Some entertaining matches going on at Ponds Forge in Sheffield as the players battle it in qualifying out to reach the main stages of the World Championship.

Six-time runner-up Jimmy White leads Matt Selt 5-2, while Belgian Luca Brecel is on the comeback trail, winning three in-a-row to trail Andrew Higginson 5-3.

Kurt Maflin leads six-times champion Steve Davis 5-0, while Robert Milkins, Robin Hull and Gary Wilson all lead.

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Nico Rosberg was not a happy with team-mate Lewis Hamilton's tactics during the China Grand Prix and let the world know after coming in second to his Mercedes team-mate in Sunday's race.

Talks have now taken place to smooth things over and Rosberg says: "It was very intense after the race, but we had a very good sit-down and a good discussion.

"There was a lot of constructive criticism and now for everyone it is a thing of the past. We move on to Bahrain."

With Manchester City's league title defence in tatters and the club set to end the season without a trophy, we're asking whether their manager Manuel Pellegrini should stay or go?

Let us know via Twitter using #bbcsportsday and via the BBC Sport Facebook page. Here are some of your replies...

Paul Smith: He should be able to rebuild this summer. Did United sack Fergie when they didn't win a title or trophy one year? You need stability at a club. But the way things are in football now, he will probably be sacked, and whoever they get in will be gone next season unless they win the title or champs league, if they even qualify...

Paul Farwell: It's time that the players started to take some responsibility. I think this City team will be broken up now

Kirsty Munn: I will be very surprised if they keep him, I don't agree with managers getting the sack all the time however he hasn't got the best out of the players. We need to strengthen our defence and get some players in, look at the team yesterday and in the second half, there was no passion.

Phil McNulty
BBC chief football writer

"The odd contribution apart, this has been a season of under-achievement for a gifted individual who should contribute so much more than he does. This has mirrored City's season and it may be patience has run out."

Verdict: Served his purpose at City and would not be a huge loss if a good fee can be recouped.

Who is Phil talking about? Find out by reading more here.

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This is an interesting one... The French state railway company SNCF has called for police action against cyclists in the Paris-Roubaix spring classic who crossed tracks with a safety barrier down, seconds before a high speed train arrived.

The incident happened at a crossing in northern France during Sunday's race.

The SNCF has issued a statement calling for "several riders" to be prosecuted for acting "against all safety rules". Race organisers have said the seven riders could not stop in time.

"Millions of television viewers saw live this extremely serious and irresponsible action which could have been tragic," said SNCF.

Watch the video of the dramatic incident

Wales captain Sam Warburton says Cardiff Blues will need to be at their best to beat Welsh rivals Ospreys in the Pro12 at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, 25 April.

Flanker Warburton, 26, was skipper as 10th-placed Blues were thrashed 36-17 away in Glasgow on Friday.

Title challengers Ospreys won 33-13 away at Italian side Treviso.

"It's going to take a huge performance to get a result - one of our best of the season," said Warburton.

Chelsea will face Manchester City in the semi-finals of the FA Women's Cup.

The Blues, who currently sit top of Women's Super League One, knocked out holders Arsenal on Sunday, while City beat 2012 winners Birmingham City.

In the other tie, last year's beaten finalists Everton, the lowest-ranked side left in the competition, will face WSL 1 side Notts County.

Everton beat third-tier Charlton on penalties in their quarter-final, while Notts County thrashed Aston Villa 5-1.

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With Manchester City's league title defence in tatters and the club set to end the season without a trophy, we're asking whether their manager Manuel Pellegrini should stay or go?

Let us know via Twitter using #bbcsportsday and via the BBC Sport Facebook page. Here are some of your replies...

henry brittain: I'd give Pellegrini one more year, then get Pep when his contract at Bayern runs out.

George Powell: Pellegrini won the title last season, players like Mangala need time to settle in. Pellegrini to stay.

Myles: No-one wants to play for MCFC the way players want to play for Liverpool & MUFC. They need players who actually support City.

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There's a lot of focus on the Manchester City players for their part in the club's recent poor form and their performance in the 4-2 derby loss to Manchester United on Sunday.

Asked if the players were still playing for City boss Manuel Pellegrini, BBC Sport football pundit Phil Neville tells MOTD3: "I think they are.

"The problem I see with Man City is that everyone keeps seeing it in the big games, tactically they get it wrong. They play 4-4-2, they get outnumbered in midfield, everybody sees it but they haven't changed it.

"For a period in the game on Sunday they did, they played James Milner in midfield, they looked solid, they looked like they were strong, and then they lose a goal.

"All of a sudden they get ragged, they lose their discipline, they lose their shape and, for me, that's the biggest worry, that under extreme pressure and when things go wrong they folded a little bit and if I was Pellegrini I'd be really concerned about that."

Jimmy White is keeping alive his hopes of not only reaching the World Championship but finally winning it too as he leads Matt Selt 4-1 in the best-out-of-19 qualifier.

Not such good news for Steve Davis, as he is 4-0 down to Norway's Kurt Maflin and Belgian Luca Brecel is 5-0 down to Andrew Higginson.

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Eve Muirhead's rink secured their second grand slam triumph of the season by winning the Players' Championship in Toronto.

Muirhead, along with Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams and Sarah Reid, defeated Russian skip Anna Sidorova's rink 4-2 in Sunday's final.

"It's been a season of inconsistencies but we just really dug in," said Sloan. "It showed that we are a strong side and that we're here to compete."

This Players' Championship crown adds to Team Muirhead's win at the Colonial Square Ladies Classic in November.

Guernsey FC have underachieved this season according to manager Tony Vance.

The Green Lions went down 1-0 at home to Hythe Town in their penultimate game at Footes Lane to stay 10th in the Isthmian League Division One South.

"We had some good possession but didn't do the right things to break them down and when we did break them down we weren't ruthless enough," Vance told BBC Radio Guernsey.

"That's why we've finished where we have, we've underachieved this season."

The four names left in the pot have been drawn, and here is how they line up:

Chelsea Ladies v Manchester City Women

Everton Ladies v Notts County Ladies.

Ties to be played on Sunday 3 May

With Manchester City's league title defence in tatters and the club set to end the season without a trophy, we're asking whether their manager Manuel Pellegrini should stay or go?

Let us know via Twitter using #bbcsportsday and via the BBC Sport Facebook page. Here are some of your replies...

James McShannock: Outplayed, outmanoeuvred, outscored, outsung, simply United.

Andy Gaffney: Pellegrini should be given more time to rebuild, another manager and more money isn't the answer here

Sadiq Faruk: Can't operate on a Chelsea-like basis, patience is key, only closing in on our first title in five years Pellegrini needs time

More on the departure of Portsmouth manager Andy Awford...

The 42-year-old, a former Pompey defender, replaced Richie Barker in March 2014 and won five out of six games, with the other drawn, to steer Pompey to League Two safety.

But this season has been more of a struggle for the 2008 FA Cup winners and their minimal League Two play-off hopes were ended by a 3-1 defeat at Morecambe on Saturday.

In a statement, Pompey said: "The club would like to place on record their sincere thanks for Andy's efforts - his service to Pompey is immeasurable."

Andy Awford has left his position as Portsmouth manager by mutual consent with the club 14th in League Two.

Assistant manager Gary Waddock has been placed in temporary charge until the end of the season with four games left of the current campaign.

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A lovely tribute for Phillip Hughes. Nepal's record breaking climber Chhurim Sherpa is to climb Mount Everest and raise the Australian's bat to the heavens at the point where the earth meets the sky.

It is symbolic as it will be the culmination of the 'put out your bats' gesture that generated interest around the world in the wake of the cricketer's death in November 2014.

Chhurim entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2012 as the first female mountaineer to successfully scale Mount Everest twice in the same climbing season.

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Kevin Pietersen might be dominating the headlines but England captain Alastair Cook has ordered his side to concentrate on cricket and nothing else as they begin a punishing run of 14 Test matches in 10 months.

Cook's team face West Indies on Monday in the first of three Tests, starting at 15:00 BST, during an uncertain period in English cricket and after a disastrous World Cup.

West Indian batting legend Sir Viv Richards believes it is "a great opportunity to take England down".

But Cook said: "We must concentrate on what we control, which is the cricket."

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Masters champion Jordan Spieth says he is relishing a future rivalry with Rory McIlroy after winning his first major.

Spieth, 21, broke several scoring records in his four-stroke victory over Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson to claim the only major McIlroy is yet to win.

"He's got four majors, something I can only dream about," said Spieth, who finished six shots clear of McIlroy.

"I look forward to getting in the heat of the moment with him a few more times in the near future."

The City Hall of Paris officially backed a likely bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games after a vote by the City Council on Monday.

It is now up to the French National Olympic Committee to formally declare the candidacy before the 15 September deadline.

Paris, which last hosted the Summer Games in 1924, lost bids to stage the 1992, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

Boston, Hamburg and Rome have already launched their bids for the 2024 Games.