So that brings our time together to a close, for now.

But allow me to mark your card on what else is flying around over in our neck of the ether.

England are 119-4 on the opening day of their third Test against West Indies in Barbardos. Head over here for live text commentary.

Snooker's World Championship continues at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, with Barry Hawkins to resume his semi-final 3-13 down on Shaun Murphy. You can watch that here, very soon.

And we'll also have a live text commentary of Celtic's match at home to Dundee in the Scottish Premiership, with coverage to begin at 19:15 BST.

Plenty more sport tomorrow of course too. We'll see you again very soon.

And speaking of Bale, a reminder of one of the big transfer speculation stories of the day.

The Daily Telegraph has Manchester United preparing a £100m deal to sign the Real Madrid forward, external at the end of the season. Bale, 25, cost Real £85.3m when he joined from Tottenham in September 2013.

Where's the money going to come from you say? Well what about a world-record £750 million kit deal with Adidas, and a return to the Champions League?

And as ever, you can catch up with all of the best gossip from today over here.

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As if the conclusion of the Football League season this weekend wasn't enough, Tuesday and Wednesday see the return of the Champions League at the semi-final stage.

OK there aren't any British teams involved (nor were there in the quarter-finals by the way) but Real Madrid's Welsh forward Gareth Bale should be fit to play against Juventus in Turin on Tuesday.

Manager Carlo Ancelotti says Bale has already returned to training with the squad and should be fit to play Sevilla on Saturday.

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And by contrast not one Rangers player has been voted into the PFA Scotland Championship team of the year.

Six members of Hearts' title-winning side are included, with three from Hibs, who are favourites to clinch second spot, and one from each of Queen of the South and Falkirk.

Championship XI: Neil Alexander (Hearts), David Gray (Hibs), Alim Ozturk (Hearts), Danny Wilson (Hearts), Lewis Stevenson (Hibs); Jamie Walker (Hearts), Morgaro Gomis (Hearts), Scott Allan (Hibs); Osman Sow (Hearts), Gavin Reilly (QoS), Rory Loy (Falkirk).

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Six Celtic players have been named in the PFA Scotland Premiership team of the year. Second-placed Aberdeen provide two players, while Inverness, Dundee United and Dundee each have one representative.

Premiership XI: Craig Gordon (Celtic); Shay Logan (Aberdeen), Jason Denayer (Celtic), Virgil van Dijk (Celtic), Graeme Shinnie (Inverness CT); Stuart Armstrong (Celtic), Scott Brown (Celtic), Stefan Johansen (Celtic); Nadir Ciftci (Dundee Utd), Adam Rooney (Aberdeen), Greg Stewart (Dundee).

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Residents of a Philippine island have been urged to switch off electrical appliances on Sunday to ensure they will have enough power to watch Manny Pacquiao's fight against Floyd Mayweather.

The island of Palawan has recently been suffering from daily power shortages and there are concerns about interruptions to the televised bout in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao has been elected to the Philippine Congress and is one of the most famous and popular figures in the Asian country, inspiring almost religious devotion among some of his fans.

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Wigan manager Gary Caldwell is hopeful Jermaine Pennant will stay at the club despite relegation to League One.

The 32-year-old former Arsenal, Birmingham, Liverpool and Stoke winger joined on short-term deal in February.

Caldwell said: "I have spoken to Jermaine. Since he's come in he's been absolutely brilliant in terms of his attitude, work ethic and personality. We want to keep him, we have made an offer to him. Hopefully we can get that done soon."

Last week, Pennant tweeted: "If we do go down I couldn't see anything better then being a part of getting back up under Caldwell."

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Meanwhile, Brentford manager Mark Warburton says his own future remains unresolved, despite his having led the club to the brink of the Championship play-offs a year after promotion from League One.

The 52-year-old will leave Griffin Park at the end of the season, even if the Bees win promotion to the Premier League - although they will have to leapfrog Derby into sixth on Saturday to be in with a chance.

"I've thought about my future but don't know where it is going to come," he told BBC London 94.9.

"All we can do is go as hard as we can, finish as high as we can and hope after the final kick of the season that the phone rings. It's as simple as that."

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Watford head coach Slavisa Jokanovic has been laying down the law at Vicarage Road, telling his players to remain focussed on beating Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday and securing the Championship title.

The Hornets won promotion to the top flight last weekend but Jokanovic said it would be "silly" to miss out on first place to Bournemouth, who trail by one point.

"We are obligated to start celebrations after the game on Saturday not before," he told BBC Three Counties Radio.

"Right now we need to concentrate, it would be silly when we still have the chance to lift some silverware."

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This weekend is the final round of fixtures in the Football League and there's still plenty to be decided.

Ipswich, Derby, Brentford and Wolves will be scrapping for the two remaining Championship play-off berths, Preston and MK Dons are competing for second and automatic promotion behind Bristol City in League One, while one of Southend, Bury and Wycombe can still go up from League Two.

That's not even mentioning that dreaded word at this stage of the season - relegation.

Head over here for a full run-down of all the potential ups and downs and comings and goings in England and Scotland. Although if you read it all in one sitting you may well need a lie down afterwards.

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In his latest column with The Independent,, external former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has been lifting the lid (so to speak) on Paul Pogba's departure from the Old Trafford club.

Just to recap, Pogba, 22, left United following the expiry of his contract to join Serie A club Juventus in 2012. He's since become a mainstay for his native France, and is widely regarded as one of the hottest talents in football.

"The understanding in the dressing room was that Paul's advisers just asked for too much money," says Scholes, who goes on to wonder whether his own decision to continue with United may have affected the youngsters decision to leave.

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Spanish world champion Marc Marquez was never going to let a broken finger slow him down now was he?

The 22-year-old placed third in Friday's practice session ahead of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, despite riding with a titanium plate in his hand.

"It hurts a lot but at least I can put in the laps," he said. "We'll see if tomorrow it is better and doesn't swell up."

Championship leader Valentino Rossi ended the day in 13th as Jorge Lorenzo dominated the two sessions in Jerez.

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Even a dabbler like myself can tell you table tennis is all about the winning. None of this tiki-taka ping pong nonsense.

But the question is, who would you back out of Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois and Cesar Azplilcueta? Surely the Belgian stopper for the extra height? Or would Azplilcueta have the gravity distribution advantage?

Find out by watching this video on John Terry's Instagram page., external Who said Chelsea were boring eh?

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Bournemouth's Harry Arter says making absolutely certain of promotion at Charlton, the club who released him as a teenager, will be a "fairytale ending".

Only defeat at The Valley, a Middlesbrough win over Brighton and a highly unlikely goal difference swing can deny the Cherries a place in the top flight - and even then they would have a second chance via the play-offs.

"It's nice to go back to where you start and go back on a high," Arter told BBC Radio Solent.

Welshman Geraint Thomas is also taking part in Tour de Romandie - instead of the Yorkshire equivalent, where Team Sky's Lars Petter Nordhaug claimed victory on the opening stage in sunny Scarborough earlier today.

Bad call, big chap...

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Stefan Kung claims victory at a rain-soaked fourth stage of the Tour de Romandie. The Swiss 21-year-old broke clear with a daring effort around 25km from the line to finish 38 seconds ahead of Jan Bakelants of Belgium, with Bertjan Lindeman of Netherlands third.

Race leader Michael Albasini finished in the main bunch alongside Britons Chris Froome and Simon Yates, who remain third and fourth overall respectively.

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Nigeria are aiming to make history at the 2018 World Cup by becoming the first African team ever to reach the semi-finals.

"All efforts we are building now are geared towards getting Nigeria to play the semi-finals in Russia," Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick told BBC Sport.

"We have the manpower to do that. The talent in Nigeria is amazing."

The three-time African champions have reached the last 16 in three of their five World Cup appearances, and were knocked out by France in the last 16 in 2014.

The England players are tucking in to their cucumber sandwiches over in Barbados after losing three wickets in the opening session of the third Test against West Indies.

England 71-3 (25 overs) after winning the toss

Batsmen: Cook 31 from 83 balls, Root 19 from 16

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Trott 0), 38-2 (Ballance 18), 38-3 (Bell 0)

Bowling figures: Taylor 7-4-17-0, Gabriel 4-1-6-1, Holder 6-1-15-2, Samuels 6-1-18-0, Permaul 2-0-15-0

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A reminder you can follow full coverage with our live text commentary by clicking here.

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Blackpool explain their decision to temporarily remove a statue of club legend Stan Mortensen, external as relating to "safety reasons".

Fans of the club, recently relegated from the Championship, have been angered by a move they claim was made to thwart a demonstration on Saturday.

Fans' groups had planned to lay memorabilia at the statue of former England and Blackpool striker Mortensen outside the ground as part of a protest against club owner Karl Oyston.

In an email sent to Blackpool parliamentary candidate Gordon Marsden, the club says the statue has only been removed "temporarily" and will be put back in place on Tuesday.

You've heard the predictions (if not click here), now hear from the man himself - Manny Pacquiao has been speaking ahead of Saturday's super-fight with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas.

"The feeling of the killer instinct and the focus that I had years ago is back," Pacquiao says. "Every time I've been the underdog, like against Oscar De La Hoya, it's a different feeling and I'm so glad that it's back.

"I haven't felt like this in my recent few fights, but now I feel different. I want to make this fight for my boxing legacy. I want to win, that's my goal."