Thomas Whelan: Pierre Van Hooijdonk for Forest. Granted, he didn't play the full season! Oh what could have been...

Mark Fawcett: Kevin Phillips - European Golden Boot winner, relegated 3 times, still a legend.

David Whiteside: Dean Ashton for Norwich. Came in in January and almost kept us up despite being favourites to go!

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Martina Hingis has rejoined Switzerland's Fed Cup team after a 17-year absence in a bid to qualify for next year's Olympic Games in Brazil.

The five-time Grand Slam winner, who won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open earlier this year with India's Leander Paes, has been selected for the Switzerland squad for the World Group play-off against Poland on 18-19 April.

Hingis, 34, must play in the women's team competition if she wants to compete in Rio de Janeiro.

The former world number one has not played Fed Cup since the 1998 final in Geneva, which Switzerland lost to Spain.

Fly-half Tim Swiel will rejoin Harlequins from Super Rugby side Sharks on a permanent contract this summer.

The 21-year-old South African spent four months on loan with Quins earlier this season, playing 10 times between October and February.

Swiel, who is England qualified having been born in Taunton, joined Harlequins as cover for the injured Ben Botica.

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Former Portugal midfielder Luis Figo does not believe the Confederation of African Football's claim that all 54 votes from the continent will go to Sepp Blatter in the Fifa presidential elections in May.

Figo, along with Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan and the Dutch football association president Michael van Praag, is standing against current incumbent Blatter.

"I feel there's a lot of respect for CAF among all the African federations but I'm positive that (CAF president) Mr (Issa) Hayatou did not speak in the name of the 54 members of the confederation.

"Even when he (Hayatou) announced he would support Blatter, we could notice a difference from past congresses when a statement like that normally is followed by a standing ovation.

"This time we heard just a normal applause, which confirms my idea that a lot of African countries understand and agree with the need to change for the better of everyone, especially the national associations."

Adam Kenney: John Hartson

Daryl Demetriou: 2003/04 - Mark Viduka, Alan Smith and Les Ferdinand all relegated whilst scoring more than enough for Leeds and Leicester

alfie inkster: Surely Charlie Austin if QPR get relegated?

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Worry not, for you can still purchase a quarter-pounder at your local takeaway, but Saracens flanker Jacques Burger has been cited for alleged foul play during last Sunday's European Champions Cup quarter-final game against Racing Metro in Paris.

European Professional Club Rugby said that Burger is alleged to have struck Racing scrum-half Maxime Machenaud midway through the match at Stade Yves-du-Manoir, which Saracens won 12-11.

The complaint was made by match citing commissioner Eugene Ryan and Namibia international Burger, 31, will face a disciplinary hearing on Thursday.

He could now miss the Champions Cup semi-final against Clermont Auvergne in Saint Etienne on 18 April.

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British skipper Sam Davies is "happy to be in one piece" after a gruelling fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Team SCA, the first all-women crew to enter for 12 years, suffered a series of accidents and problems during the New Zealand-to-Brazil stage.

The team's boat lost its electronics, capsized and hit three objects in the South Atlantic Ocean.

"We made mistakes, we had things go wrong, but we fixed it all," said Davies, after finishing on Tuesday. "We made it to dock and we're in one piece so we're happy."

Abz: Dimitar Berbatov

Danny Lunt: Darren Bent got 15 when Charlton were relegated in 06/07 a season after he scored 22. Led to Spurs splashing out £18m on him

Jake Gable: Still amazes me how a Paolo Di Canio & Jermain Defoe strike pairing couldn't save West Ham from the drop in 2003!

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Welsh referee Nigel Owens has been confirmed as one of the 12 referees for the 2015 Rugby World Cup which kicks off in September.

Owens, 43, is one of 12 referees selected for the tournament along with England's Wayne Barnes and JP Doyle, and South Africa's Craig Joubert who officiated the 2011 final.

Fellow WRU official Leighton Hodges, is one of seven assistant referees named.

The matches they will take charge of have not yet been allocated.

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Here is an interesting one: Paul Sturrock has left his role as an advisor to Conference side Torquay United after just four days in the job.

The former Plymouth boss, 58, was appointed on Sunday after two years out of the game, but has left after being offered a permanent role elsewhere.

"I am very disappointed but we wish Paul the very best of luck in his new job," said vice-chairman Bill Phillips.

But the Torquay board still hope to try and bring in some else to support manager Chris Hargreaves.

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Former world number one Tiger Woods says he has worked "his ass off" to get himself ready for this year's Masters.

The 39-year-old is bidding for his 15th major at Augusta, two months after taking an indefinite break from golf.

Asked how he prepared for his comeback at the Masters, Woods said: "I worked my ass off. That's the easiest way to kind of describe it. I worked hard."

Woods will play in the Masters Par 3 Contest on Wednesday with his two children Sam and Charlie as caddies.

Wisden have voted for their 2014 cricket photograph of the year, and the winner is:

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Dwayne Bravo, of West Indies, catches James Faulkner, of Australia, off the bowling of Krishmar Santokie during the ICC World Twenty20 at Mirpur. The was snapped by Matthew Lewis, who wins £2000 and a copy of the Wisden Almanac featuring their image.

Lovely stuff.

Wisden have voted for their 2014 cricket photograph of the year, and here are the two runners-up:

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Players leave the field at the end of the third day of the Second Test between South Africa and Australia at Port Elizabeth.

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Nurul Hasan, of Bangladesh A, looks on after being bowled by South Africa's Dale Steyn, in a warm-up match for the ICC World Twenty20, at Fatullah

Wisden have voted for their 2014 cricket photograph of the year, and there are some beauties.

Here are three that were in the shortlist:

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With the sun setting behind Mount Wellington, in Hobart, Tasmania, England's Danny Briggs bowls during the first Twenty20 international between Australia and England.

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England's James Anderson leans on his bat after being dismissed by Shaminda Eranga of Sri Lanka, from the penultimate ball of the Second Test, at Headingley. Victory sealed the series for Sri Lanka.

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Australia's twelfth man, Phillip Hughes, walks into the changing-room during day two of the Second Test against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 31 October 2014.

Mike Stretch: Yakubu - 18 goals for Blackburn 2012.... Still couldn't save them from Steve kean

Noel Lynch: John Harston & Craig Bellamy with Coventry City

Stuart Jones: Ravanelli, Di Canio, Owen & Defoe are the outstanding candidates for me

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"Roy Keane has pleaded not guilty over an alleged road-rage incident.

"The former Manchester United midfielder and current Republic of Ireland assistant manager did not attend Trafford Magistrates' Court this morning to hear a charge of a Section 4A Public Order Offence read out.

"His lawyer Virginia Hayton entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

"The court was told the 43-year-old is accused of causing harassment, alarm or distress by using threatening or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour to a taxi driver.

"The case was adjourned until 19 June at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court.

"Chair of the bench Susan Craig said Mr Keane should attend on that date or a trial would go ahead in his absence."

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Swansea striker Bafetimbi Gomis says he will stay at the club next season.

The 29-year-old had indicated in January that it was "possible" he could leave the Premier League outfit but, after enjoying more first-team football since the departure of Wilfried Bony to Manchester City, appears happier with his lot.

"I see myself here next season," Gomis told French sports daily L'Equipe.

"I play more than in the beginning of the season. I'm now very well in Swansea."

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Jenson Button believes McLaren now have their rivals in their sights ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.

The team has endured a difficult start to the season but Button believes the McLaren car's pace is picking up.

"We need and want more downforce to fight with the guys around us, and we still have a lot to do with the power unit, but our basic car is good," he says.

"If you look at our high-speed pace, compared to the Force India and Sauber, then we are much stronger.

"So we're moving in the right direction, and I'm already surprised we are racing cars. It's great to see."

Fit-again Derby County striker Chris Martin hopes their first victory in eight games can revitalise their automatic promotion challenge.

The Rams were a point off top spot in the Championship after Martin was injured in February, but are now fifth in the table, five points adrift of the top two with five games to go.

The 26-year-old's absence coincided with a run of two wins in ten until he scored in Saturday's win at Wigan.

"It hass been difficult for us as players and for those watching, but it can galvanise you," he told BBC Radio Derby.

Steve 'Interesting' Davis has been in the BBC Sport studio in Salford chatting, surprisingly, about snooker.

Asked about his thoughts on the game compared to how it was in his day, the former six-time world champ says "I see it on a more of a worldwide scale than it used to be.

"The game has broken free of the UK. Slowly the game has got footholds in so many different countries now that I think it is truly global. Not America or Japan but a lot of Asia and Europe watches snooker. It's not so dependent on the UK as it used to be.

"The biggest amount of people watching now that we never had before is in Europe. I don't think anybody could have envisaged that countries where there has not historically been any interest in the game like Germany, Bulgaria and Poland have started to like what they see. It's a new sport to them and they are embracing it."