Division One

Nottinghamshire, 340, Hampshire 234-8 at Trent Bridge - tea

Somerset 438, Warwickshire 114-6 at Taunton - tea - Somerset safe from relegation

Middlesex 98, Worcestershire 322-3 at New Road - tea

Yorkshire 251, Sussex 248 at Headingley - tea

Division Two

Leicestershire 329, Derbyshire 241-4 at Derby - tea

Essex 225-4 v Lancashire at Chelmsford - tea

Glamorgan 433, Gloucestershire 163-2 at Bristol - in play

Surrey 268-6 v Northants at The Oval - tea

BBC Radio Nottingham's Dave Bracegirdle at Trent Bridge: "Hampshire fought hard to remain in contention on the second afternoon of their match against Nottinghamshire.

"Liam Dawson top-scored with 69 as the visitors reached tea, still 106 runs behind. He put on 70 with Sean Ervine, but the partnership was eventually broken by Samit Patel, who celebrated news of his England Test call-up by dismissing Ervine for 32.

"With only one batting point secured so far, Hampshire’s First Division survival hopes remain alive, providing they now go on and win and Sussex lose to Yorkshire at Headingley."

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Former Poland captain Michal Zewlakow has been talking abut Robert Lewandowski - and comparing him to Gary Lineker.

"He's a target man, this is a player who can score the goal with his head from the air," said Zewlakow, Poland's most-capped player.

"He can score the easy goals. He has a nose of a Gary Lineker, clever fox in the box.

"Maybe it's not the player who can make a dribble and go past five players but in my opinion this is a player every coach in the world should like to have.'"

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"If somebody told me this boy would score four goals in the semi-finals of the Champions League or five goals in nine minutes, we would definitely have raised the price"

Those are the words of Lech Poznan vice-president Piotr Rutkowski, who reflected on the sale of Robert Lewandowski to Borussia Dortmund in 2010 for 4.5m euros. His interview with BBC World can be found here.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Clive Eakin at Taunton:

"It was an appropriately high point in the game with which Somerset confirmed their First Division status for another season.  

"The seventh bonus point needed was claimed when young left-arm spinner Jack Leach took two wickets in two balls to complete a personal five-wicket haul

"It’s been an astonishing collapse for Warwickshire.  For the second time this season they’ve lost five wickets on the same score going from 105-1 to 105-6, with Ian Bell among the men out for 12."

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Ian Baraclough has paid for Motherwell's League Cup exit against Morton with his job. 

The club have sacked the 44-year-old as manager following the 3-2 extra-time defeat at Cappielow on Tuesday.

Baraclough took charge in December and helped the Steelmen avoid relegation in last season's play-offs.

However, they have taken just seven points out of 24 so far in this season's Scottish Premiership.

Looks good to us...

You'll find live text of the match here. There's 20 minutes remaining and Scotland, after a frantic first hour, have their noses in front - 24-10 ahead.

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BBC Newcastle's Sunderland commentator

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Dick Advocaat was steadfastly upbeat following Sunderland’s 4-1 defeat at the Stadium of Light by Manchester City to knock them out of the Capital One Cup.

The Dutch head coach told BBC Newcastle he saw ‘lots of good things’ from Sunderland’s performance and admitted they had been let down by individual errors in three of the four goals. He was pleased though with the chances Sunderland created and a promising debut from their on-loan right back DeAndre Yedlin.

Supporters seem concerned Advocaat will walk away from the job but the 67-year-old is adamant he is still enjoying the role.

Looks like West Ham are already back on the training ground after last night's League Cup defeat in Leicester.

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The Football Medical Association says it is "disappointed" after its efforts to negotiate a return to Chelsea for club doctor Dr Eva Carneiro failed.

Carneiro, 42, left the club on Tuesday, six weeks after being publicly criticised by Blues boss Jose Mourinho.

She had her role downgraded after Mourinho said his medical staff were "naive" for treating Eden Hazard during the 2-2 draw with Swansea on 8 August.

She is now considering her legal position.

A few little facts for you...

• There have been 12 meetings between the north London rivals in the League Cup, including four semi-finals.
• The most recent League Cup meeting was in the third round in 2010/11 at White Hart Lane. Arsenal won the game 4-1 after extra time.
• Spurs have been eliminated by Premier League opposition in the previous nine years (excluding 2008 when they won the competition).

• Last season's third-round defeat to Southampton was Arsenal's earliest League Cup exit since November 2002, when they lost 3-2 to Sunderland at the same stage.

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As for tonight's game, Ryan Mason (knee), Nabil Bentaleb (ankle) and Mousa Dembele (foot) are all ruled out for Tottenham.

Harry Kane could keep his place as the England striker goes in search of his first club goal of the campaign.

Arsenal will be without midfielder Francis Coquelin because of a knee injury.

Manager Arsene Wenger is expected to rotate his squad, with youngsters Alex Iwobi and Glen Kamara likely to be included.

And speaking of that Tottenham-Arsenal match, let's have a quick trip down memory lane and look at some memorable derby pictures from down the years...

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Right, time to turn our attention to what's going on later.

The League Cup third round continues tonight with some juicy looking games, not least in north London where Tottenham take on Arsenal.

Chelsea are away to Walsall while struggling Newcastle host Sheffield Wednesday.

Here are the games and when they kick-off. We'll continue our build-up on Sportsday over the next few hours.

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Since we are on the subject of Hull, Jake Livermore has thanked fans for their support after the midfielder made his return from a drug suspension. 

Livermore, 25, played 69 minutes of the Tigers' League Cup win over Swansea on Tuesday, his first appearance since testing positive for cocaine in May. 

He avoided a Football Association ban due to "unique" circumstances in his case following the death of his son. 

"Can't thank the fans enough for the overwhelming support and reception I received," he wrote on Twitter.

Oldham Athletic have signed Sheffield United striker Michael Higdon in a three-month emergency loan deal.

The 32-year-old will be available to make his Latics debut in Saturday's game against Wigan.

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Mark Watson: Go on a rugby ready course make sure you're safe  

Will Shillibier: GET YOUR HEAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE! (bum side not knee side)

Paul Guppy: Every time they kick you clap, Er that's it really...

Thomas Andrew: Play rugby league instead.  

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Ayumu Goromaru, the man who could do no wrong against South Africa, earns his team extra acres with a fantastic touchfinder. Japan with a line-out 5m from their line and they drive, drive, drive until they score! A conversion later and Japan are 7-6 ahead.

Follow the match live here  

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