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It is cricket all the way in The Times, which suggests - before the start of the second Test between England and the West Indies - that skipper Alastair Cook needs to find some form quickly if he is to feel secure as captain.

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A bit of a different story adorns The Guardian, a tale asking whether West Ham's deal to move into the Olympic Stadium contravenes European state aid laws. There's also a report that England manager Roy Hodgson will join FA chairman Greg Dyke at Valley Parade for Bradford's last home game of the season, against Barnsley, to honour the 56 people who died in a devastating fire 30 years ago.

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Ron Vlaar is centre of attention in the Daily Express, external The paper claims the Villa skipper wants to stay at the club, saying 'things have changed' since Tim Sherwood took over. Suppose an FA Cup Final at Wembley helps too.

It's a Tuesday, it's like the Costa del Sol outside (apart from the frost on the windscreen this morning), so let's get cracking with another Sportsday.

Plenty going on today, with Barcelona and Bayern Munich in Champions League action and Liverpool the centre of much speculation in the papers (more on Jordan Henderson and Brendan Rodgers shortly).

This man could do with a few runs.

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Alastair Cook - without an international century in 697 days - leads England against the West Indies in a second Test that begins at 15:00 BST.

And the Rocket takes off in Sheffield as Ronnie O'Sullivan begins his quest to win a sixth World Snooker Championship.

First, though, the papers.