It is sad that Manu Tuilagi and Dylan Hartley will miss the Rugby World Cup due to disciplinary issues, says Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie - but he maintains England are capable of winning the tournament.

Leicester centre Tuilagi and Northampton hooker Hartley have been ruled out due to off and on-field incidents.

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"I think it's sad that some of the players are going to miss the opportunity of a lifetime but I don't think there's an underlying [disciplinary] problem," said Ritchie.

"As far as the England team are concerned, we are in an extremely good place. What I think gives us an advantage is we are the hosts."

Should football authorities consider switching the game to the summer? Three quarters of Scottish top-flight clubs would consider it.

Craig Rothwell: I'm all for it, more matches to put bets on when normally there's not much knocking around.

Mike Yost: Defo be worth doing! Less cancellations, warmer to play in. More evening games (for non-league without floodlights).

Iain Stin Anderson: An absolute no brainer in my opinion. We live in a country with miserable weather and short summers.

JTS: Personally I don't know how I would cope without football during the dull winter season.

Bad weather has washed out the post-lunch session on the opening day of the Test between India and Bangladesh in Fatullah.

India were 107 for no loss after winning the toss when rain stopped play 25 minutes before the scheduled lunch break. Shikhar Dhawan was unbeaten on 74 and Murali Vijay was on 33.

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Daily Telegraph, external: Former Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt is favourite to take over the club's academy team following Brian McClair's departure to the Scottish Football Association.

Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker tells the BBC's Breakfast he will "eventually" for British citizenship, having established a home in London.

As Novak Djokovic's coach, Becker feels that the world number one's heavy workload in the second week of the French Open might have cost him the title.

Becker will coach Djokovic at Wimbledon with the Serb looking to equal the German's record of three wins at the All England Club.

Watch the full interview here.

Shaun: Scottish clubs in favour of move to summer football. So are they all going to relocate to the south of France?

Andy Leighton: I live in Norway now, Summer football is a must for SPFL. Norway still has a summer break of a month for holidays

Mark Judic: Summer football in Scotland would be the best thing to happen. Increased TV interest and a second club for fans south of the border

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The majority of this week's County Championship games ended yesterday, with champions Yorkshire and leaders Durham amond the winners in Division One.

There are two Division Two matches about to enter their final day. Gloucestershire will resume on 26-1 as they chase a target of 252 to beat Lancashire, while Essex are 300-3 in their second innings and lead Northants by 132 runs.

Listen to live ball-by-ball commentary on desktop, tablet and mobile devices here.

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Paris St-Germain's France midfielder Yohan Cabaye, 29, would consider joining Alan Pardew - his former boss at Newcastle - at Crystal Palace, according to reports in French newspaper LeParisien., external

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Bidding process for 2026 World Cup is postponed in light of current allegations around other tournaments, says Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke.

The decision was due to be made in Kuala Lumpur in May 2017 at the Fifa congress.

After England scored 408-9 to beat New Zealand by 210 runs, we're asking whether this is yet another "new dawn" for the one-day team...

BTripz: Good win but one swallow a summer does not make.

Nick Hebross: World Cup champions 2019! Get on board!

Peter Collins: If we accept that sometimes we will be 200 all out, and don't kill our players for it, then we can become the real deal.

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Boris Becker, the three-time Wimbledon winner who is now Novak Djokovic's coach, has been impressed by Andy Murray in 2015.

Briton Murray, 28, won at SW19 in 2013 but lost in the quarter-finals last year. He was beaten by Djokovic on Saturday in the French Open semi-finals.

"Andy Murray is doing an unbelievable job this year," German Becker told BBC Radio 5 live. "He really came back from his back surgery. He's playing like a man possessed.

"He was awfully close in Melbourne, he was awfully close now in Paris. He won Wimbledon two years ago and he's definitely one of the big favourites to win it again. But I put my money on Djokovic."

Billybunter3rd: The advantage Scotland have for summer football is that they don't participate in the summer held European or World Cup finals.

Andrew Neill: Well summer football would certainly work 2022/23.....

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be held in the winter, meaning most major European leagues will need to change their schedules. If it's held there at all...

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New West Ham boss Slaven Bilic will be given the funds to bring in Chelsea striker Loic Remy, 28, and teenage Barcelona midfielder Alen Halilovic, reports the Guardian, external.But according to the Daily Mail, external, the Hammers' first signing under Bilic will be Spanish midfielder Pedro Obiang, 23, from Sampdoria for £4.4m.

Robert McCluskie: Of course summer football would be better. I would rather sit in the summer watching football than in freezing temperatures in the winter. If football was a new game I don't think to attract customers they would play in the winter.

James Deason: Misnomer really. The season funs from July to end of May. Maybe not playing loads of games in winter would be a better idea?

Mike Thomson: Apart from weather causing cancellations and freezing when watching your team - summer football might be attractive to sponsors and tv companies bringing much needed investment into the game.

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In 2006, England beat Paraguay 1-0 in their opening match at the World Cup in Germany, thanks to an own goal by Carlos Gamarra.

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New Derby County boss Paul Clement wants to sign £6m-rated Hull City forward Tom Ince, 23, according to The Mirror, external. Ince joined Derby on loan in February, scoring 11 goals in 18 games and being voted the Championship side's Young Player of the Year.

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So then, three-quarters of Scotland's top-flight clubs have told BBC Scotland they would consider a move to summer football but we want to know what you think of the idea.

What are the pros and cons of summer football in Scotland and beyond?

Let us know via #bbcsportsday, text 81111 (UK users only) or post on BBC Sport Facebook. Should be interesting this one.

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There could be a revolution afoot in football north of the border, after three-quarters of Scotland's top-flight clubs told BBC Scotland they would consider a move to summer football.

A survey of all 42 senior clubs found 27 would be in favour of examining the possibility, including nine from the 12-team Premiership.

Only seven clubs said such a move would not interest them, with eight not offering a view.

The Scottish Professional Football League says it is open to debate on "a complex matter".

One for basketball fans... LeBron James' 40 points saw Cleveland Cavaliers beat Golden State 96-91 to go 2-1 up in the NBA play-off finals.

Former Miami Heat small forward James also contributed 12 rebounds and eight assists in game three of seven, with Matthew Dellavedova adding 20 points.

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The 30-year-old, playing in his fifth successive finals series, now has 123 points from the three games.

The Cavs survived a fourth-quarter fightback though, with Stephen Curry landing 27 points for the visitors.

Fred Anton Maier, an Olympic, world, and European speedskating champion in the 1960s, has died at the age of 76, the Norwegian Skating Association has announced.