Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has backed striker Olivier Giroud to help the Gunners knock rivals Tottenham out of the Capital One Cup at White Hart Lane.

The France international is in line to return to the starting XI for tonight's north London derby, with Theo Walcott having led the attack at Chelsea.

"Giroud is a guy who has a positive attitude, who is ready to have a go," Wenger said on Arsenal Player.

"He has assets in the game, which are vital because he can protect the ball, can hold the ball and can bring other plays in, that is one of the big parts of his game and that is why he creates so many chances and that is why the other players love him and love to play with him as well." 

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Richard Hill has resigned as manager of National League club Eastleigh with immediate effect.

The 52-year-old had been in charge since 2012 and led the team to the play-offs last season.

Eastleigh lost 5-2 at home to Dover on Tuesday evening.

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Swapping codes for a moment, England prop George Burgess has been ruled out of the forthcoming  three-match Test series with New Zealand due to injury.

The 23-year-old younger brother of rugby union's Sam Burgess is to undergo hip surgery which will sideline him until the start of the 2016 season.

"George needs surgery on his hip," England coach Steve McNamara said. "It's going to be a fairly long recovery period for him, about four months."

BBC Sport's Alex Capstick is sampling the atmosphere ahead of the big game at Kingsholm - and he's just bumped into this passionate Japan fan. How long does it take to do make-up like that?!

Japan lit up the Rugby World Cup when they shocked South Africa at the weekend, while their fans have stripped the shelves of merchandise in the UK.

However, rugby fever doesn't appear to be sweeping Japan itself just yet. BBC Monitoring report that the RWC does not make the top headlines or even feature prominently on the sports page of English language Japanese websites. Baseball and other sports are given preference.

However, Japan Times’ sport section was an exception and they were leading with a match preview., external

Other newspapers such as Asahi, external and Manichi, external have carried reports on the World Cup in the past, but they are using agency copy for now.

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Having tackled Australia and New Zealand in his short international career, former Leicester Tigers winger Ayoola Erinle is preparing for a different challenge this weekend, writes BBC Sport's Calum McKenzie.

Erinle is in line to make his home debut for Loughborough Students against Blaydon in English rugby's third tier.

He made his debut last week at Esher in the 30-16 defeat.

Alex Ainsworth: Luckily I work in a pub with some big TVs. Also it's very quiet, which for once is a bonus.  

Remember we told you about Tyson Fury arriving at his news conference dressed as Batman? Well, for those who didn't believe us, here's the evidence.

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The Daily Star's Chris McKenna is in London for Tyson Fury's news conference ahead of his fight against Wladimir Klitschko...