Torquay United goalkeeper Dan Lavercombe is, presumably, currently pinching himself.

The 19-year-old has been handed a week-long trial by Premier League club Liverpool.

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Lavercombe only signed a professional contract with the Gulls last month and played the last five games of the Conference season. He kept three clean sheets and impressed manager Chris Hargreaves.

"Liverpool have had him watched and like him, and they have asked us if they can have a closer look at him," Hargreaves told the club website, external.

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Burnley announce winger Ross Wallace, 29, has been released, external following relegation from the Premier League. But the Clarets are in talks with long-serving defender Michael Duff, 37, over a new contract.

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And James Ward has, in fact, just won his opening Roland Garros qualifier, beating Ireland's James McGee 6-1 1-6 6-0.

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Manchester City midfielder James Milner, 29, will turn down a new four-year contract worth up to £165,000 a week in order to join Arsenal. Liverpool also want the England international, reports the Daily Star, external.

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Eden Hazard, January 2013: During a Premier League meeting with Swansea, the Chelsea forward was frustrated by the actions of local boy Charlie Morgan, who put his whole body on the ball when Hazard tried to retrieve it - something which earning him a kick from the player.

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Referee Chris Foy sent off the Belgian and he later apologised to Morgan, who in turn was not prepared to press charges.

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Division One leaders Middlesex will require a good batting performance to stay in contention on day three of their match with Hampshire. Middlesex are 102-3 in their first innings, 311 runs behind the home side.

Somerset can expect to gain a sizeable first-innings lead against Nottinghamshire, with Notts 195-8 and still trailing by 117 runs.

A century from Keith Barker (pictured) put Warwickshire in control against Durham, while Lancashire have the edge in their Division Two match with Leicestershire thanks to a hundred from Steven Croft.

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Bournemouth chairman Jeff Mostyn has defended the increase in season-ticket prices ahead of the club's first ever season in England's top flight.

The club currently have 7,000 season-ticket holders, with that number being capped for the 2015-16 campaign, and season-ticket prices for 2015-16 range between £550 and £950.

"As a business, it is essential that we provide value for money," said Mostyn. "In this respect, there can be no question that our ticket pricing remains more than competitive in comparison with other Premier League clubs."

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Sunderland's Premier League future remains in doubt, with the Black Cats in danger of going down if they lose their last two games of the season away to Arsenal and Chelsea.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is confident they will survive under Dick Advocaat.

"They always find the resources to get out of relegation. Advocaat has used his experience to give them confidence," says Wenger.

Advocaat will face the media at 13:00 BST and we'll bring you the best of it right here.

Christopher Steele: The Dyer/Bowyer fight on the pitch.

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Ryan: Nani against Real Madrid two seasons ago. Even the Real Madrid players were shocked.

Simon Curtis: Nothing beats Kevin Horlock aggressive walking in 1999.

*Horlock was shown a second yellow card during Manchester City's away game at Bournemouth for "walking towards the referee in an aggressive manner while asking a question", though referee Brian Coddington later admitted that the player did not swear.

London Evening Standard chief football correspondent James Olley:, external Wenger asked which Arsenal players will play for England U21's this summer: "Calum Chambers. I hope that's it." Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain? Jack Wilshere? "I don't think so, no."

Arsenal will secure a place in next season's Champions League group stages if they defeat Sunderland at the Emirates on Wednesday.

"We have put a massive amount of effort into coming back into the season," says manager Arsene Wenger at his pre-match news conference.

"We have to finish well now. We have a stability at the moment that brings us good cohesion in the team and that is vital in the final part of the season."

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More from Arsene Wenger who has deflected questions about Arsenal transfer targets this summer.

Asked about bidding for Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling, the Gunners boss says: "I don't like to lie. If I say I will and I don't do it, you will say I lied."

On Chelsea keeper Petr Cech and Manchester City midfielder James Milner, Wenger adds that Arsenal don't need strengthening in the area Milner usually plays.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is holding a news conference ahead of Wednesday's home match with Sunderland.

Wenger says defender Laurent Koscielny is doubtful because of flu while midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and forward Danny Welbeck are unavailable because of groin and knee injuries respectively.

Yorkshire Carnegie have signed Harlequins centre Tom Casson on a two-year contract.

The 25-year-old, who has made more than 60 appearances for Quins, is the Championship club's seventh new arrival for next season.

"He is very highly regarded by Harlequins, both as a player and a person," said Yorkshire Carnegie rugby director Chris Gibson.

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Javier Mascherano, June 2013: The feisty Argentinian midfielder was on the ground undergoing medical treatment towards the end of a 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with Ecuador when he took exception to a jet of water squirted onto him by one of the medics.

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Mascherano kicked out at the offender - and was soon back on his feet and heading down the tunnel thanks to referee Enrique Caceres' intervention.

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Andrea Pirlo is 36 today. Yet the Juventus and Italy midfielder is still one of the best in the world. And he's a dude.

Born on the same day was former Uruguay and Manchester United striker Diego Forlan, who is now in Japan with Cerezo Osaka.

And other man celebrating is Scotland's four-time IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti, who turns 42.

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Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has announced she will compete in her first heptathlon since London 2012 in Gotzis at the end of May.

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Raheem Sterling is making a mistake by asking to leave Liverpool, according to former Reds winger John Barnes.

Sterling is expected to tell Reds manager Brendan Rodgers he wants to leave Anfield this summer and two-time Liverpool title winner Barnes tells BBC Radio 5 live: "He is only 20 and has not achieved anything, he has not won anything.

"The time is not right for him to move, but if he wants to move the club should sell him. If he goes to Manchester City, to give himself a chance of winning the league, he will not become a regular for them. We have seen it with players in the past like Scott Sinclair."

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Kieran Gibbs, March 2014: When Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain stuck out a hand to stop Eden Hazard's goalbound shot he could have fully expected to see a flash of red from ref Andre Marriner.

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The card was produced, but was shown instead to his bemused team-mate Gibbs, who protested his innocence to the referee before accepting his fate and trudging off the pitch.

Arsenal went on to lose the match 6-0. Marriner later issued an apology to Gibbs.

Britain's James Ward and Kyle Edmund have been awarded the two remaining wild cards for the upcoming Aegon Championships at the Queen's Club.

World number 106 Ward reached the semi-finals of the pre-Wimbledon tournament in 2011, while Edmund has recently climbed to 121st in the rankings after qualifying for the main draw of the Australian Open.

Ward, 28, and Edmund, 20, join the likes of British number one Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic at the tournament, which takes place between 15-21 June.