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The live text commentaries on Chelsea v Leicester and Real Madrid v Almeria are just under way. Enjoy.

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Salford Red Devils are considering registering retired assistant coaches Martin Gleeson and Ian Watson for their Super League game against Hull FC.

With up to 15 players potentially out for the game on Friday through suspension or injury, Salford had a request to postpone the game rejected.

Former centre Gleeson, 34, retired while ex-scrum-half Watson, 38, played for Swinton last June.

"It's something we've internally discussed," boss Iestyn Harris said.

England would benefit from a mid-season warm-up, to match New Zealand's Anzac Test with Australia, going into November's Test series says international half-back Kevin Brown.

Steve McNamara's side play France on 24 October in their only friendly match.

The Kiwis, in contrast, have Friday's Test against Australia and then take on Leeds on 23 October.

Brown told the Super League Show: "That will only harden them for the end of the season, we need something similar."

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Real Madrid have named 16-year-old Martin Odegaard on the bench for tonight's La Liga meeting with Almeria.

The Norwegian, who moved to the Bernabeu from Stromgodset in January, will become the club's youngest-ever player if he makes it onto the pitch.

Second-placed Real are two points behind leaders Barcelona with five matches remaining.

Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson has joined three Scottish Premiership bosses on the PFA Scotland manager of the year shortlist.

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Celtic's Ronny Deila, Inverness manager John Hughes and Derek McInnes of Aberdeen make up the four-man list.

Stat attack....

• Victory would see Leicester claim five consecutive top-flight wins for the first time since 1964.

• The Foxes have claimed 14 points from a possible 27 when fielding January signing Robert Huth.

• Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 13 top-flight matches (W9, D4).

• PFA Player of the Year Eden Hazard has created 88 goalscoring chances in this season's Premier League, more than any other player.

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Amir Khan admits that has fallen victim to his own complacency in the past but has vowed that there will no mistakes when he faces American Chris Algieri on 29 May.

Khan could be in line to face the winner of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's mega-fight or a lucrative domestic match-up with Kell Brook if he wins.

Khan has won his last four fights after suffering back-to-back defeats to Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia in December 2011 and July 2012 respectively.

"I made that a mistake a long time ago when I looked past a fight, and I cannot make that mistake this time around," Khan told Talksport., external

"One punch can change a fight and it's all about focussing on what is in front of me. If I win this fight in style it will put me in a great position for a mega-fight."

John McGinn is unlikely to play in the "next few" St Mirren matches following a much-publicised freak training-ground injury.

Club captain Steven Thompson admitted he was "mortified" after hurling a spiked pole during a training session which pierced McGinn's thigh.

St Mirren are seven points adrift at the bottom of the table with four games remaining.

A statement released on St Mirren's official website read: "Following John McGinn's training ground accident last week which has been well documented, John went for an MRI scan yesterday. The results would indicate that it is unlikely that John will feature in the next few SPFL Premiership matches."

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Adam Gemili has said he faces a tough challenge to make Britain's squad for this year's World Championships because of the quality of British sprinting.

The European 200m champion, 21, is among a crop being called the golden generation of British sprinting.

"Sprinting in Britain is at another level right now," he told BBC Sport. "I've got to make the British team first before thinking of the World Championships but once I do that I'll aim for a medal, aim for the top."

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Inter Milan want to join the race to sign Palermo striker Paulo Dybala - a reported target for Chelsea and Arsenal - according to vice-president Javier Zanetti.

"If we have only the slightest chance to sign him, we will go for it," Zanetti told Goal., external

"But we have to be realistic. We must respect the Financial Fair Play."

Zanetti added that striker Mauro Icardi - whose current deal runs until June 2018 - is close to signing a new deal with the club. The 22-year-old has scored 18 goals in 31 Serie A appearances this term.

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Southampton want to be playing in the Champions League within five years, says executive director Les Reed.

The Saints sit seventh in the table and have already broken their Premier League record points total despite the exit of ex-boss Mauricio Pochettino and several players last summer.

Reed said: "We'd like to think we have the structure to [reach the Champions League] in the next five years. But it's important to be established as a top-six club over that period."

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Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas wants to join Arsenal reports the Sun,, external adding that such a move may spell the end of Manchester United's hopes of keeping David De Gea from moving to the Bernabeu.

Stuart Bingham wins the final frame of the session to level up at 8-8 in his world championship quarter-final against Ronnie O'Sullivan.

O'Sullivan, a five-time champion, had trailed 6-3 earlier in the session though so perhaps he will take it as a good afternoon's work overall.

Toulon's Drew Mitchell says not picking club-mate Steffon Armitage in England's World Cup squad because it might harm morale would be a "cop-out".

The Toulon flanker, 29, cannot play for England while based in France.

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But overseas-based men can be picked under "exceptional circumstances" - meaning he could yet join the squad.

Speaking about the fears over morale, Australia wing Mitchell said: "I think that would be a real shame if they used that as an excuse not to pick him."

Watford are set to open talks over the future of head coach Slavisa Jokanovic.

The 46-year-old Serb is out of contract at the end of the season and has yet to agree a new deal despite guiding the Hornets to promotion.

Jokanovic, who is reportedly a target for Sunderland, took the reins at Vicarage Road in October after a chaotic start to the season which saw predecessors Beppe Sannino, Oscar Garcia and Billy McKinlay leave for various reasons.

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2005 world champion Shaun Murphy is through to the last four of the 2014 tournament, beating Anthony McGill 13-8.

The Englishman will play either Barry Hawkins or Neil Robertson next. Their match - currently delicately poised 8-7 in Hawkins' favour - will play to a conclusion this evening.

Live coverage of all the day's quarter-finals is available on the BBC Sport website.

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Oli, Birmingham, via text: Darren Bent and Shefki Kuqi at Ipswich, circa 2004. Classic big man/fast man partnership almost got us promoted.

The season-opening Australian Grand Prix has been pushed back two weeks in 2016, organisers have announced.

The race on 3 April will mean the latest start to a Formula 1 season since 1988, when the Brazilian GP was held on the same date.

Organisers of the race in Melbourne's Albert Park said the event would have an earlier start time than recently.

Moving the event back will compress the F1 calendar, which in 2015 has a number of large gaps between races.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has gone ahead in his World Snooker Championship quarter-final with Stuart Bingham for the first time since winning the opening frame.

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The Rocket is 8-7 up and has a good chance to extend his advantage - Bingham has just missed a pot on 37 allowing Ronnie to the table with the balls well spread.

This is starting to look a little worrying for Bingham fans.

If you're in the Manchester area, and a cricket fan, you could do worse than nip to Old Trafford.

Lancashire CC have just tweeted , externalthis:

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Lancashire, facing Kent in the County Championship division two, are chasing 104 with just over an hour of play remaining.

Could get exciting.