It's a big day for Dani Alves.

As well as preparing to try to give his Barcelona team a first-leg lead over Bayern in their Champions League semi-final, the Brazilian full-back is celebrating his birthday.

Alves, seen here giving Neymar a lift, turns 32 today. No beers till after the match Dani.

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Joe Launchbury says the World Cup this September was a huge motivating factor during his six-month injury absence.

The Wasps and England lock, 24, returns to action this weekend after being out since October because of a neck injury.

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He is set to feature as a replacement against Leicester on Saturday as Wasps continue a Premiership play-offs bid.

"The bigger picture was always to try and get myself back and firing for potential selection for the World Cup," he told BBC Sport.

Photograph of the night, from the Juve-Real Madrid game.

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Reminiscent of a scene from a Keystone Cops movie.

St Helens prop Kyle Amor has told BBC Sport that heart screening should be introduced throughout professional rugby league, after the tragic death of Danny Jones.

Jones, 29, collapsed during Keighley's League One game at London Skolars after a suspected cardiac arrest and was later pronounced dead in hospital.

"Mandatory heart screening only happens at elite Super League level," Amor said.

"I genuinely believe it should happen across all divisions."

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Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport is delighted with the performance of Juventus in their 2-1 win against Champions League in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

It was a 'great test of courage and personality' for Juventus, says the newspaper.

Here's a round-up of what's in the news so far this morning...

Football: Gareth Bale endures a miserable night - making fewer passes than his goalkeeper - as Real Madrid lost 2-1 to Juventus in the first-leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Boxing: Manny Pacquiao is the subject of a lawsuit in Nevada after being accused of lying over a shoulder injury sustained before his fight against Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas.

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Golf (sort of): Former world number one Tiger Woods says the end of his relationship with US Olympic skiing champion Lindsay Vonn has been "brutal".

Football: Newcastle United captain Fabricio Coloccini has apologised to fans for the Premier League club's poor form.

Leicestershire have their sights on a first Championship win since 2012 on the final day of their Division Two game against Kent at Canterbury.

They were 189-8 overnight, a lead of 307, after Clint McKay (43) led a recovery from 86-7.

Northants will resume on 42-2 against Lancashire, still nine runs behind, while Derbyshire are set to begin their second innings after Glamorgan declared on 103-4, 102 runs in arrears, in their rain-affected game at Cardiff.

Wales Under-20 wing Josh Adams is to leave Scarlets' academy to join English second-tier club Worcester ahead of 2015-16.

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Adams is part of the age-grade squad who will challenge for the Junior World Championship in Italy in June.

A little more from Steve Howey on his former club Newcastle.

"With the results there have been factions in the squad," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "Things have been said in the dressing room and after the game against Leicester.

"They would've had 'clear the air' talks and everyone would've been able to say what they wanted, to get it off their chests.

"Newcastle just need one win. But it will be a tough game against West Brom, they went to Manchester United and won.

"Tony Pulis's teams are difficult to break down. His remit will be to frustrate Newcastle and hope the fans get on their back again. But I hope this meeting has cleared the air and they can move on and get a good result."

Ex-Newcastle United defender Steve Howey has been talking to BBC Radio 5 live this morning, and admits - though he doesn't have much choice really given the facts - that the Magpies season has "gone drastically down since Alan Pardew left".

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The 15th-placed Magpies are only two points above the bottom three after a run of eight straight league defeats - their worst losing streak since 1977.

Howey said: "I've known John Carver for over 30 years and he is a Newcastle fan. He speaks his mind and wears his heart on his sleeve.

"Possibly he shouldn't have said some things - in particular the Mike Williamson thing (when he accused the defender of getting deliberately sent off). It's not good for the players to hear that, but it comes with experience. John has been thrust into the job."

Leeds United have asked the Football League to reapprove Massimo Cellino as a club director with the Italian ready to head up the board at Elland Road again.

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The Yorkshire Evening Post, external reports that Cellino is set to retake the League's Owners and Directors Test - two months after vowing to remain "independent" of United while he fought against the governing body's treatment of him.

The BBC Breakfast TV programme is coming from Chester Racecourse, where the three-day May meeting starts on Wednesday.

Chester is a key marginal seat for the General Election on Thursday, and will also be the focus of the Flat racing world as key trials take place for next month's Derby meeting at Epsom.

Owner Dr Marwan Koukash, boss of the Salford Red Devils rugby league side, has five runners as he seeks a third consecutive win in the Chester Cup (15:10 BST), while Derby contender Sir Isaac Newton runs in the maiden stakes (16:20).

You can follow all the latest going news, non-runners and results on the BBC Sport website.

Picking up on that line in Marca, if it wasn't a good night for Madrid then it certainly wasn't a good night for Gareth Bale either.

The world's most expensive player was substituted after 86 minutes of their defeat to Juve, with former Manchester United captain Roy Keane saying: "It was very difficult for Real Madrid playing with 10 men. Gareth Bale gave them absolutely nothing."

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The stats appear to back Keane up - Bales had no shots on target, made no tackles, and created not a single chance. He made just 18 passes - the lowest of any Real player, and three fewer than goalkeeper Iker Casillas.

Not a good night, then, for the Welshman - full story here.

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Spanish newspaper Marca remains confident Real Madrid will be playing in the Champions League final, despite losing 2-1 against Juventus in the first leg of the semi-final.

'One goal from Berlin' says Marca's headline, although the newspaper was unimpressed with Gareth Bale's performance, saying the forward was "absent".

BBC Sport Scotland's Chris McLaughlin: Police investigating recent takeovers at Rangers have searched the headquarters of Mike Ashley's Sports Direct empire in Derbyshire.

The Newcastle owner has a 9% stake in the Ibrox club and has control of the club's retail operations. The ongoing investigation has already led to the arrest of the former Rangers owner Craig Whyte.

Police Scotland said: "We can confirm that officers from Police Scotland carried out a search of a property in Derbyshire. As this is part of a live inquiry, it would be inappropriate to comment further."

Some more sporting events from this day in years gone by....

1875: America's best-known horse race, the Kentucky Derby, was first run. Aristides, ridden by Oliver Lewis, won the inaugural race.

1961: Tottenham became the first team in the 20th century to win the league and FA Cup double when they beat Leicester 2-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley (pictured below celebrating the feat).

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1988: Worcestershire's Graeme Hick set a 20th-century record by scoring 405 runs in a single innings against Somerset at Taunton. The mark was eclipsed six years later by West Indian batsman Brian Lara, who hit 501 for Warwickshire against Durham.

2013: Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his World Snooker Championship title, beating Barry Hawkins 18-12 in the final to triumph for the fifth time at the Crucible.

So then, 1954. Remember it? What do you mean, no?

Well, it was the year when Marilyn Monroe married baseball player Joe DiMaggio; when a then 27-year-old Queen Elizabeth II became the first reigning monarch to visit Australia; and when the film From Here To Eternity swept the board at the Oscars, including best film, best director for Fred Zinnemann, and best supporting actor for Frank Sinatra.

And it was also in that year, on this very day, that this man made history.

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Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes. His exact time in the race at Oxford was three minutes and 59.4 seconds.

It was an incredible feat ... not least because Bannister was busy practising as a junior doctor and had only put in minimal training.

There is a Test match taking place today.

Bangladesh are facing Pakistan in the second of their two-match series.

After a drawn first Test, Bangladesh's bowlers produced a disciplined opening session to leave the hosts on 70-2 at lunch.

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After Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl, fast bowler Mohammad Shahid (1-24) and left arm spinner Taijul Islam (1-25) shared the two wickets. Azhar Ali is unbeaten on 36 at lunch with seasoned Younis Khan on 1.

It's a big game for Pakistan - they must win the match to retain third position in the Test rankings. If they don't they'll slip to fourth, with England moving up to third.

Whether Juve will prevail in the return leg at the Bernabeu is yet to be seen -but judging by the scenes after last night's victory, the Italians certainly seem pretty happy with their one-goal advantage.

The celebrations, led by captain Gianluigi Buffon, were certainly raucous.

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If Madrid needed some extra motivation for the return game, Juve have just provided it.

So, welcome to Sportsday, and congratulations to Juventus, who will travel to Real Madrid with a one-goal lead in their Champions League semi-final second leg after securing a deserved victory.

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Juve went ahead when Alvaro Morata slotted in against his old club, but Real levelled when - who else? - Cristiano Ronaldo nodded in James Rodriguez's cross.

But the holders looked out of sorts and slipped behind again as Dani Carvajal tripped Tevez after the break and the Argentine dispatched the spot-kick.

Full match report here, external.