That's all from Sportsday live for today but we'll be back bright and early with reaction to all tonight's Champions League football and the best of the back pages too.

As for now, you can watch Sportsday by clicking the play button at the top of this page right now, and follow Manchester United against Wolfsburg and Manchester City away at Borussia Monchengladbach build up and all the action right here.

Tonight's programme in Germany casts back to Anglo-German clashes in Europe in the 1970s....

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Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge's return to action must be managed carefully to ensure it does not "break" him, says Reds manager Brendan Rodgers.

Sturridge, 26, scored twice in Saturday's 3-2 win over Aston Villa - his second appearance of the season since a hip injury suffered in April.

"We have seen from the game at the weekend he is still building his way towards full fitness," said Rodgers.

Sturridge's 24 goals in 2013-14 helped the Reds finish second in the league, but he missed six months of last season after suffering a thigh problem and having hip surgery.

The view from the press box in Germany....

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Real Madrid forwards Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez will miss Wednesday's Champions League match at Malmo through injury.

Wales's Bale (calf) and Colombia's Rodriguez (thigh) missed Saturday's draw at home to Malaga and will not be risked before the weekend's Madrid derby at Atletico.

Defenders Sergio Ramos and Pepe have also been left out.

Real won their opening encounter in Group A, 4-0 against Shakhtar Donetsk.

Don't forget Match of the Day 2 and BBC Radio 1’s Greg James are teaming up to give audiences the chance to choose September’s Goal of the Month soundtrack.   

The winning track will be announced on Greg’s show at 18:00 BST on Thursday 1st October and feature in September’s Goal of the Month feature on Match of the Day 2 on Sunday 4th October at 22:30 BST.

Wales had a knockout preparation for tomorrow's game with Fiji by meeting Joe Calzaghe.

The players were tratted to a private screening of Mr Calzaghe, a documentary-film about the unbeaten former world boxing champion's life - followed by a question and answer session.

Ever missed a flight or forgotten your passport? Maybe you turned up at the wrong ground or forgot your match ticket. Let us know using #mymanuelmoment, external on Twitter or post on the BBC Sport Facebook, external page.   

Kathryn Bate on Twitter: My housemate realised the day before flying to Amsterdam to run the marathon his passport expired 6 months previously

Ciaran Callan: due to delayed flights and trains I only got to see 45 mins of a Europa league game in Luxembourg.

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Heavyweight Tyson Fury has revealed an ambition to become an MP.

Fury, who is waiting for his world title fight against Wladimir Klitschko to be rescheduled, wants to stand as an independent for the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency and told the BBC: "I should be elected in five years' time." 

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BBC Radio 5 live at the Philips Stadion

Borussia Mönchengladbach – famous name from the 1970’s for English football fans - when they lost two Finals to Liverpool – The 1973 UEFA Cup Final, and the 1977 European Cup Final.

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Since then, they have been absent from The European Cup proper for 37 years until this season.

Mönchengladbach were impressive in the Europa League last season . They only lost to the eventual winners Seville and scored 18 goals in their five home games Europe last year. 

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Plenty of early arrivals for Manchester United’s Champions League encounter with Wolfsburg.

Michael Carrick scored a late winner the last time the two sides met at Old Trafford, in the 2009-10 group stage, with Ryan Giggs also on target in a 2-1 win.

It will be Wolfsburg’s fourth game in England and they have lost in each visit, losing Europa League matches against Portsmouth and Everton in addition to the United defeat.

Our reporter Conor McNamara has arrived at Borussia Park for tonight's game between Monchengladbach and Manchester City.

So can Manchester United and Manchester City fare any better tonight?

Dan Walker was joined by Kevin Kilbane and Mark Lawrenson for the Focus Forum as they look forward to Wednesday's Champions League fixtures with both Manchester clubs in action.

Manchester City travel to Germany to take on Borussia Monchengladbach, while Manchester United have a home tie against Wolfsburg.

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Castleford Tigers chairman Jack Fulton has died at the age of 83. 

Fulton spent 21 years on the board at the West Yorkshire club and became chairman in the early 1990s. 

A club statement said: "Our sincere condolences go out to the Fulton family. We'd ask that our fans respect the families privacy at this time."

Fulton's passing came a day after plans were approved for the club's new 10,000-capacity stadium as part of a £135m development programme in the town.

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Samit Patel is relishing a chance to impress in the England squad to take on Pakistan, after two years out of the international set up.

The Nottinghamshire spin bowler was called up after an injury to Zaffar Ansari.

"I'm coming back into the system after two years out, working with new coaches like Mahela Jayawardene and Mark Ramprakash - it's all new for me and for them so it's going to be brilliant, " Patel said.

Captain Alastair Cook thinks Patel gives them another option with bat and ball.

"Samit's had a taste of international cricket and certainly he adds that spinning the ball away from the right hander and a bit of batting as well."

Former England captain Alan Shearer claims coaching standards are partly to blame for Premier League clubs failing in Europe. 

Shearer, talking at the Sir Bobby Robson Celebrity Golf Day says reckons the amount of money now flowing through the Premier League has a part to play too.

"The more money the Premier League gets it seems the worse the teams get in Europe. Teams from Germany, Spain, Italy seem to be leaving our teams behind which is a great shame," he said. 

 "We're not producing as many players as we used to, young players are not getting the opportunity, coaching standards is another thing but the list is endless."

A Question of Sport Teaser

Earlier our friends at Question of Sport asked you who are the seven British players with more than 100 Champions League appearances?

The answers you were looking for are:

Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Ashley Cole, David Beckham, Frank Lampard & John Terry.

There will be another teaser for you tomorrow.

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BBC Radio 5 live at the Philips Stadion

In the absence of Vincent Kompany and Eliaquim Mangala, Martin Demichelis is expected to play at the back for Manchester City tonight. Demichelis has a good record against tonight's opponents, he never lost in 12 games against Mönchengladbach during his time at Bayern Munich.

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will face no action after being cleared of making discriminatory comments towards then club doctor Eva Carneiro during the match against Swansea on August 8, the Football Association has announced.

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In a statement the FA said: "The matter was brought to the attention of the FA on 8 September and led to the appointment of an independent academic expert in Portuguese linguistics to analyse the footage of the incident which included the audio recording.

"After receiving the report from the expert, the FA is satisfied that the words used do not constitute discriminatory language under FA Rules. Furthermore, both the words used, as translated and analysed by the independent expert, and the video evidence, do not support the conclusion that the words were directed at any person in particular. Consequently, on the evidence available to it, the FA will take no further action in relation to this matter." 

Manchester United will be without midfielder Michael Carrick who missed the last training session before facing Wolfsburg in the Champions League.

Fellow midfielder Ander Herrera and winger Antonio Valencia are doubtful for the game with minor injuries.

Defender Paddy McNair could return after he recovered from an injury that sidelined him for the last two games.

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Wolfsburg will be without midfielder Luiz Gustavo who has a knee injury, while centre-back Robin Knoche is out.  

Winger Vieirinha and goalkeeper Koen Casteels are both doubtful after missing the Wolves' last five games.