Rugby news now and Newport Gwent Dragons rugby director Lyn Jones has agreed a new two-year deal with the Welsh region., external

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Jones arrived at the Dragons from London Welsh two years ago, with the highlight of this season's campaign being a European Challenge Cup semi-final appearance.

"The first two years have been about change, but the next two will be about regaining respect in the world of rugby through consistent performances and results," said Jones.

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Only at Headingley can you bump into the Jamaican bobsleigh team...

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It will be a secret ballot, and all Fifa's 209 member states have a vote each. Members vote in alphabetical order, so it'll be a while before we have an outcome.

If either of the candidates wins two-thirds of the vote in the first round - a total of 140 votes if everyone takes part - then he wins.

If there is no outright winner at that stage, a candidate would need to win only a straight majority in a second round of voting.

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If you are heading to Headingley this morning you might want to take a mop with you. The rain has ensured there is going to be a delayed start to the second Test between England and New Zealand. But there is good news...

Test Match Special on Twitter: Latest from BBC Weather. Rain expected to stop around 1230. Sunny spells this afternoon with just a possible shower. Good news!

Stepan Benyovszky: Warner's speech is an indication of the mood amongst "third-world" delegates. They like the current Fifa. Blatter will stay.

Duncan Bown: Vote Blatter and then Uefa can leave Fifa. So the World Cup would not be the World Cup without the Europeans!!

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According to Sepp Blatter's profile on the Fifa website, "his key messages and aspirations are credibility, transparency and fair play". His philosophy, it says, is: "Football for all, all for football."

Prince Ali says he would aim "to shift the focus away from administrative controversy and back to sport", to make Fifa more transparent and distribute earnings more equally.

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Two members of the England cricket team will be waiting eagerly for the result of the toss. Captain Alastair Cook requires just 32 runs to overhaul mentor Graham Gooch as England's all-time Test run-scorer, while bowler James Anderson's first scalp of the match will make him the first Englishman to reach 400 Test wickets.

No sign of that toss happening yet, but you can get all the news as it happens via Test match Special, which is now live on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, and our live text commentary, which you can find here.

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In 1968, Bobby Charlton scored twice at Wembley as Manchester United beat Benfica 4-1 after extra-time to become the first English winners of the European Cup.

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That's Prince Ali bin al-Hussein to you, thanks very much. He's 39 years old and has been president of Jordanian football since 2009 - where his achievements include successfully championing the lifting of Fifa's ban on the hijab in women's football.

He's the son of the late King Hussein and the late Queen Alia, who died in a helicopter crash in 1977. He attended Sandhurst military academy before joining his country's armed forces. He is the brother-in-law of leading racehorse owner Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai.

Prince Ali says his candidacy is motivated by the desire "to shift the focus away from administrative controversy and back to sport". Uefa president Michel Platini knows him well and says he "has all the credibility required to hold high office".

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It looks set to be another rain-free day at Roland Garros as Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova take centre stage in round three.

Federer plays Damir Dzumhur at around 12:00 BST, with Sharapova then taking on Sam Stosur in a potential cracker. That match will be live on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.

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European football associations could boycott future World Cups if Sepp Blatter is returned as Fifa president, according to the Scottish FA.

SFA chief executive Stewart Regan says it is one of the options being considered by Uefa, Europe's governing body, should Blatter win Friday's vote.

"There could, of course, be a rival body," Regan told BBC Scotland.

"There could be threats of not participating in competitions. There are a number of options."

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It has been a long wait. Jessica Ennis-Hill last competed in the heptathlon on that giddy Saturday evening at London's Olympic Stadium in 2012.

Nearly three years on, the Olympic champion is stepping back into the fray, making her heptathlon return in the prestigious Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis this weekend.

But what should we expect from her and why is a small town in Austria so special for the world's best female multi-eventers?

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A charmer, an emperor, a great actor. A visionary with an inferiority complex. Fifa president Sepp Blatter - by those who know him.

Blatter is adamant he is still the best man to take football's scandal-stained world governing body forward, attempting to win a fifth term as Fifa president in Friday's election, in defiance of the deafening calls for him to quit.

But what is the story behind the 79-year-old Swiss?

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Former Fifa vice president Jack Warner left a Trinidad jail by ambulance on Thursday, a day after he was charged in a US corruption case that has led to the arrests of more than a dozen international soccer officials and businessmen.

The 72-year-old Warner complained of exhaustion and was not able to face questions from reporters gathered for several hours outside the jail.

But a short while later, he gave a defiant speech before a crowd of raucous supporters in the district he represents as an opposition member of Parliament.

"If I have been thieving Fifa money for 30 years, who gave me the money? How come he is not charged? Why have only persons from Third World countries been charged?'' Warner said.

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Test Match Special will be on air on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra at 10:25 BST. It looks unlikely that there will be any cricket until lunch due to rain, but there will be plenty of entertainment to fill the void.

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Fifa president Sepp Blatter on decision to award Russia and Qatar the 2018 and 2022 World Cups: "If two other countries had emerged from the envelope, I think we would not have these problems today."

The subtext? The USA and UK are sore losers over losing World Cup hosting rights. Is Blatter effectively alluding to a conspiracy against him and Fifa?

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England manager Roy Hodgson says he could end his tenure after Euro 2016 if he does not feel "wanted".

The 67-year-old, who signed a four-year contract in May 2012, stayed in his job despite his side failing to win a game at the 2014 World Cup.

But since then England are unbeaten in eight matches and top their Euro 2016 qualifying group with a 100% record.

"It's tempting to think that one could stay longer, but it has got to be wanted," said Hodgson.

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The second Test between England and New Zealand gets under way at 11:00 BST, or at least it should depending on if the weather scales itself back from apocalyptic before then.

England's win at Lord's last week gives them a 1-0 lead heading into the contest and, along with the appointment of a new coach, a newly-instilled optimism for the future.

National limited overs captain Eoin Morgan has joined the chorus of voices hailing the arrival of that aforementioned coach Trevor Bayliss, who coached the 28-year-old at Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.

"He keeps things relatively simple and doesn't overcomplicate the game," said Morgan. "His approach mirrors my line of thinking and I'm really looking forward to seeing him again."

The Times' chief football correspondent Oliver Kay tweets his response, external to Sepp Blatter's presidential address: "That was possibly the worst speech I've ever heard. 22 mins of deluded, rambling, irrelevant, self-serving Blatter blather. ***APPLAUSE***"

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Remember this? Jean van de Velde wading through the Barry Burn in a forlorn attempt to prevent the Open Championship slipping from his grasp in 1999. Well the Frenchman, who spurned a three-shot lead that day and allowed Paul Lawrie to become a major champion, turns 49 today.

Also celebrating are former Chelsea player and manager Roberto Di Matteo (45), Zenit St Petersburg's former Arsenal forward Andrey Arshavin (34), horse racing trainer Martin Pipe (70) and New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (31).