 26, is out of contract in the summer while defender Nosworthy, 34, is on loan from Blackpool.

Asked after their 2-1 win over Plymouth if he hoped for a new contract, Taylor told BBC Radio Solent: "Definitely.

"You only have to look at the result and the fans were loving it, 16,000 fans. It's unknown in League Two, why would I want to play anywhere else?"

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BBC Radio 5 live's Pat Murphy: "West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace will only sell the club if a deal can be done early in the summer - otherwise any talks will be put on hold for at least another year.

"Groups from China and the USA are believed to be interested in buying the club, with Peace asking for £150m.

"Peace is keen that the process does not drag on, so that the club can plan properly in the summer transfer window.

"Manager Tony Pulis is expected to be part of any new structure."

Crystal Palace co-chairman Steve Parish has no immediate plans to sell the Premier League club, but says talks are ongoing with an interested party.

The Eagles were linked with a takeover by American billionaire Josh Harris late last year.

Parish says they only need investment in order to improve Selhurst Park.

"The only reason for us to get money in is to improve the infrastructure. There is no rush and we are in a good place. If it happens, it happens," Parish told BBC London 94.9.

Today we're asking you for your opinion on this season's title race: is it done and dusted, or could Chelsea still be caught? Here's a selection of what you've been saying...

Jordan Rollinson:, external If Chelsea win their game in hand, they could get a draw in the last 7 matches and still win the title.

Daniel Farren:, external Mathematically nothing's set in stone, the unexpected could yet happen. United's next 2 games could change it all.

Isle of Bass:, external With Costa out it could hamper Chelsea, theirs to lose. Top four will finish with said teams but the final order will be interesting.

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Could Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani replace Robin van Persie at Manchester United this season?

That's the scenario being reported by the Daily Mirror,, external who say that Louis van Gaal is ready to listen to offers for his fellow Dutchman.

Cavani has scored eight goals in 28 appearances for PSG this season.

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Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale has a foot problem and could miss Wednesday's La Liga game at Rayo Vallecano.

If the Wales international is out it could mean James Rodriguez and Isco starting rather than just one of them.

"We have had a problem with Bale, who has a knock on the left foot," says Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti.

"Both [James and Isco] could play because they have played together many times. It is not a debate about Isco or James but a debate about a squad in very good shape."

Let's dish out a few Happy Birthday messages, shall we. So today's recipients are:

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Dennis Amiss - the former England opening batsman and ex-Warwickshire chief executive is 72.

Franck Ribery - the Bayern Munich and former France winger is 32.

Suzann Pettersen - the two-time major winner in golf from Norway is 34.

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Today we take to you back to 2012, when on this day, 7 April, the Boat Race was dramatically halted when a protester swam between the crews.

The race was subsequently restarted and won by Cambridge. Protester Trenton Oldfield was later jailed for six months for causing a public nuisance.

This year's Boat Race takes place on Saturday. The women's race starts at 1650 BST and the men's at 1750 BST, and you can follow both live across the BBC.