Here's an interesting one. Justin Rose deserves to be on the next honours list, or at least that's the argument of the BBC's golf correspondent Iain Carter.

In a fascinating piece on the BBC Sport website today, Carter says Rose is "not only a brilliant golfer, but one of the strongest competitors in the game".

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"Britain should be very proud of a man who has become an exemplary champion; a superb ambassador off the course and a ruthless and feared competitor inside the ropes," adds Carter.

"That it has not been formally recognised appears an erroneous anomaly in need of correction."

Guess we will discover in time if anyone on-high is reading...

After being without a sponsor for the last two seasons, things could be set to change in Scottish Football next season.

the Scottish Premier Football League have told BBC Scotland that "talks are ongoing" to secure a new backer for the four divisions.

They say they are "hopeful of an announcement being made in time for next season."

The Clydesdale Bank sponsored the Scottish Premier League up until their contract expired in 2013, electing not to renew their £2m-per year deal.

Roman Abramovich was among the spectators as Chelsea retained the FA Youth Cup with a 5-2 aggregate win over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

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The Blues, who had led 3-1 from the first leg, reached the final by overcoming Tottenham, Newcastle United and Swansea City in a tournament which started with 456 teams in September.

As well as main man Abramovich, the club's technical director Michael Emenalo and chairman Bruce Buck were also in the stands to see under-18 team manager Joe Edwards win the trophy in his first season since stepping up from taking charge of the under-16s.

Some other sporting anniversaries from yesteryear...

1984: Clive Lloyd became the first West Indian to play in 100 Test matches as the fifth Test against Australia got under way in Jamaica.

1998: West Brom terminated the contract of defender Shane Nicholson following his admission of a drugs misconduct charge at a Football Association hearing.

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2006: Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari withdrew from the race to become England manager. Steve McClaren eventually took over following the departure of Sven-Goran Eriksson.

2007: Australia won an historic third cricket World Cup in a row, defeating Sri Lanka by 53 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in Barbados.

It was on this day in 1923 that Bolton and West Ham turned up at Wembley to contest the first ever FA Cup Final.

The official attendance was 126,047 but it is estimated more than 200,000 were in the ground (judging by the photo below, there were even people on the roof).

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Famously, a single policeman on a white horse kept the crowd back from the pitch.

Bolton, by the way, won the game 2-0.

Amid all the footballing joy this morning, there has been some sobering news emerging from Europe.

Belgian footballer Gregory Mertens is in hospital after collapsing during a reserve-team game for his club.

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Belgian newspaper HLN has reported that Mertens, a 24-year-old defender for Sporting Lokeren defender, suffered a cardiac arrest and received CPR on the pitch during the first half of Monday's game with Genk.

Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois and Everton striker Romelu Lukaku, both Belgium internationals, have tweeted their support for Mertens, saying: "Keep fighting Gregory".

"Bournemouth - home to pensioners, piers, pantos and, from next season, Premier League football."

So starts a rather fine feature by BBC Sport's Nabil Hassan, who has taken an in-depth look at the Cherries success and what promotion will mean to the town.

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It includes the thoughts of Gerald Krasner, who was appointed as the man tasked with saving the south coast club when it had debts of around £4m six years ago.

"There was one press conference at 12 o'clock when, at five to 12, I didn't know if I had the money to continue trading," Krasner said. "I came within five minutes of liquidating the club."

Given what's happened since, it's like the script of a Hollywood film. And a particularly corny unbelievable one at that.

Full article here.

Eddie Howe described the club as being "on its knees" six years ago.

"We had nothing. A group of supporters put their money in their pockets to keep the club alive and they are reaping the rewards," said Bournemouth's hugely-respected young manager.

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"It is the club I watched as a kid, the club that gave me an opportunity in the game as a player and a manager.

"It shouldn't be them thanking me, it should be me thanking them. It is a family club and deserves its moment in the sun."

Howe, 37, became manager six years when he had to quit playing following a serious injury.

All hail Bournemouth. Talk about fairytale stuff.

The Cherries were at the foot of League Two six years and so hard-up they were in danger of going out of business.

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Fast forward to this morning and they are celebrating promotion to the Premier League, for the first time in the club's history, and a £130m windfall. Wowzers.

Eddie Howe's side secured top-flight football in style at Dean Court with a 3-0 win over Bolton, with sparked a joyous pitch invasion at the end of the game.

Read the match report here.

There is also plenty else going on today, including Ronnie O'Sullivan in quarter-final action at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

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He faces Stuart Bingham at the Crucible, with the action starting at 14:30 BST and with coverage across the BBC.

Rotherham play Reading later in the Championship. The Millers can relegate Wigan and Millwall by beating Reading.

Over in League One, Colchester can move out of the relegation zone by beating Swindon.

But first to Bournemouth, after all the Cherries are who everyone is talking about today...

There is a huge game in the Premier League tonight (19:45 BST), when Hull - still in relegation trouble face a Liverpool side whose hopes of Champions League football next season are over.

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Off-the-pitch, the game has already caused a bit of a furore with many Liverpool fans boycotting the match in protest at the cost for away fans at Hull - £50. There are also protests planned at Anfield, Hull and in London.

As for the actual footie, you can follow live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.

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And in the Daily Express... the Newcastle fans who claim they were threatened by manager John Carver have been invited to meet him (oh to be a fly on the wall during that get-together), while the paper also reckons Andrew Strauss is the big favourite to replace Paul Downton as England's new director of cricket.

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Something a bit different in The Mirror, which claims Manchester City are lining up a £30m summer offer for Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere.

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More Mourinho on the moon comments in The Sun, though the most eye-catching story on its back page is a suggestion that Real Madrid may offer Gareth Bale to Chelsea in a swap for Eden Hazard. One to watch perhaps?

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The Guardian reports that the judge who conducted the inquiry into the Bradford City fire - Sir Oliver Popplewell - has defended his initial inquiry into the disaster in which 56 people died. As well as obligatory Bournemouth picture, there is also a story over a possible move in the cricket world to set up a rebel league.

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The growing use of statistics and analysis will lead to "the football they play on the moon", says Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho in The Independent - which comes as a shock as I wasn't aware they had an organised football league on the moon. You learn something new every day.

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Amid all these accusations of being boring, Chelsea gaffer Jose Mourinho claims owner Roman Abramovic loves the way his team play the football. The Daily Star also focuses on Daniel Sturridge's continuing injury problems at Liverpool.

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A bit more Bournemouth in the Daily Mail, plus a cheeky little dig at Arsenal from Chelsea captain John Terry, who says Arsene Wenger's Gunners will never win the title again if they continue playing "tippy-tappy" football - or, as the rest of us call it, attractive, passing football that is pleasing on the eye and great to watch.

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More Cherries talk in The Times...

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All Bournemouth in the Daily Telegraph, a huge picture of the Championship club's promotion success.