That's it for Sportsday Live for Thursday.

Friday's offering will feature a host of Premier League press conference plus the latest sports news and views.

You can catch it all from 08:00 BST on Friday.

BBC Radio 5 live

A reminder that this evening on BBC Radio 5 live, there is a special programme from 20:00-21:30 BST on Steven Gerrard's top 10 moments.

There will also be a live text commentary on the BBC Sport website alongside the show.

Former England scrum-half Scott Bemand has been appointed head coach of the England women's team.

Bemand, 36, turned out for Bath, Harlequins and Leicester during his playing career.

England won the World Cup by beating Canada last August but the Rugby Football Union parted company with winning coach Gary Street in January just before the start of the Six Nations.

A Norwich City football fan was reported for "racially abusive" language by a television viewer during the play-off match at Ipswich Town.

The Bolton viewer phoned Suffolk Police alleging that Ipswich player Tyrone Mings had been abused during the 1-1 draw at Portman Road.

Officers scanned footage and arrested a 17-year-old during the match who admitted using non-racist but abusive language. He will not go to the final under a community resolution.

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Newly appointed Stevenage manager Teddy Sheringham has been speaking to BBC Radio 5 live about his decision to leave his role as attacking coach at West Ham alongside manager Sam Allardyce to move to the League Two club.

"If Sam would have asked me 3 or 4 months ago, 'Look I've got a couple of more years here and I want you to stay' then I probably would have said 'oh yeah that's fantastic I'm enjoying my time there, let's do it'," he said

"But things have been uncertain for Sam for the last six months which has left an empty corridor for myself.

"He is still hopeful that something will happen, it happened like that the last time he was out of contract at West Ham, and it happened to Steve Bruce at Birmingham. I don't think it's been any mystery or secret that they have been trying to look for other managers."

At Lord's, the opening day of England's first Test against New Zealand is coming to an end and Jos Buttler has passed his half-century.

You can follow ball-by-ball coverage on Test Match Special on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.

Jake Gledhill: Got to be Captain Fantastic leading the charge for the impossible comeback in Istanbul with the best header I've ever seen.

Daniel Farren: Working in a hotel showing Portugal v England at Euro 2004, remember Gerrard's tireless runs box to box in extra time. Winner!

Kurt Hargreaves: His 2nd goal in the 2006 FA Cup final

Adolf Dlima: Out of the several 700+ in a Liverpool Shirt, the one when he scored against Man U and kissed the camera. #ThanksStevie

You can listen to a BBC Radio 5 live special programme on Gerrard's top 10 moments from 20:00 to 21:30 BST. There will be a live text commentary on the BBC Sport website alongside the show.

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First round action is still continuing at the PGA Championship at Wentworth.

Italy's Francesco Molinari leads the way on six under with one hole of his round remaining while Sweden's Robert Karlsson holds the clubhouse lead on five under.

Out on the course, both Luke Donald and Justin Rose are one under after 16.

Northants 309 draw with Surrey 499-6d (scorecard)

Kumar Sangakkara scored his second Championship century for Surrey as their Division Two match with Northants ended, as expected, in a draw.

Persistent rain during days one and two wrecked any hopes of a positive result.

But the visitors were keen to secure maximum bonus points and did so thanks to Sangakkara (111) and a career-best 140 off 145 balls from Jason Roy.

Glamorgan 314 & 270; Essex 221 & 274 (scorecard)

BBC Radio Wales Sport's Nick Webb at Cardiff: "Glamorgan recorded their first Championship win of the season beating Essex by 89 runs despite valiant visitors' resistance on the final afternoon.

"Ryan ten Doeschate was unbeaten on 74 but ran out of partners as Essex were bowled out for 274 just after tea.

"There were three wickets each for Andrew Salter and Michael Hogan."

Figo's withdrawal from the race for the Fifa presidency means there are just two candidates remaining - current president Sepp Blatter, who is bidding for a fifth term, and Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan.

Luis Figo is dropping out of the election for president of Fifa, saying the 29 May ballot is "not a normal electoral act".

In a statement sent to the Associated Press, the Portugal great and former Fifa world player of the year says that he refuses to go along with an election process that is designed "for the delivery of absolute power to one man" - indicating Sepp Blatter.

Figo's announcement came hours after another candidate - Dutch soccer federation president Michael van Praag - also withdrew.

Liverpool have announced that winger Jordon Ibe and defender Jon Flanagan have signed contract extensions at the club.

It is understood Ibe, 19, has signed a new five-year deal while Flanagan, 22, has renewed his expiring contract by 12 months.

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Former England international Graham Dawe has hailed hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie as a "special player" following the 21-year-old's inclusion in the 50-man England training squad for the World Cup.

Cowan-Dickie is one of four uncapped players in the squad, along with Exeter clubmate Henry Slade, rugby league convert Sam Burgess and Saracens forward Maro Itoje.

"He's a special player, so let's hope he goes well," Dawe told BBC Radio Cornwall. "Being a Cornishman as well - for anybody this far west it's great news to get into the England squad."

Belgian Philippe Gilbert of the BMC team timed a solo attack to perfection on Monte Berico to win Thursday's rain-hit 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia.

Race leader Alberto Contador finished second three seconds adrift on the uphill finish to the 190km ride between Imola and Vicenza, with main rival Richie Porte from Team Sky a further three seconds behind.

After earlier wins for Kyle Edmund and Johanna Konta, Naomi Broady's qualification bid at the French Open is over after she was thrashed 6-1 6-1 by Australia's Anastasia Rodionova.

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Joe Root has fallen two runs short of his century at Lord's as he edges Matt Henry to Latham.

Still that is a vital innings for the Yorkshire batsman who came to the crease at 29-3 and steadied the innings with his knock of 98 from 161 balls.

England 255-6. Moeen Ali is the next man in to join Jos Buttler who is on 26.

Which New Zealand player only has seven toes? Who has the number of the beast? Who hit their first ever ball in Test cricket for six?

Have a go at our quiz on England and New Zealand players. The average score seems to be ten out of 15, though some England batsmen scored in single figures.

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Brian Bates: Stevie G's best moments over 700 of them. Every time he pulled on a Liverpool shirt

Joe Mahon: Tough choice between, red card in under a minute,back pass to Henry, saying let's not this slip, then slipping, or crying with Suarez on TV.

Peter Jga Burns: When he single-handedly won a European Cup and stopped one of the best ever teams assembled, Cafu, Maldini, Seedorf, Pirlo, Crespo, Shevchenko, Gattuso, Inzaghi.... at the moment in time he was in the top five footballers in the world.

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You can listen to a BBC Radio 5 live special programme on Gerrard's top 10 moments from 20:00 to 21:30 BST. There will be a live text commentary on the BBC Sport website alongside the show.

Glamorgan 314 & 270, Essex 221 & 254-7 (scorecard)

BBC Radio Wales Sport's Nick Webb at Cardiff: "Essex are battling hard against the odds, chasing a stiff target of 364 to beat Glamorgan.

"Dutch all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate has led the way with a stubborn 57 not out, while Kishen Velani chipped in with 31 and 17-year-old Callum Taylor made 22 before losing a feisty battle with Graham Wagg.

"Glamorgan remain favourites for victory, but don't count Essex out yet."