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That's your lot for tonight from Sportsday, we'll be back bright and early tomorrow morning.

Remember you can follow live commentary as West Brom host Chelsea at the Hawthorns on the BBC Sport website and listen live on BBC Radio 5 live.

Plus listen to Monday Club on Radio 5 live at 7pm before kick-off and get involved as Mark Chapman asks: Who should Manchester United build their team around next season? Rooney? Carrick? Herrera? Text 85058 or tweet @5liveSport to get involved.

Manchester United's biggest fan?

A South African man whose home was a shrine to Manchester United has fulfilled his dream of watching his team play at Old Trafford.

"I have been saving for this trip for a year so this was worth all the effort," said Jayendran Subramoney, battling tears of joy after Sunday's draw at home to Arsenal.

Can anyone stop them?

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Honda tipped to deliver the goods

Honda will deliver a winning engine despite the slow start to its Formula 1 return, Mercedes' engine boss says.

Honda's engine has been F1's least competitive at the start of the company's new relationship with McLaren this year.

The team are targeting race wins in 2016 and the title with Fernando Alonso, who has a deal until 2017.

Mercedes' Andy Cowell told BBC Sport: "They are McLaren-Honda. They can win world championships."

West Brom v Chelsea (Mon, 20:00 BST)

Some more stats ahead of tonight's Premier League game which is live on Radio 5 live and commentary on the BBC Sport website.

West Brom have lost 17 times so far in all competitions this season (compared to Chelsea's two) - although only five of those defeats have come in the league since Pulis has taken over.

And Jose Mourinho has been very complimentary about his Baggies counterpart in the build-up to tonight's contest.

"If I own an English club, I sign Tony Pulis," Mourinho said. "It's as simple as that - he's a guarantee to achieve what the club wants."

Whether Jose would be that friendly if the title was still at stake is open to debate...

Get involved

BBC Radio 5 live

On Radio 5 live tonight at 7pm, Mark Chapman and the Monday Club will be asking;

Who should Manchester United build their team around next season? Rooney? Carrick? Herrera? Text 85058 or tweet @5liveSport to get involved.

There will also be football discussion, sports news and build-up to West Brom v Chelsea.

Holmes takes legal advice over Smith comments

Sunderland Ladies say defender Abby Holmes is taking legal advice after Arsenal striker Kelly Smith claimed she "intended" to hurt her.

Smith tore three ankle ligaments when tackled by Holmes during a Women's Super League One match last month.

The 36-year-old former England international described the challenge as "malicious" - an allegation the Sunderland player "strongly refutes".

Smith also claimed Holmes was not good enough to play in the top division.

Predict the result

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Think you can predict the West Brom v Chelsea score? Well get involved with our Predictor game.

See if you can beat Mark Lawrenson's guess.

Champions League final ref announced

UEFA has announced Cuneyt Cakir of Turkey will referee the Champions League final between Barcelona and Juventus at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on 6 June.

England's Martin Atkinson will take charge of the Europa League final as defending champion Sevilla plays Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk at the National Stadium in Warsaw on 27 May.

West Brom v Chelsea (Mon, 20:00 BST)

These teams have history.

In November 2013, Eden Hazard scored the most controversial of stoppage-time penalties to salvage a 2-2 draw for Chelsea that - at the time - extended Jose Mourinho's run of home Premier League matches without defeat to 66.

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West Brom's Steven Reid - who earlier announced his retirement from football - was adjudged to have fouled Ramires for what appeared to anyone other than a Chelsea fan to be an innocuous coming-together.

The Baggies will hope to feel a little less aggrieved after tonight's meeting.

The BBC Sport website will have live commentary of the match from 18:30 BST.

Silver for Sansum

Britain's Damon Sansum takes silver at World Taekwondo Championships after losing final 16-3 to Iran's Mahdi Khodabakhshi.

Sansum beat former team-mate and world number one Aaron Cook- now fighting for Moldova - to reach the -80kg world final.

West Brom v Chelsea (Mon, 20:00 BST)

One game tonight in the Premier League. It may be a bit of a dead rubber but here are a few interesting stats.

Tony Pulis has won only one of his 12 Premier League matches as a manager against Chelsea (D2, L9), when his Crystal Palace team won 1-0 at Selhurst Park in March 2014.

Chelsea need one more goal to set a new club Premier League record for most away goals in a season. Their current tally of 37 equals 2004-05.

West Brom have conceded a league-high 20 goals from set pieces this season (including penalties). However, only Arsenal (21) have scored more set-piece goals than the Baggies (20).

Chelsea are unbeaten in 16 league matches (W11, D5) - the longest run in the division this season.

Title celebrations turn violent

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Earlier we brought you news of Benfica retaining the Portuguese title.

But the celebrations in Lisbon on Sunday evening turned violent as they were marred by clashes between supporters and police.

Naiyaravoro signs for Glasgow

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Glasgow Warriors have signed Fijian winger Taqele Naiyaravoro from Super Rugby champions New South Wales Waratahs on a three-year deal.

The 6ft 5in, 19 stone former rugby league player swapped codes last year.

The 23-year-old can play on the wing or at centre and will join the Warriors at the end of the current Super Rugby season, subject to obtaining a visa and passing a medical.

Ings "upset" by social media abuse

Burnley's Danny Ings says he has been upset by abuse he has received on Twitter.

Boss Sean Dyche said he expects the striker to leave the club in the summer when his contract ends.

"I got a small minority of people sending abusive tweets," said Ings. "That [the abuse] did upset me a little bit because of everything this club means to me and what we've been through together."

Stop the clocks

A stopwatch used to time Roger Bannister's first four-minute mile has sold for £20,000 at auction.

Sir Roger, now 86, made his run at Oxford's Iffley Road track on 6 May 1954, when he was 25.

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Used by timekeeper WJ Burfitt, the watch was expected to attract bids between £5,000 and £8,000.

A collection of autographs and pictures from four-minute mile athletes, also including Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway, were sold for £420.

Bournemouth will not increase capacity

Premier League-bound Bournemouth have confirmed they will not be expanding the Goldsands Stadium for their first season in the top flight.

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The Cherries had looked into increasing their 11,700 capacity for next term, which will be the smallest ground in the top flight.

However, with other requirements needed to improve the stadium, the club have decided against increasing capacity.

Gloucestershire make steady start

BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Bob Hunt at Bristol:

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"With 67 overs to be bowled after a late start and Gloucestershire, on the back of two successive away wins, have made a steady if unspectacular start.

"They are without Will Tavare who is ill, but Iain Cockbain was pulled out of a second XI match to take his place and is still there, unbeaten on 20 at tea.

"Chris Dent and Gareth Roderick are out, falling to Calum Haggett and Darren Stevens respectively."

Uefa to rethink rules

This is likely to frustrate Man City fans. The financial fair play rules that saw the Blues handed a huge fine by Uefa last season are set to be relaxed.

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In an interview with French radio station RTL, Uefa president Michel Platini said FFP was "working well" but would be "eased" this summer.

This followed a report in Le Parisien newspaper on Sunday that said "significant changes" are on the table.

Manchester City and Paris St Germain were fined last year for breaching FFP.

Glamorgan look to rebuild

BBC Essex's Nick Gledhill at Cardiff:

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"Glamorgan made steady progress on a bright and blustery afternoon after play began at 1.40 with James Foster, captain of injury-hit Essex, inviting the home side to bat.

"Jamie Porter removed James Kettleborough for one, in-form Will Bragg was adjudged lbw to Graham Napier for 17 and Colin Ingram was caught behind off Ryan Ten Doeschate for 26.

"Jacques Rudolph will resume unbeaten on 32 with the day evenly poised."

Koeman approach impresses McMenemy

Former Southampton boss Lawrie McMenemy believes last summer's appointment of Ronald Koeman as manager was a "masterstroke" by the club.

Saints are currently seventh in the table, but could finish as high as fifth - which would be the club's highest Premier League finish.

The money was there and he used it very wisely and brought in players he obviously knew," McMenemy, 78, told BBC South Today. "It's all to do with the management in the end, and he got them in and got the best out of them, and we can look forward with hope that we can do even better."

McMenemy was manager of Saints in the 1980s. Here's how Ronald looked back then...

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Rain prevents play at Northampton

There will be no play today in the County Championship Division Two game between Northants and Surrey.

The decision was taken following an extended 15:30 BST inspection at Wantage Road.

Play is now ongoing in the six other matches around the country.

Prizes of plaudits?

Andre Villas-Boas has led Zenit St Petersburg to the Russian title, his style of football has been criticised as "nauseating". So what matters - prizes or plaudits?

Big Brenny: "Style over substance depends on the size of the club. If you're a massive club and should be winning things then style is important. If you're a small club that rarely wins anything then any way will do."

Let us know via #bbcsportsday, text 81111 (UK users only) or post on BBC Sport Facebook.

Headlines at four

Here's a round up of what's happened so far in the sporting world today:

Football: European football's governing body is preparing to relax the Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules it introduced in 2011 to stop clubs from overspending.

Tennis: Andy Murray says he was "amazed" by the level of criticism his appointment of Amelie Mauresmo as coach attracted.

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Rugby Union: Sir Clive Woodward - England's World Cup winning coach - is in contention to replace Philippe Saint-Andre as head coach of France, according to reports in the French press.

Football: Fifa sponsors are being asked by a new campaign grouping to speak out about working conditions at the 2022 World Cup building sites in Qatar.

Britain's Sansum goes for gold

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BBC Olympic sports reporter

No British man has ever won World Taekwondo gold. Can Damon Sansum become that man? Well we'll know in the next hour...

Sansum beat former team-mate & world number one Aaron Cook - now fighting for Moldova - to reach the -80kg world final.

Big money offer for Yaya

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The Sun: Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, 32, has been offered £8m to finish his career with Al Gharafa in Qatar.

Chambers' playoff 'agony'

Ipswich's Luke Chambers has reveals his agony at missing out on reaching a play-off final for a sixth time.

The Tractor Boys fell to a 3-1 second-leg semi-final defeat to East Anglian rival Norwich, as the Canaries set up a Wembley final against Middlesbrough.

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"Six times for me in the play-offs and I am still yet to get to the final," the defender told BBC Radio Suffolk.

"I was very confident this season, I felt we gave a good account of ourselves. It doesn't get any easier."

Leuluai sidelined

New Zealand's former Wigan hooker Thomas Leuluai looks set to miss the autumn Test tour of England after suffering a season-ending knee injury.

Leuluai's club New Zealand Warriors have announced the 29-year-old ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in Saturday's game against Parramatta and will now have a reconstruction operation.

Scoreboard woes

Britain's Olympic champion Jade Jones missed out on a medal at the World Taekwondo Championships in Russia amid controversy when the electronic scoring system froze during her quarter-final.

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Jones and Iranian Kimia Zenoorin were level at 9-9 in the -57kg division when the 22-year-old from Flint struck with a reverse to the chest with seconds to go.

Zenoorin countered as the scoring froze and, by the time it came back online, only the Iranian had been awarded a point and Jones went out 10-9.

"The scoring system crashed and when it returned, I didn't have the points. I couldn't understand why. I still can't," Jones told the GB Taekwondo website.

Morrison holds nerve

It has got a bit lost amid Rory McIlroy's heroics on the other side of the Atlantic, but England's James Morrisonwon the Spanish Open by four strokes on Sunday to claim a second European Tour title.

The 30-year-old from Guildford had shared the lead heading into the final day with compatriot David Howell, who finished in a four-way tie for second.

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Morrison, who won the Madeira Islands Open in 2010, shot a 69 for a 10-under-par 278 at Real Club de Golf El Prat.

"I stuck to my process all day long and executed," said Morrison after three birdies and no dropped shots in his final round.

Lofty ambitions

Coach Luis Enrique says Barcelona are already focusing on completing the treble after sealing the Spanish title.

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The Catalans beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 to ensure rivals Real Madrid cannot catch them at the top of La Liga.

Barcelona face Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final on 30 May before the Champions League final against Juventus on 6 June.

"We have two more titles to win but we have picked up the one for consistency," said Enrique, 45.

Like father, like son

Wayne Rooney is used to signing autographs for clamouring fans but now it appears his young son Kai is getting in on the act...

Cooke exits

Doncaster have parted company with head coach Paul Cooke following their winless start to the Kingstone Press Championship season.

The South Yorkshire club have announced the 34-year-old former Hull and Hull KR stand-off has left by mutual consent.

Manager of the year

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Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel believes his boss Nigel Pearson should be manager of the year for helping guide his side clear of the Premier League relegation zone, reports The Guardian.

No jumps cost Rutherford

And some more athletics news that you may have missed...

Britain's Greg Rutherford finished only seventh in the long jump at Sunday's Diamond League meeting in Shanghai.

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The Olympic champion, 28, jumped 8.05m but endured four successive no jumps and ended well behind Russian Aleksandr Menkov's winning leap of 8.27m.

Jenny Meadows, 34, came fifth in the 800m in two minutes 1.37 seconds.

On the comeback trail

Jessica Ennis-Hill performed solidly at the Loughborough International Athletics meeting, as she continued her return to action after nearly two years away from athletics.

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The Olympic heptathlon champion took third place in the long jump with a leap of 6.16m and threw 43.88m to finish sixth in the javelin.

Ennis-Hill took a break from the sport around the birth of her son in 2014.

The 29-year-old is expected to continue her preparations for the 2015 season at the multi-event Hypo meeting in Gotzis, Austria on 30-31 May.

Numbers game

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Here's a quirky one for you... Real Madrid and Barcelona have both played a total of 2648 La Liga matches. And both have conceded the same number of goals - 3027.

West Brom v Chelsea (Mon, 20:00 BST)

Chelsea have won the title, West Brom are safe... so tonight's meeting won't perhaps be the biggest nail-biter in the world.

Still, we know you're interested (possibly), so here's some team news ahead of the game.

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West Brom's only absentee is goalkeeper Ben Foster. James Morrison has recovered from the back problem which meant he was only named as a substitute last week.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa could return after six weeks out with a hamstring injury, but Ramires, Kurt Zouma and Oscar will all be missing.

Full live text coverage of the game on the BBC Sport website.

#bbcsportsday

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There's just no pleasing some people. Andre Villas-Boas has just led Zenit St Petersburg to the Russian title, yet former players are decrying his style of football as "nauseating".

But, deep down, what really matters? Prizes or plaudits?

Let us know via #bbcsportsday, text 81111 (UK users only) or post on BBC Sport Facebook.

County cricket prospects improve

Following a morning washout, things are starting to brighten up around the grounds for today's County Championship fixtures.

Play has begun in Glamorgan's Division two game against Essex in Cardiff, and will get under way between Gloucestershire and Kent at 14:00 BST.

There will be an inspection at Wantage Road at 14:30 BST with Northants set to start a game against Surrey, and at the same time at Grace Road, where Leicestershire and Lancashire are waiting to begin day two of their match.

In Division One, an inspection is taking place at Southampton where Hampshire are 295-5 against Middlesex, and the umpires will take a look at 14:00 BST and 14:15 BST respectively in the games between Warwickshire and Durham and Notts and Somerset.

Only Novak is better

And while we're in tennis mode...

Andy Murray is playing the best tennis of his career and ranks behind only Novak Djokovic in the race to win the French Open, according to former British number one Annabel Croft.

"I think Murray's tennis is at a level now where it's almost as high if not higher than when he won Wimbledon and the US Open," Croft said.

"Beating Nadal in Madrid recently was a really big win mentally for him because he's always looked up to Nadal - but he also knows Nadal is well, well beneath his best.

"Now he can always say he beat Nadal on clay and in my mind he's the second favourite going into the French Open."

To celebrate this story, we've dug out the earliest picture of Murray and Djokovic that we could find. It's from 2006. Contrary to appearances, Andy is not, we repeat, not, wearing a wild animal on his head.

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Eye-opener

Andy Murray says he was "amazed" by the level of criticism his appointment of Amelie Mauresmo as coach attracted.

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The Briton, 28, became the first leading male player to employ a female coach when he hired the Frenchwoman.

"I knew it would be a big story at the beginning but I thought it would die down quicker than it has," Murray said. "I was very surprised at the amount of criticism she received for each loss I had. I couldn't believe the negativity towards her personally."

Murray told Red Bulletin magazine some of the negative comments he had heard were "an eye-opening experience for me".

United to respect relegation battle - Mata

Juan Mata says Manchester United won't ease off in their last game of the season against relegation-threatened Hull City.

The Tigers need to beat United to have any chance of staying in the Premier League and send one of Newcastle or Sunderland down, depending on their results.

"We must finish the season in the best possible way, " wrote the Spaniard in his weekly blog. "We owe it to this badge. Besides, we must respect the fight against relegation between Hull City, Newcastle and, maybe, Sunderland, so we will try to win, as always."

Sousa beats Souza

This is Portugal's Joao Sousa, ranked 50th in the world.

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Whereas this is world number 80, Joao Souza from Brazil.

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The commentators nightmare of the pair playing each other occurred in the first round of the Geneva Open.

And Sousa with an 's' beat Souza with a 'z' 7-5 6-3.

Juninho backs Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough legend Juninho has sent his former club a good luck message on Facebook ahead of their Championship play-off final against Norwich on 25 May.

"One more game till Middlesbrough are back to the place they belong," says the Brazilian, who had three spells at the club and won the League Cup in 2004.

Minnows reach Italy's Serie A

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There will be a new face in Italy's Serie A next season as minnows Frosinone were promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history.

The club is based in the Lazio region, 50 km south of Rome.

De Gea's Eurovision

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David De Gea may have a free Saturday night after he picked up an injury in Manchester United's draw with Arsenal.

Perhaps the 24-year-old will spend the evening watching girlfriend Edurne Garcia, who is representing Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest with her song 'Amanecer' (Break Of Day) at the competition in Vienna, live on BBC One.

De Gea will soon be "Making his mind up" about his Old Trafford future...

Rain delays Championship action

All but one of the seven matches in the County Championship today have been delayed by rain.

The only match currently in play is Glamorgan v Essex in Division Two with the home side 9-0 after five overs.

If and when the downpours stop, you can listen to BBC local radio ball-by-ball commentary of all seven games on desktop, tablet and mobile devices.

Thrown in jail

"We were invited to Qatar by the prime minister's office to see new flagship accommodation for low-paid migrant workers - but while gathering additional material for our report, we ended up being thrown into prison for doing our jobs."

So starts an excellent article by BBC news correspondent Mark Lobel, who went to the capital city Doha to look at working and housing conditions of migrant workers constructing new buildings in Qatar ahead of the World Cup.

It's an eye-opening read. You'll find the full article here.

Valdes wins vote

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You have had your say and Victor Valdes has won the vote on who will be Manchester United's number one next season.

The current United number two received 30.2% of the vote with Tottenham's Hugo Lloris second on 23.9%.

And 22% of you think David De Gea will shun Real Madrid's advances to stay in Manchester.

Vote now closed

The vote has now closed on who will be Manchester United's first choice goalkeeper next season.

We will be bringing you the results shortly. Thank you for taking part.

Get involved

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Stoke's Bosnian Asmir Begovic is another goalkeeper being linked with a move to Old Trafford.

Take part in our vote on who will be Manchester United's number one next season.

Bafana Bafana skipper leaves Doncaster

South Africa captain Dean Furman is among six players released by Doncaster Rovers.

The 26-year-old made 74 appearances for the League One club.

Get involved

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Perhaps United will turn to Chelsea's Petr Cech as a replacement for De Gea.

The Czech Republic's agent has confirmed the 32-year-old has been given permission to talk to other clubs after losing his number one jersey to Thibaut Courtois.

Take part in our vote to have your say on who will be Old Trafford's number one next season. You have six minutes left.

Valdes "happy to make debut"

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Victor Valdes says he was "happy" to make his Manchester United debut, coming on for the injured De Gea as a second-half substitute.

"I'm happy I made my debut. To come on and be welcomed like that is incredible for a footballer."

"I am very happy to be here. I have one more year on my contract here. Let's see what happens."

But will the 33-year-old take the United number one jersey next season? Take part in our vote and let us know.

Matthaus wants his boot back

Lothar Matthaus and Bayern Munich are involved in a row about a shoe.

Yes, you read that correctly.

Well, actually, it's a boot - the gold-plated boot Matthaus wore in the 1990 World Cup final, famously still missing a stud which prevented him taking the crucial penalty, scored by Andreas Brehme in the 1-0 win over Argentina.

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The 54-year-old had given the right boot to the Bayern Munich museum but has now demanded it back, reports The Guardian.

Matthaus made more than 300 league appearances for Bayern but has had numerous run-ins with the club since his retirement, including filing a 500,000 euro lawsuit against the club over money he claimed he was owed from his 2001 testimonial.

Villas-Boas wins in 'nauseating' style

Remember when Andre Villas-Boas was hounded out of the Premier League and decried as a dud?

Well, the 37-year-old Portuguese has just led Zenit St Petersburg to the Russian title with a "nauseating" style of play that is "anti-football".

Get involved

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Could France international goalkeeper Hugo Lloris swap White Hart Lane for Old Trafford as David De Gea's replacement.

The 28-year-old has been linked with a move to United.

Take part in our vote and let us know who you think will be United's number one next season. You have until 13:30 BST.

Preston's meticulous preparation

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Preston North End are leaving nothing to chance ahead of their League One play-off final against Swindon at Wembley.

BBC Sport presenter Richard Askam has tweeted this picture of the Lilywhites' pitch: "Preston's Deepdale pitch altered to Wembley dimensions for training in the run up to the final."

Mind your step

Key tip for dignitaries when presenting a trophy: check where the edge of the stage is.

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Alas, Football Federation of Australia chairman Frank Lowy forgot this important advice while handing over the A-League trophy to Melbourne Victory and toppled from the stage.

But despite a spectacular backward somersault, 84-year-old Lowry showed what he was made of by, after a spot of treatment, heroically hopping back on stage and going through with the silverware presentation.

Mr Lowry, we salute you. Watch the video here.

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If you were a footballer, what is the one club that could tempt you to move and why?

Jake Adamson: Fenerbahce for the Galatasaray derby

Will: Stoke, because I wouldn't have to play football

Mark Wilson: Hearing the Gwladys' Street stand at Everton sing your name would be a dream!

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On this day

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In 2005, CSKA Moscow beat Sporting Lisbon 3-1 to win the UEFA Cup, becoming the first Russian club to win a major European title.

Rain relents in Cardiff

BBC Radio Wales Sport's Nick Webb at Cardiff:

"Heavy morning rain means a delayed start at 13:40 BST for Glamorgan and Essex in Championship Division Two, with 72 overs of play possible if there is no more bad weather.

"Glamorgan have left out experienced spinner Dean Cosker from their 12, with Andrew Salter or Ruaidhri Smith set to replace him, while New Zealand all-rounder Jesse Ryder is missing for Essex with a hamstring injury."

Get Involved

Right, time for a vote.

With it appearing increasingly likely that David De Gea will leave Manchester United for Real Madrid this summer, we want to know who you think will be between the sticks at Old Trafford next term.

Either have a glance to the right of the screen or click the 'vote' tab above. You've got until 13:30 BST.

Benfica fans party

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We said before that there would be some sore heads in Barcelona this morning. Looking at these scenes, plenty of people in Lisbon will be taking Monday off, after Benfica fans celebrated their side's second consecutive Portuguese title.

Webster unsure about Wildcats future

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats coach James Webster has suggested his time at the club could be coming to an end after their Challenge Cup defeat by Leigh.

The Wildcats, bottom of Super League with only one win from 13 in all competitions, were 24-6 up at half-time against the Championship leaders but capitulated in the second period to lose 36-30.

When asked if he was concerned about his future he told BBC Radio Leeds: "You go into coaching knowing you will get sacked at some point. I'll go home and think about it."

You can watch the best of the tries from the game here.

Blues bid

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Birmingham City are interested in former Arsenal striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, 24, who has been released by Bristol City. But they face competition from Leeds, Nottingham Forest and Wigan, reports the Birmingham Mail.

Benfica win Portuguese title

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Benfica's second Primeira Liga in a row dominates the front page of Portuguese newspaper Abola.

Neville names initial World Cup squad

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England interim head coach Tracey Neville has announced her long squad for this summer's World Cup in Sydney.

Experienced trio Pamela Cookey, Tamsin Greenway and Sonia Mkoloma are included in the 20-strong list.

Natalie Haythornthwaite also makes the cut after making her international debut in the 3-0 tri-series win against Trinidad and Tobago earlier this month.

The World Cup takes place in August and Neville will name her final squad of 12 in June.

Strachan sidesteps Qatar debate

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Scotland manager Gordon Strachan would not be drawn on the ethics of playing Qatar in a friendly amid controversy surrounding the treatment of workers on the country's World Cup 2022 infrastructure.

Strachan said he was appreciative that Qatar were playing the Scots and allowing them to prepare for the crucial Euro 2016 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland eight days later.

"This is not the time for me to talk about politics. There are other people more qualified and with more information to talk about politics, but mine is football," he said.

Headlines at Midday

Here is what is making the sporting headlines so far today:

Football: Dundee goalkeeper Scott Bain has been called up to the Scotland squad for the first time for June's friendly with Qatar and the Euro 2016 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland.

Rugby Union: Harlequins have agreed a deal to sign Wales centre Jamie Roberts from French Top 14 side Racing Metro.

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Cricket: Stuart Broad has apologised to the England and Wales Cricket Board for missing a sponsor's event after a reported drinking session with former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

Football: England and Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson will deny having sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl, a court has been told.

Garth's top XI

BBC Sport analyst Garth Crooks has, as usual, used his expertise to select his team of the week and here it is.

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You can read the reasons behind his choices here.

Change of plan for Olympic stadium

Here is a computer-generated image, released 18 months ago, of what the main stadium at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 would look like.

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Lovely, eh?

Except there has been a slight change of plan.

Japan's sports minister has revealed the design of the stadium has been scaled back as the government runs short of money and time.

According to reports in the Japanese media. under the latest plans a planned retractable roof won't be built in time for the 2020 Games, and some of the 80,000 seats would be temporary ones.

Plans for the new stadium had been criticised by some prominent architects, who said the design was too big and expensive. It is due to be completed in 2019.

Pittman hopes for Grimsby redemption

They say every picture tells a thousands words. This one probably tells a few more than that.

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Grimsby striker Jon-Paul Pittman has apologised to the club's fans after his penalty shootout miss in the Conference play-off final loss to Bristol Rovers.

Pittman blazed his spot-kick over the bar to leave Lee Mansell to convert from 12 yards and send the Pirates back to the Football League.

"I want to say a big apology to all the fans. Hopefully I can rectify it," he told BBC Radio Humberside. "I want the ground to swallow me up and disappear but you can't do that."

French refuse to deny Woodward move

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Further to the reports that Sir Clive Woodwardis in contention to replace Philippe Saint-Andre as head coach of France, the French Rugby Federation have said they will "not confirm or deny the names of people who have applied for the position of head coach of the France rugby team".

That clears that up, then...

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If you were a footballer, what is the one club that could tempt you to move and why?

Adam Taylor: Blyth Spartans so I could scream "THIS IS SPARTA" after every bad challenge.

Ben Webber: RCD Mallorca...constant holiday.

Mikey Knight-Robson: Would playing for Anzhi Makhachakla and receiving a Bugatti Veyron for my birthday sound too superficial?

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Barcelona's title celebrations

Xavi dancing in his pants, a selfie stick and lots of chants of "Championes" - yep it's the scenes from Barcelona's dressing room captured on Instagram by defender Marc Bartra.

Barcelona won their 23rd La Liga title last night.

'Whole club ecstatic'

Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea says "the whole club is ecstatic" to have completed the signing of Wales centre Jamie Roberts from French Top 14 side Racing Metro.

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"Jamie is massively ambitious and, as a role model to all of our players, he will be someone we can all learn from," said O'Shea.

"The whole club is ecstatic to have signed a player of his quality."

'Unsellable'

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Daily Mail: Manchester City have been warned off a move for £40m-rated Wolfsburg midfielder Kevin De Bruyne by the German club's chief executive, who called the 23-year-old playmaker "unsellable".

Scotland squad announced

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Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths has been recalled by Scotland after scoring 15 goals since mid-January.

Bain gets first Scotland call

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Gordon Strachan has included Dundee goalkeeper Scott Bain in the Scotland squad for the friendly with Qatar and the Euro 2016 Group D qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in June.

Also in the 26-man squad are Stoke City midfielder Charlie Adam and Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths, both of whom have been in impressive form of late.

Reid bows out

Burnley midfielder Steven Reid has announced his retirement from football on Twitter.

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The 34-year-old made his first appearance at Millwall in 1998 and went on to play for Blackburn, QPR, West Brom and, most recently, the relegated Clarets, as well as making 23 appearances for the Republic of Ireland.

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Reid hit the headlines in January 2013 when, while at West Brom, he played 45 minutes of a match against Arsenal with a broken leg. Bert Trautmann would be proud...

Nottinghamshire v Somerset

Dave Bracegirdle, BBC Radio Nottingham: "No play was possible on the second morning of the LV= County Championship match at Trent Bridge between Nottinghamshire and Somerset.

"Rain continued to fall throughout the morning and the umpires have decided that an early lunch will be taken at 12.30pm.

"Somerset made 312 on the first day, with the home side responding with 57 for two by stumps."

Liverpool target Jovetic

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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is keen to sign Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic, 25, who has failed to establish himself as a regular at Etihad Stadium, reports The Mirror.

Adam Johnson update

Sunderland's Adam Johnson walked with his partner into court where he faced three offences of sexual activity with a girl under 16 and one of grooming.

The 27-year-old, who held hands with Stacey Flounders as they arrived at Peterlee Magistrates' Court, was arrested in March after he was accused of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.

The three counts of sexual activity with a child were said to have taken place on one night in January at two locations in County Durham while the meeting a child after sexual grooming offence was said to have happened between December and February.

The case was sent to Durham Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on June 3.

Johnson did not comment as he left court with Ms Flounders and was driven away in a Range Rover.

Too close to call

You might recall that a couple of weeks ago it emerged that all 16 clubs in the Algerian top flight could still win the title with four games remaining.

Well, ES Setif have now edged four points clear at the summit but 12 teams are still at risk of relegation with just two rounds of fixtures to play.

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If you were a footballer, what is the one club that could tempt you to move and why?

Tom Seaman: I have a complete lack of musical ability, so for sheer irony I wouldn't turn down a £20 million transfer to Kaizer Chiefs.

Fahad Khan: Lived next to Bramall Lane during my uni days.Often fantasized of singlehandedly taking the Blades to Champions League glory.

Andrew Dennett: Brighton! Supported since I was five, was a mascot when I was 10 at The Goldstone Ground and its been a hard road to The Amex.

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Early bird...

Justin Rose

The BMW PGA Championship starts on 21 May at Wentworth and perhaps inspired by Rory McIlroy's sensational win at Quail Hollow last night, Justin Rose is up and practicing on the course on Surrey.

"Walking a few holes with my wedge and putter…" he posts on Instagram.

Waddock and Melville leave Portsmouth

Gary Waddock has left his role as assistant manager of League Two club Portsmouth.

Waddock and head of player recruitment Andy Melville have both departed, as part of new boss Paul Cook's shake-up.

Roberts signs for Quins... and Cambridge

Don't some people make you sick?

Jamie Roberts is not only a hugely talented rugby player, he's hugely clever too, combining his playing career with studying for a Masters degree in medical science at Cambridge University.

Harlequins are clearly impressed - they have today confirmed the signing of Wales centre from Racing Metro.

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"I'm also delighted and feel very privileged to have been accepted to study at Cambridge," Roberts said. "That balance in my life has served me well in the past and I'm excited to start this new chapter in London."

Roberts, 28, has spent the last two seasons in France after six years with Cardiff Blues.

Barcelona's La Liga triumph

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Earlier on, we mentioned Barcelona sealing their 23rd La Liga title. Well, judging by these scenes from last night, there could be a few sore heads wandering around the Las Ramblas this morning...

Sharapova prevails

Russian third seed Maria Sharapova came from a set down to beat Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 4-6 7-5 6-1 and win her third Italian Open title.

Suarez Navarro, the world number 10, battled hard in the first two sets but ran out of energy in the decider.

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Her best chance came at 5-5 in the second set but Sharapova finished the set with eight straight points.

The Russian capitalised on her opponent's weakness in the third set as she swept to a 35th career crown.

Sunderland's Johnson bailed

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Sunderland player Adam Johnson has been bailed to appear at Durham Crown Court on 3 June, 2015

The England international winger appeared today at Peterlee Magistrates Court facing three charges of sexual activity with a child under the age of sixteen and one charge of grooming the girl, who was 15 at the time.

His solicitor, Paul Morris, indicated Johnson will plead not guilty to the all the charges.

England will get 'hammered'

So, this is encouraging as England prepare to take on New Zealand ahead of the summer Ashes.

Former Glamorgan fast bowler Simon Jones thinks England are "in a mess" and will "get hammered" by the Aussies.

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The Ashes series begins at Cardiff's Swalec Stadium on 8 July and Jones has described the current England set-up as "shambolic."

"Where we are at the moment is not a good place - it's a mess," he said. "We have a lot of talent but if you haven't got guidance then you've got nothing."

Paul Farbrace will be in temporary charge for the Test series against New Zealand - which starts on Thursday - after coach Peter Moores was sacked.

Nice gesture

Blackpool's Premier League promotion-winning team have shown their caring side by donating £5,500 to former coach Gary Parkinson.

Parkinson, who played right-back for Middlesbrough and Preston during a lengthy career, suffered a stroke at the age of 42 during Blackpool's Premier League season, which left him paralysed from the neck down.

At a dinner to celebrate five years since Pool's promotion to the top flight - and to try and raise £10,000 for Parkinson - an auction in the room raised almost £4,500.

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That prompted Charlie Adam - now at Stoke, but captain of Blackpool when the club went up - to take the stage and announce the players in the room would contribute the missing £5,500.

Full story in the Blackpool Gazette.

De Gea praises fans

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De Gea has tweeted to thank the Manchester United fans. But will that be the last time they see the Spaniard at Old Trafford?

On this day

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In 1985, Manchester United's Kevin Moran became the first man to be sent off in an FA Cup final. Despite that, though, his side went on to beat Everton 1-0 thanks to Norman Whiteside's famous goal - curled beautifully into the corner of the net from wide on the right.

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Louis van Gaal has said it would be "difficult" for goalkeeper David De Gea to turn down a move to Real Madrid.

But if you were a footballer, what is the one club that could tempt you to move and why?

We're not interested in your Barcelonas and Real Madrids; we want to know why you couldn't say no to Bury and why the lure of Dundee United is too much to resist.

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European back pages

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Madrid-based Spanish newspaper Marca's lead with "The league of Messi", after the Argentinean won his seventh La Liga title.

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And while we're talking cricket, Kevin Howells is our man at Warwickshire v Durham today. Coverage starts at 10:55 BST.

Rogers to retire

Australia batsman Chris Rogers says he plans to retire from international cricket after this summer's Ashes in England.

The 37-year-old had a five-year wait between his first two Test appearances but has been a regular opener alongside David Warner since 2013.

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"I've been fortunate to have this second go at it and have loved every moment of it," he told Fox Sports.

"But time calls on everyone and I think it's nearly up for me."

European back pages

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"Barcelona win the league in style" is the headline on Spanish newspaper Sport this morning as they focus on Messi and co's La Liga title celebrations.

Cavendish and Sagan both winners

Slovakia's Peter Sagan won the 2015 Tour of California by just three seconds as Britain's Mark Cavendish claimed the final stage on Sunday.

Cavendish, 29, won the eighth stage sprint from Los Angeles to Pasadena with Sagan coming home in third place.

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Etixx - Quick-Step team-mate and overnight leader Julian Alaphilippe had agreed to "go with the original plan" and help Cavendish win a fourth stage.

It saw Alaphilippe finish three seconds behind Tinkoff-Saxo's Sagan overall.

Woodward applies for France job - reports

French newspaper L'Equipe are reporting that Clive Woodward has applied to replace Philippe Saint-Andre as France coach after the next World Cup. The daily sports publication says the World Cup-winning England coach is one of eight men interviewed for the role.

Lambert to Bournemouth?

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Daily Mirror: Former Southampton striker Rickie Lambert is being lined up for a return to the south coast with Premier League new boys Bournemouth after the 33-year-old struggled for game time at Liverpool this year.

How to hurt your hooter

Despite his prowess at tennis, turns our Novak Djokovic isn't quite as adept at opening a bottle of champagne.

Celebrating on-court after beating Federer, here's how Novak did it. Pointing straight up at his face. Schoolboy error

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At which point, the cork shot off and smacked him on the nose. Ouch.

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Still, given Djokovic had just made it 22 consecutive wins - which means he will go into the French Open, which starts next Monday, in ultra-confident mood - I don't think he'll be too perturbed.

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Marching on

World number one Novak Djokoviccontinued his domination of men's tennis with a 6-4 6-3 win over Roger Federer to win the Italian Open final.

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The pair went toe-to-toe in the opening set but Serbia's Djokovic broke in the 10th game to seal it.

Full of confidence, he broke Federer early in the second set and the Swiss player never recovered from that.

Djokovic soon set up two match points and sealed his fourth Rome title when a Federer forehand went wide.

On this day

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In 1909, Fred Perry was born. He won three consecutive Wimbledon titles from 1934-36 and he was the first man to win the singles titles at all four grand slam events. He died in 1995.

Bouncing back

And while we're talking Barca, may we gently shove you in the direction of this piece by BBC Sport's Spanish football writer Andy West.

He lists 10 reasons why Barcelona - who failed to win a single trophy in 2014 - have bounced back in such style.

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These include the impact of Luis Suarez. "His relentless work rate and excellent, intelligent movement provide a constant challenge to opposing defenders, who regularly find themselves stretched and dragged out of position by the Uruguayan's perceptive running," writes West.

Suarez has also scored 24 goals and, perhaps even more impressively, kept his teeth to himself.

Brilliant Barca

It must be tough being a Barcelona fan. It's not a question of if you win, it's by how many and which trophies you'll lift.

Well, they've just secured league, Lionel Messi's strike giving the club its 23rd Spanish title as they beat Atletico Madrid to regain the La Liga crown.

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Messi's 41st league goal of the season ensured that Real Madrid will finish second - despite Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick against Espanyol.

With one game left Barca hold an insurmountable four-point lead over rivals Real.

The morning after the night before

It's not a great morning for Stuart Broad.

The England all-rounder has apologised for missing a sponsor's event after an alleged drinking session with former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

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According to reports, Broad returned to his hotel at 07:00 BST on Thursday and was unable to attend the 09:30 event.

The 28-year-old said: "I woke up with a migraine. I wasn't on England duty for the ECB. But I did apologise for putting them in that position. It was probably not as bad as it was portrayed."

Not ideal preparation for the two-Test series against New Zealand, which starts on Thursday.

Riots after cup tie

Police fired 30 rounds of tear gas to disperse rioting fans and arrested 25 after the FA Cup semi-final in Malaysia.

Following a game between Terengganu and Singapore's Lions XII, fans allegedly torched an ambulance and broke stadium doors.

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The trouble began when a Terengganu goal that would have taken them through to the final was ruled out late in the match.

"We fired 30 rounds of tear gas because the protesters were stubborn and refused the disperse after the game," the local police chief said.

*Picture from the Singapore's Lions Facebook page.

Happy birthday

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Blowing out 73 candles on a cake today is Nobby Stiles, the former Manchester United player and member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad.

Also celebrating are former French Open tennis winner Yannick Noah (55), ex-motor racing driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen (48), Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel (44) and four-time world snooker champion John Higgins (40).

'I've learned to finish things off'

Needless to say Rory McIlroy was rather pleased after his storming four days in America.

"Everything is firing on all cylinders for me," he said. "I feel like I'm a more controlled player these days. I've learned how to finish things off."

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He added: "I felt if I made six birdies there was no chance of anybody catching me.

"I did what I wanted the last few weeks, got a couple of wins, got myself up the Fedex Cup standings and solidified my positions in the rankings."

Masterful Mac

Rory McIlroy is a man who can do little wrong at the moment.

The Northern Irishman is celebrating today after blitzing the field at the Wells Fargo Championship, winning by seven strokes and setting a new tournament record score of 267.

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The Northern Irish world number one, 26, finished on 21 under par with a final round 69 in North Carolina to earn his second win at Quail Hollow.

America's Patrick Rodgers and Webb Simpson tied for second on 14 under.

Depay jets in

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"Memphis Depay flew to Manchester on Sunday night and will undergo a medical at Carrington on Monday ahead of his move from PSV Eindhoven to Manchester United.

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"There is then paperwork to be completed before the 21-year-old's signing can be be finalised and he must wait until the transfer window opens to be registered. United will pay €34m (£25m), with €9m (£6.5m) in bonuses to follow subject to clauses being met."

Depay made his final appearance for PSV on Sunday, playing 83 minutes of their 3-2 victory at Den Haag.

'It's difficult for him'

Louis Van Gaal has been pretty blunt with his comments about the De Gea situation.

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"De Gea is Spanish, he is a Spanish international. Now a Spanish club is coming. His girlfriend is Spanish and his father and mother come over every week or two weeks to watch him - it is difficult for him," said the United boss.

"I don't think I can persuade him because he knows everything that he has at Manchester United at this moment."

Sounds pretty cut and dried to us, which means United will be in market for a keeper this summer and De Gea needs a one-way airline ticket for Madrid.

David to depart?

So then, to the big story overnight and Man United boss Louis van Gaal's comments that keeper David De Gea could leave Old Trafford in the summer and head to Real Madrid.

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De Gea went off with a hamstring injury during Sunday's 1-1 draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford, which makes him a doubt for United's last match of the season at Hull City next weekend - and means he may have played his final game for the club.

Real have earmarked the 24-year-old Spain international as the successor to veteran keeper Iker Casillas, and he is sure to be tempted by the possibility rejoining his family and girlfriend in his homeland, according to Van Gaal.

Monday's back pages

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More Stuart Broad in the Daily Telegraph, though this time the focus is his relationship with Kevin Pietersen. Broad says he has "no problem" with KP, though we weren't present to see whether or not he said it through gritted teeth.

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Hang on, what's this? No De Gea? Blimey Charlie, sure there's some kind of serious mistake here?! Instead it's Stuart Broad, who has apologised for missing the launch event for England's forthcoming Test series with New Zealand, citing a migraine... though it later transpired, according to reports, that the real reason was because he'd been out till seven in the morning on a night out.

Monday's back pages

The Independet

Guess what? More De Gea in the Independent. If that lad had a quid for every back page headline he's mentioned in today, he'd have at least, well, nine quid.

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David De Gea again in the Mail, with the paper suggesting the United keeper will definitely be heading back to Spain next season.

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The Sun

David De Gea's impending departure from Manchester United - or at least that's what we're being led to believe - dominates in The Sun, which also reckons Dick Advocaat and Sam Allardyce are on their way out at Sunderland and West Ham respectively.

Morning all

So, this fella looks like he might be off.

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While this lad looks like he has a spot of explaining to do.

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This chap, meanwhile, is just unstoppable.

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More about these stories and more in today's Sportsday. First, the morning papers...