Atletico Madrid say they are unaware of a possible transfer embargo after Spanish media reported Fifa were set to bar the club and city rivals Real Madrid from the next two windows.

According to the reports, Fifa have decided to sanction the pair over the transfer of players aged under 18.

"We have no information regarding that," an Atletico spokesman said. "We collaborated with Fifa in the investigation at all times."

Last year, Barcelona were punished for breaching Fifa's rules on the transfer of international players aged under 18. The club is currently serving a 14-month ban and cannot sign players until January 2016.

Rory McIlroy faces a race against time to attend the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao mega-fight on Saturday, if he is still involved in the Match Play Championship in San Francisco.

The quarter-finals are on Saturday and McIlroy could be out on course as late as 19:30 local time - just an hour before the fighters are expected in the ring in Las Vegas.

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McIlroy has tickets for the fight according to PGA.com and will have extra incentive to win his last-eight match in double-quick time.

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Better news if you're a Ronnie O'Sullivan fan.

The Rocket has hit back in Sheffield, winning back-to-back frames to get within a frame of Stuart Bingham at 6-5 down.

Both men are missing pots and it's been scrappy so far. This is set to be a tense affair that looks like it could either way. Best of 25, so first man to 13.

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Surrey's County Championship match against Essex ended as a draw after heavy rain led to a final day washout at The Oval.

After the morning session was lost, umpires Martin Bodenham and Nick Cook inspected the outfield at 14:30 BST.

However, they deemed it was too wet to play and decided to abandon the match with Surrey on 95-2, still 175 runs short of making the visitors bat again.

Surrey have now drawn both their Division Two fixtures, while Essex top the early table with 31 points.

Leicester boss Nigel Pearson has angrily dismissed suggestions he could field a weakened side against Chelsea, in order to be fresh for Saturday's crunch lunchtime game at home to Newcastle.

"I think any questions that intimate there may be a hint of lack of commitment is pretty poor personally, from either side," Pearson said. "I think that is an insult to our professionalism."

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, meanwhile, has defended his team against accusations of being boring after they ground out a goalless draw at Arsenal.

"I am very simple in my analysis. Football is about putting the ball in the net of your opponent and stopping your opponent," he said.

So then, there is one big game of football taking place tonight.

Leicester - a place and a point above the relegation zone - host Chelsea, with Jose Mourinho's men two wins away from claiming the Premier League title.

It is going to be a belter.

Jamie Vardy, David Nugent and Jeffrey Schlupp are doubts for the Foxes but Chris Wood is available after being recalled from a loan spell at Ipswich.

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Diego Costa may be risked for Chelsea - a decision will be made nearer to kick-off - but Loic Remy is again ruled out with a calf problem.

Team news here.

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Scott Borthwick hit an unbeaten 97 as Durham clinched a six-wicket victory against Sussex at Chester-Le-Street.

Requiring just a further 147 runs to reach a target of 262, paceman Ajmal Shahzad (4-86) bowled Michael Richardson for eight in the third over.

Borthwick and Calum MacLeod (26) shared an 83-run fourth-wicket partnership before the latter lofted a cut off Shahzad to Steve Magoffin at third man.

But Borthwick hit successive fours off Oliver Robinson to hand Durham victory.

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Stuart Bingham has taken the opening frame of the afternoon session against Ronnie O'Sullivan and has extended his lead to 6-3.

Maybe Ronnie needs to put some chalk on the table to get himself fired up. We'll keep you updated with how the quarter-final progresses - or, alternatively, you can follow the action here.

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Liverpool's season all but ended last night with a damaging defeat by Hull which effectively ended their hopes of Champions League qualification. Our football writer Phil McNulty has been assessing whether the season has been a failure for Brendan Rodgers and his men. The short answer is yes. For the long answer, have a read of this.

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The Sun, external: Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj, 20, is set to sign a year-long loan deal with Everton at the end of the season.

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England Cricket ‏on Twitter:, external Practice bright & early for England at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

The Welsh Rugby Union has appointed a first woman board member in its 134-year history.

Aileen Richards will retire from her role with multi-national company Mars in the US to fill one of two new independent non-executive director roles, the WRU has announced.

"There is a scene in Apocalypse Now, where Martin Sheen descends into a trench to be greeted by confusion and mayhem among the ranks. "Who's in charge here, soldier?" says Sheen. "Ain't you?!" shoots back a bewildered GI.

"It's a little bit like that here in Las Vegas before Saturday's big fight - somebody must be running the show, but it's difficult to work out whom."

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So starts a rather excellent feature by BBC Sport's Ben Dirs, who is in Vegas ahead of the fight. It's mind-boggling stuff and makes you realise just how much of a circus the whole thing is.

Check it out here.

Ireland have appointed New Zealand's John Bracewell as their new head coach on a deal subject to work permit approval until the end of 2017.

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The former Black Caps player and coach succeeds Phil Simmons, who left his post after eight years with Ireland earlier this year to take charge of West Indies.

Bracewell was the director of cricket at Gloucestershire but he left the county in January.

The audience is settling into its seats at the Crucible and there is an excited buzz around the place.

It can mean only one thing - The Rocket is about to enter the building.

But although he's the crowd favourite, Ronnie O'Sullivan has work to do, finding himself 5-3 behind in his quarter-final against Stuart Bingham.

Coverage here.

The 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year will be held in Belfast on Sunday, 20 December. An 8,000-capacity audience at the city's Odyssey Arena is expected to attend the annual awards show. It will be the first time that Northern Ireland has hosted the event, which first went on the road in 2006.

The programme will reflect on a packed year which includes a Rugby World Cup, Women's Football World Cup and an Ashes series on UK soil.

Lewis Hamilton, above, won the main award last year.

Millwall have appointed Neil Harris as their permanent manager just a day after they were condemned to relegation.

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Harris, the club's all-time record goalscorer, was named interim boss after Ian Holloway was sacked in March but was unable to keep the Lions in the Championship.

However, the improvement in performances since the 37-year-old took over has prompted chairman John Berylson to hand him the job full-time as the club prepares for life in League One.

Wigan's 23-year-old chairman David Sharpe has backed the club to secure promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt.

After Latics' relegation was confirmed following Rotherham's win over Reading, Sharpe told the club's website: "We will bounce back, I want that to be the main message to our fans.

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"Our only target next season is promotion, nothing else will suffice, and the job of rebuilding the club is already well under way."

Dave Whelan handed over the day-to-day running of the club to Sharpe, his grandson, in March.

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"Surprisingly, lots of empty seats inside the Crucible Theatre, considering a former world champion and ex-finalist are in action. They can't be staying away because of ticket prices as sessions for the World Championship are relatively inexpensive.

"For those that are inside, some have dozed off to sleep. But they were quickly awoken as 2010 winner Neil Robertson stroked in a magnificent 130 clearance to level the match against Barry Hawkins at 7-7.

"This one is a great battle and could go all the way, but with Hawkins 8-7 in front, the players have been called off one frame early following a marathon 70-minute frame. They play to a conclusion at 19:00 BST."