Bournemouth have released seven players as they prepare to revamp their squad ahead of their first season in the Premier League.

Former Republic of Ireland defender Ian Harte is leaving the club along with Josh McQuoid, Benji Buchel, Joe Partington, Mohamed Coulibaly, Miles Addison and goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan.

"This is the heartbreaking part of the job because we're losing some very good people and some fantastic characters," said manager Eddie Howe.

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Sebastian Feirup:, external Luis Figo's return to Camp Nou comes to mind - highlight: A pigs head being thrown at "traitor" Figo.

Pep Guardiola takes Bayern Munich to his old place of work tonight - Barcelona. What in your view is the worst reunion in sport?

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Sunderland defender Wes Brown hopes he is back in action soon after stepping up his comeback from a knee injury .

The 35-year-old, who has not featured for the Black Cats since March, played the first half for the club's under-21s against Everton.

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The former Manchester United player told the club's website: "It was a positive 45 minutes and the more players we get back for the remaining four games the better.

"It is very important because we have some very big games coming up."

Former Chelsea and Celtic midfielder Craig Burley defends Real Madrid's Gareth Bale after the winger was criticised, most notably by ITV pundit Roy Keane.

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Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett has since played down the criticism, stating his client only listens to "relevant" ones.

St Mirren fans have voted a six-year-old academy player as their player of the year - in recognition of the schoolboy's ongoing battle against cancer.

Aaron Woodall is in the midst of a spell of four courses of chemotherapy having already undergone radiotherapy and an earlier operation to remove a brain tumour.

The youngster - a member of the club's junior academy team - was mascot for the club's Scottish Premiership game against Motherwell in December, hours after being released from hospital following surgery the previous month.

Almost 500 fans voted in the poll and Aaron came out ahead of a number of first-team players.

Burnley defender Michael Duff's red card against West Ham has been rescinded.

Duff was sent off for a professional foul on Cheikhou Kouyate, conceding a penalty which Mark Noble scored.

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But boss Sean Dyche said after the game: "It's impossible for it to be a red card. Jason Shackell is in position to go and cover."

Duff's one-match suspension has been withdrawn with immediate effect.

Wasps say they are on course to become the richest rugby club in the world after announcing their issue of a retail bond has been oversubscribed, raising their target of £35m.

The club issued the bonds on 27 April and will use some of the capital raised, external to pay a £13.4m debt owed to Coventry City Council.

"The funds raised will enable us to restructure our balance sheet and pay down our existing debt, including the loans we acquired with the Ricoh Arena," said chief executive David Armstrong."

A retail bond allows an investor to provide a set amount to a company (Wasps in this case) with a return paid each year and the lump sum returned at the end of a specified time frame. Wasps are also to pass French giants Toulouse in terms of revenue.

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As Pep Guardiola prepares to return to Barcelona with Bayern Munich, we are asking for your nightmare sport reunions...

Delors: Moyes back at Goodison.

Sebastian Feirup: Luis Figo's return to Camp Nou comes to mind - highlight: A pigs head being thrown at "traitor" Figo.

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County champions Yorkshire have chartered a private jet to fly three of their players back to Headingley after international duty (who said they're tight in those parts?) in order to boost their depleted squad.

Jonny Bairstow, Adil Rashid and Tim Bresnan are in England's team to face Ireland in a one-day international in Dublin on Friday, but will be fly back to Yorkshire immediately afterwards.

Yorkshire chief executive Mark Arthur said: "It is unprecedented times. We have had six players away for three Championship matches.

"We fully understand the difficulties the ECB face and they fully support this. They have made allowances for the lads to travel back separately."

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Sunderland Echo, external: Sunderland are interested in Manchester City full-back Micah Richards - currently on loan at Fiorentina - whose contract expires in the summer.

Kathryn Bate: Alonso leaving Ferrari and going back to McLaren?

Sol Perkins: English Cricket has got one that's still happening. Peter Moores! Can't buy a game.

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Tim Stubbs: Craig Mackail-Smith back on loan at Peterborough from Brighton 2014. Huge expectancy, zero goals. Still a Posh legend though.

Nathan Spafford: Revell at Wembley v Orient for RUFC. His double set the wheels in motion for relegation to League 2.

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Leicestershire 386 & 196, Kent 268 & 99-2

BBC Sport's Elizabeth Ammon at Canterbury:

"It's tea here in Canterbury and Leicestershire need to take a further eight wickets for their first Championship victory since 2012, but there is a vital third-wicket partnership building between Daniel Bell-Drummond and Brendan Nash, which is currently worth 59.

"There are 36 overs remaining on this, the final day, and batting is getting a little easier now that the ball is 35 overs old.

"It is unlikely that Kent will go after the remaining 216 runs they need to win, but it is getting more difficult for the Leicestershire bowlers with the two not out batsmen well set."

Northants 385 & 304-5, Lancashire 436

Northants batsman Rob Keogh made exactly 100 as their Championship Division Two game against Lancashire headed for a draw at Wantage Road.

The home side were 304-5 at tea, a lead of 253, after 23-year-old Keogh hit two sixes and 11 fours before holing out off Jordan Clark.

Steven Crook (50) and Josh Cobb (27) shared an unbroken stand of 69 before the interval.

Steve McClaren has reaffirmed his "100 per cent" commitment to Derby amid continuing speculation linking him with Newcastle.

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McClaren told Sky Sports News: "I reiterate what I said on Saturday straight after the game, and what I've said to the board and the players yesterday - I'm 100 per cent committed to finishing the job here.

"I hear the speculation, I see it, but I'm 100 per cent committed to Derby County at this point. I've been saying it for months, that my total focus, my total commitment, is on Derby County."

ChampionsChelsea: It has to be David Luiz against Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge.

Matthew Birch: Adebayor against Arsenal for Man City was pretty bad!

(Indeed Matthew - among the many things hurled on to the pitch as he celebrated that day appears to be a small, white plastic chair)

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Adam Terris: Ivan Sproule in his first game for Ross County against Hibs. Everyone knew he'd score even before kick-off.

Alan: Allegri leaving AC Milan to win the League with Juventus.

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Derbyshire 205 & 141-2, Glamorgan 103-4 dec

BBC Radio Wales Sport's Nick Webb at Cardiff:

"Glamorgan managed to improve their bowling over-rate enough to avert the danger of losing their bonus points as Derbyshire batted comfortably through the afternoon session to reach 142-2 in a howling wind at the Swalec Stadium.

"Scott Elstone reached a career best 67 not out by the tea interval, sharing a century stand with captain Wayne Madsen.

"Derbyshire lead by 243 at the break after Glamorgan had rattled through 42 overs in two and a quarter hours."

Andy Murray must be sick of the sight of Philipp Kohlschreiber.

The Brit faces Kohlschreiber at the Madrid Open later today (around 20:30 BST) - just two days after beating him in the final of the Munich Open.

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Murray won his 32nd ATP title - and first on clay - with a gripping three-set victory over the German on Monday, as he builds towards the French Open later this month.

"I hope I can have a good run at one of the next two events, either here or Rome, and get myself ready for the French," said Murray, 27.

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Chesterfield are not thinking of themselves as underdogs for Thursday's play-off semi-final against Preston, according to boss Paul Cook.

Cook's side won promotion to League One last season and finished their first season back in the third tier in sixth.

Preston had the chance to go up automatically on Sunday but lost to Colchester to finish third.

"We'll be considered by most to be the underdogs but we don't think of it that way," he told BBC Radio Sheffield.

MyVoteSport: King Kenny at Liverpool? Shearer took Newcastle down (although doubt many blame him.

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Aashraf Pradhanang: Beckham's return to Old Trafford with Milan. A 4-0 thrashing from his former club.

Serie A Writer: Shevchenko to AC Milan.

Josh Watson: Got back together with my girlfriend.

Think you're slightly missing the point, Josh...

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And while we're in F1 mode, Niki Lauda insists there is still all to race for in the 2015 Formula One championship, despite Lewis Hamilton's impressive start to his title defence.

The Briton has taken three victories out of the opening four rounds as he looks to win a third drivers' championship.

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But Lauda, non-executive chairman at Mercedes, believes Ferrari can push Hamilton all the way - starting at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.

"Ferrari is very strong, there is no question about it, and as a racing team you should never think that nobody can catch you, then you make a big mistake," said Lauda.