New Zealand have made 12 changes to their team for their second Rugby World Cup game against Namibia.

Openside flanker Sam Cane will captain the side while Codie Taylor, Luke Romano, Liam Messam all make their first world cup appearances, along with Tawera Kerr-Barlow and Malakai Fekitoa.

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Paralympian David Smith is putting off life-saving surgery to remove a spinal cord tumour, so he can attend the 2016 Games in Rio.

The 37-year-old was first diagnosed with a tumour in 2010 whilst training for the 2012 Paralympic games but went on to win gold in rowing.

Smith said he might “never cycle again” after surgery, so is planning to “seize the moment” and “give everything” he has to make it to Rio.

Hear his interview from BBC Radio 5 live here.

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Yorkshire will dominate the County Championship and win the competition for the "next five or six years", club president Dickie Bird says.

The side have already retained their title and end their Championship season this week with a home game at Headingley against Sussex.

And 82-year-old Bird, who has been the club president for two years, expects the side to win more trophies.

"We have some great youngsters coming through," he told BBC Radio Leeds.

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Huddersfield Giants winger Jermaine McGillvary has targeted an England call-up after winning seven awards at the club's annual dinner.

The 27-year-old, who is Super League's leading try scorer, told BBC Radio Leeds: "I've proved myself a bit this year and I think I can go another level."

England play France next month before a three-match Autumn International series against New Zealand. 

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John Motson believes there is a media conspiracy against Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.

Speaking on the Monday Night Club, the commentator said: "Every time I read an article about Liverpool, there's somebody digging away at him.

"If we can put things in perspective, two years ago he nearly won the league."

Liverpool have started the Premier League season with just two wins in their first six games.

So there's a tasty second City derby tonight when Aston Villa take on Birmingham City in the Capital One Cup.

Spare a thought for poor old Peter Enckelman, who as Villa goalkeeper let a throw-in roll under his boot for an own goal when the two sides met in the Premier League in 2002.

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England discard Adam Lyth suffered another failure on a generally positive morning for the champions against Sussex at Hove.

Lyth was lbw to Chris Jordan for three, but Gary Ballance (38) and Andrew Gale (31) shared an unbroken stand of 51 before lunch.

Sussex need a maximum of nine points to be certain of playing Division One cricket again next summer, and are one wicket away from their first.

BBC Somerset's Anthony Gibson at Taunton:

"A satisfactory morning for Somerset, which would have been a whole lot better but for a wild heave from Tom Cooper, which left his middle stump lying on the ground off the last ball before lunch. 

"Marcus Trescothick is still there on 50, his 11th score of 50 or more in the County Championship this season, and the wicket looks to be as placid as everyone was expecting.

"This was a good toss for Somerset to win, on a blustery, distinctly autumnal day."     

Division One

Nottinghamshire 95-3 v Hampshire at Trent Bridge

Somerset 98-2 v Warwickshire at Taunton

Worcestershire v Middlesex at New Road - no play

Yorkshire 106-2 v Sussex at Headingley

Division Two

Leicestershire 117-5 v Derbyshire at Derby

Essex v Lancashire at Old Trafford - no play

Glamorgan 22-0 v Gloucestershire at Bristol

Surrey v Northants at The Oval - no play

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BBC Radio Nottingham's Dave Bracegirdle at Trent Bridge:

"Three early wickets for Fidel Edwards more than justified James Vince’s decision to insert the home side on the opening morning of Hampshire’s vital match against Nottinghamshire.

"Scrapping for First Division survival, Hants got off to the perfect start in a must-win match, as Edwards removed Brendan Taylor and he followed that with the wickets of Jake Libby and Samit Patel.  

"An unbroken stand of 56 between Steven Mullaney and Riki Wessels turned the session around, though, with Wessels passing 1,000 runs for the season when he reached 20."

Which players have been world class in the Premier League?

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The one hard news line to emerge from Farrell's chat with the media is that a decision will be made tomorrow on whether Jonathan Joseph will be fit to face Wales.

Joseph has a chest injury but Farrell played down concerns.

"JJ has a bit of a knock but it’s nothing too serious and our medical team are doing their best to get him fit," he said.

"It’s something and nothing. He has just got a knock on his chest. We’ll know whether he is fit by tomorrow."

He added: "It won’t change the whole dynamic of the selection (if he's missing) because we have a squad that has been training together for a long time now."

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England's replacements made a huge impact in the opening game against Fiji, and Sam Burgess received the loudest cheer of the night when he entered the fray.

Tossed a question about Burgess's chances of starting against Wales, Farrell played a straight bat.

"We were confident when we picked the 31-man squad that everyone can do a job for us," Farrell said.

"Everyone in that squad will be comfortbale in the starting 15. We know what we see week in, week out and we back all of them to start in the team."

So, not really answering the question at all then...

England Back's coach Andy Farrell has been speaking to the media ahead of that huge World Cup game at the weekend.

"It’s one of these games that everyone is unbelievably excited about," he says."Everyone worldwide is excited about this one.

"It’s a very difficult pool to play in, we all know that. It is about getting the preparation right and emotionally being in the right place to give the performance of our life at the weekend.

"What will count is that England are playing in white, at Twickenham, in the home dressing room, and we will have a hell of a lot of support on the day – that will count for a lot."

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Striker Nile Ranger has returned to training at Blackpool 10 months after being last seen at the club.

Local paper the Blackpool Gazette, external reports that the 24-year-old former Newcastle frontman posted pictures on Instagram, external which showed him training with Blackpool staff.

His return is quite a surprise given the club's manager Neil McDonald had previously stated that Ranger - who was turned away from training last month after arriving back for pre-season almost a month late - had no future at Bloomfield Road.

This was former England coach David Lloyd's response...