Bournemouth haven't had a lot of luck with injuries this week. Following on from the news that Max Gradel will miss the rest of this year, another new signing - their record one no less - is now out for the rest of the season.

Defender Tyrone Mings has a serious knee injury and his campaign is over. He has tweeted today...

Ireland boss Joe Schmidt could be playing mind games ahead of their Rugby World Cup warm-up against England on Saturday. 

More likely he's just being genuine about the "nice balance" Stuart Lancaster has found between power and finesse in his squad.

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Jonathan Joseph, Henry Slade, Alex Goode and Jonny May got particular mention from Schmidt, who added: "I'm just happy they are not in our pool., external

According Rugby Football Union's professional rugby director Rob Andrew, the current England squad will not reach their peak around 2017-18. However, that doesn't mean they can't win this year's World Cup, says forwards coach Graham Rowntree.

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"As Rob said, we know that we can win a World Cup with this group of players. And that excites me," Rowntree said. "This team will only get better and better with experience, let's all agree that. I can see that from working with the guys day in, day out. We will absolutely get better with experience and we will be become more experienced in three years' time." 

Alistair Bruce-Ball
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

Speaking of plastic...

When Australian batsman Phillip Hughes died last year after being struck on the head by a ball, people across the world paid tribute by placing their bat on show.

Just over nine months later, one fan has completed his own personal tribute to Hughes - a hand-built, plastic miniature stadium.

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Shaminder Singh bought parts from around the world, spending nearly £3,000 and seven months putting his creation together at his Coventry home. The stadium has stands named after cricket legends Sir Ian Botham and Richie Benaud and also a garden dedicated to the Queen.

To see more pictures of Mr Singh's creation, head on over to BBC News.

Earlier, we pointed you in the direction of an article in the Daily Mail, suggesting that City are Manchester's best-run club...

The England and Wales Cricket Board have announced that seven England women’s players will be heading to Australia to play in the inaugural edition of the Women’s Big Bash League this winter. These are the players in question and the teams they will represent:

Charlotte Edwards & Katherine Brunt: Perth Scorchers

Heather Knight: Hobart Hurricanes

Kate Cross & Lauren Winfield: Brisbane Heat

Sarah Taylor: Adelaide Strikers

Danielle Wyatt: Melbourne Renegades

Laura Marsh: New South Wales

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BBC Sussex's Adrian Harms at New Road:

"Despite losing 12 overs to a combination of bad light and rain, Sussex are closing in on victory at New Road. 

"Chris Jordan with two and Ashar Zaidi have taken the wickets and with the weather improving Sussex have a further 67 overs to take the remaining four Worcestershire wickets."

Juliette Ferrington
BBC Sport in Tbilisi

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Asked Andrew (left) and Ross (right) how they were feeling "Drunk and quietly confident" was their response. They reckon Scott Brown and Shaun Maloney will be key for Scotland.

You can listen to the game on BBC Radio 5 live from 17:00 BST and follow our live text commentary from 16:00 BST 

England hockey captain Kate Richardson-Walsh, World Athletics Championship medalist Martyn Rooney and England's player of the Ashes series Anya Shrubsole are currently on BBC Radio 5 live with Eleanor Oldroyd.

Listen live here

BBC Radio Manchester's Scott Read at Canterbury:

"Plenty of fight and determination showed by Lancashire this morning as they look to deny Kent a win and seal promotion in process.

"Runs dried up as Kent bowled six successive maidens, but crucially for Lancashire they have seven wickets in hand heading into the afternoon."

Northants paceman Maurice Chambers picked up two wickets on the final morning against his former county Essex, but the rain-hit game at Cheltenham looks set for a draw. 

Chambers bowled Tom Westley early on before removing Jesse Ryder just before lunch. Essex hold a lead of 236 and with just two sessions remaining a positive result looks unlikely. 

Click here to see the full scorecard.

BBC commentator James Allen is ready as second practice for the Italian Grand Prix looms large. It starts at 13:00 BST.

Find all our live text and radio coverage here.

BBC London 94.9's Kevin Hand at Edgbaston:

"Middlesex are 29-1, still 18 runs behind in their second innings, at lunch on the final day. Warwickshire were all out for 254 this morning, with Tim Ambrose leading the way with 89.

"The visitors must now bat out the majority of the day to ensure a draw in their bid to finish second in the table."

BBC London 94.9's  Mark Church at the Oval:

"Three early wickets for Surrey but a partnership between Wayne Madsen and Wes Durston then steadied the Derbyshire ship. 

"The hosts know if they win today they will be promoted and the Curran brothers gave them the perfect start which saw Derbyshire in deep trouble at 9-3."

Gloucestershire's declaration 146 runs behind at Grace Road has set up the possibility of a positive result to the game against Leicestershire.

Live radio commentary available here.

Rangers say Raith Rovers may have "besmirched the honour of" Ibrox assistant manager David Weir by querying the recall of a player.

Raith asked the Scottish FA compliance officer to investigate a potential rule breach after Rangers' Ryan Hardie was recalled from the Scotland Under-19s.

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Rovers player Craig Wighton remains with the Under-19s squad in Bulgaria as the club prepare to face Rangers.

But Rangers say Hardie's return "was done with the approval of the SFA".

Question is, how do you respond to a besmirching? A duel at dawn?

"This is a new era at City, who are trying hard to eliminate expensive mistakes. They have become Manchester’s better-run club, adopting a sophisticated strategy that is different from the impulsive, scattergun nature of Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal and chief executive Ed Woodward." - Neil Ashton, today's Daily Mail., external

City are Manchester's best run club. Discuss.

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