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Bristol will use the "hurt" of last season's Championship play-off final loss when they play Worcester on Wednesday, says wing Charlie Amesbury.

Andy Robinson's side, who were pipped to promotion by London Welsh 12 months ago, face Warriors in this year's play-off final first leg at Ashton Gate.

"There's a lot of hurt there that we can fall back on and memories that we don't want to repeat," Amesbury told BBC Points West. "That will provide some propulsion for us going into the final.

"It meant we missed out on another year in the Premiership which, as professional rugby players, is where we all want to be."

Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins says he expects his manager Garry Monk to sign a new contract "very quickly".

"I think we'll find a solution very quickly, we've got a good relationship with Garry and we'll find some way of working things out that he is rewarded in the right way," Jenkins tells BBC Wales.

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Monk signed a three-year contract last summer.

Northants 107-2

Just 28 overs were bowled between Northants and Surrey on a second rain-affected day at Wantage Road. After the opening day was washed out, play eventually started at 14:00 BST.

Northants lost two early wickets as Surrey debutant Luke Fletcher (1-37) trapped Kyle Coetzer lbw before Tom Curran (1-38) forced Alex Wakely to edge to second slip.

However Stephen Peters made 64 not out as the hosts reached 107-2 before a hailstorm brought an early close.

St Helens captain Jon Wilkin will miss his club's trip to Hull on Friday after being handed a one-match ban. Wilkin admitted a grade B offence of recklessly striking York winger Adam Dent with his arm during Saints' 46-6 Challenge Cup sixth-round win.

Gloucestershire 193, Kent 223-9

Matt Coles and Calum Haggett shared a record eighth-wicket stand against Gloucestershire as Kent strengthened their position on day two of their County Championship match at Bristol.

Coles hit an aggressive 66 and Haggett made a career-best 54 as they put on 119 in to help Kent recover from 98-7.

Paceman Liam Norwell (3-38) bowled well again, with Daniel Bell-Drummond's 26 the best score among Kent's top order. Haggett fell to David Payne (3-36) shortly before rain ended play with Kent on 223-9, 30 runs ahead.

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"Beautiful evening on Merseyside. Liverpool player awards tonight. Never know, Raheem Sterling might even win an award...

France head coach Philippe Saint-Andre has omitted Clermont Auvergne fly-half Camille Lopez and Racing Metro wing Teddy Thomas from a 36-man World Cup training squad.

Lopez and Thomas were both involved during the Six Nations campaign this season, but they have failed to make Saint-Andre's initial World Cup selection.

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'No guy ever wants to get out to a girl', says Kate Cross, who has been talking about her blossoming cricketing career.

Cross, part of the England women's team; also plays for Heywood men's team in Lancashire - the first woman to play in the men's Central Lancashire League - and took 8 for 47 in a recent match.

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Speaking to the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4, she said: "I've always benefitted from playing boy's cricket. As a bowler you've got a lot less room for error when you're bowling at blokes.

"No guy ever wants to get out to a girl. I think that will always be the case, but to be fair I think I've been quite well received."

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has paid tribute to departing captain Dean Mumm, who has played his last game before returning to Australia.

The 31-year-old lock is re-joining New South Wales Waratahs after three years in England.

"I'm delighted personally that I've got to know a man of his quality," Baxter told BBC Radio Devon. "I can't speak highly enough of Dean."

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Former Manchester United, Tottenham and England forward Teddy Sheringham has been given permission by West Ham to speak to Stevenage, according to Press Association Sport.

The League Two club have declined to comment on the reports, but Graham Westley's contract as manager expires imminently and he has not received an offer of an extension.

Sheringham, 49, is attacking coach at West Ham.

Mercedes have rejected claims by Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone that the current turbo hybrid engines have no relevance to road cars.

Ecclestone, 84, has long opposed the engines because they are quieter and more expensive than the previous V8s.

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He told F1 Racing magazine that the engines "have nothing to do with cars; they will never be used in cars".

But Mercedes F1 engine boss Andy Cowell said road cars would soon be using "exactly the same" technology.

Britain's Carl Froch would regret retiring from boxing without fighting in Las Vegas, according to his fellow former world champion Ricky Hatton.

Froch, who was stripped of his WBA super-middleweight belt, is expected to announce his future plans this week.

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The 37-year-old was due to fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in Las Vegas in March but injured his elbow in training.

"The greatest achievement for a British boxer is to see their name up in lights in Vegas," Hatton told BBC Sport.

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BBC Sport's former Aston Villa midfielder Jermaine Jenas:, external Had a good chat with Christian Benteke today back at Villa's training ground.

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BBC Radio 5 live has a special programme looking at the issue of sudden cardiac death and how it poses a threat to young people involved in sport at 20:30 BST.

It includes interviews with people who have lost relatives to the condition as well as specialists at the forefront of research in the UK.

Keighley Cougars rugby league player Danny Jones, 29, died after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a game earlier this month.

Belgian footballers Tim Nicot and Gregory Mertens died of cardiac arrest recently.

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"I have arrived," writes Venus Williams on Instagram, external after the 15th seed touches down in Paris ahead of the French Open, which starts on Sunday.

Hull KR chief executive Mike Smith says l the Rugby Football League's decision to move his side's home game against Castleford is "a joke".

They were originally scheduled to take on the Tigers on Sunday, 7 June but the game has been brought forward to 5 June, because Castleford have another game on the following Thursday.

"Now that we have progressed through to the Challenge Cup quarter-finals, we will also have to arrange a midweek fixture against Salford Red Devils. Will the RFL be able to accommodate both clubs the way they have with Castleford? I don't think so," added Smith.

League Two Carlisle United release a statement, external saying they have received "a prospective new investment offer from a second party which has expressed a genuine and firm interest in taking the club forward on a fresh financial basis".

Manchester United already have the "perfect" replacement for David De Gea should the Spanish goalkeeper leave for Real Madrid, according to former Red Devils keeper Raimond van der Gouw.

United signed Victor Valdes, 33, in January - and Van der Gouw said he "has what it takes to stay at the top".

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De Gea, 24, is out of contract next summer and has yet to sign a new deal.

Boss Louis van Gaal believes interest from Real would make it "difficult for De Gea to decide".

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World number one Rory McIlroy tells BBC sports editor Dan Roan he plans to quit golf when he is 40.

The 26-year-old Northern Irishman says: "Twenty five years at this game should be enough to help me achieve what I want to. If there comes a time when I feel I can't win or give it my best I'd very happily hang up the sticks and do something else."

Watch the full interview on the BBC Sport website.