Lancashire have agreed new contracts with seam bowlers Kyle Jarvis,Tom Bailey and Gavin Griffiths.

Former Zimbabwe international Jarvis, 26, took 62 wickets in the County Championship to help the Red Rose county to promotion from Division Two. 

Bailey, 24, established himself this season with 35 wickets, including 5-12 against Leicestershire in May.

Griffiths, 21, made his Twenty20 debut on Finals Day as Lancashire secured the T20 Blast title against Northants.

Then again, they do have Robert Lewandowski in their team.

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The Bayern Munich frontman has scored nine goals in his last five Euro 2016 qualifying games.

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Wales manager Chris Coleman says he is ready to discuss a new contract now Euro 2016 qualification is secured. 

Coleman's deal ends next summer but he has refused to negotiate an extension with the Football Association of Wales during the qualifying campaign. 

The 45-year-old believes reaching an agreement will be a formality but wants to ensure the correct "structure" is in place to ensure further improvement. 

He said: "We've got to keep pushing these lads and that's the only way. It's not about resting now we've got to France. We've got think about how we replicate this campaign after we've been to France. We've got to qualify for the [2018] World Cup."

Paul Bowen: Purely for being about 20 years ahead of his time, Carwyn James, still the only coach to win a Lions series in New Zealand.

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Australia's David Pocock has avoided being cited for striking Wales hooker Scott Baldwin with his knee in their Rugby World Cup match.

Pocock received a warning from independent citing commissioner Steve Hinds but was not cited for foul play, and so is free to play in the quarterfinal against Scotland on Sunday.

Jamie Carragher, writing in his column in the Daily Mail, , external said: "It has never been easier to win an England call-up.

"If anyone doubted that, Roy Hodgson's latest squad proved how quickly a young player can be elevated. Dele Alli's inclusion in the group for the games against Lithuania and Estonia caused eyebrows to be raised."

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Hodgson replied: "I think you have to be careful with those sorts of comments because I don't think it's a situation where the moment you kick the ball correctly from A to B you'll get in the England team. It's not like that at all.

"But if you do come in and make an impact as a young player and there are a lot of injuries in the first team, there may be opportunities.

Roy Hodgson has rejected claims that it has never been easier to win an England international call-up.

Former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher made the accusation after Tottenham teenager Dele Alli was brought into the squad for the final two Euro 2016 qualifiers against Estonia and Lithuania after only three Premier League starts.

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"With Dele, you have to bear in mind the number of injuries we've had," said Hodgson.

"When I thought of the group in June, and what it was going to be like in October when we play our final two matches, there would have been six or seven who would have been with us." 

Alli is expected to start tonight's final qualifier in Lithuania. Never ones to miss a plug, have we mentioned you can follow live commentary on the BBC Sport website..?

Geoffrey Boycott is typically forthcoming with his views on Moeen Ali being England's opener against Pakistan.

He said: “I think it’s a stop-gap decision because they can’t seem to find an opening batsman to partner Alastair Cook and they’re not sure what to do. 

"It’s an obvious ploy if you open with Moeen then you can get the leg spinner in the team without disturbing the all-rounder Ben Stokes. It’s vital you have two spinners because of the heat.

"I just feel that it’s hit-or-miss, cross your fingers, when he goes into bat because he plays shots, wonderful shots. But he plays the ball on the up, he takes chances. He may come off, he may not. But he doesn’t seem to have a tight enough defence for me to make a success of it .He’ll have the odd innings when he plays well, but he’ll have some more when he gets himself out."

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... and here's the final part of the draw. The matches are due to be played on Saturday, 24 October.

Coventry Ladies Development v Stone Dominoes, Marlow v Luton Town, Enfield Town v Great Shelford, Peterborough Northern Star v Hemel Hempstead Town, Wymondham Town v Bedford, Ipswich Town v Great Wakering Rovers, Lowestoft Town v London Corinthians, Old Actonians v Southampton Saints, Denham United v Crystal Palace, AEK Boco v Chichester City, Larkhall Athletic v Swindon Town, Fulham Foundation v St Nicholas, Keynsham Town v Maidenhead United, Gillingham v Herne Bay  

The draw for the fourth qualifying round of the Women's FA Cup has been made. Here's the first instalment...

Whitley Bay Women v Woolton, Chester-Le-Street Town v Brighouse Town, Morecambe v Hartlepool United, Mossley Hill v Blackburn Community Sports Club, Middlesbrough v Liverpool Marshall Feds, Tranmere Rovers v Steel City Wanderers, Burton Albion v Radcliffe Olympic, The New Saints v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Long Eaton United v Leicester City Ladies, Nettleham v Leicester City Women

England have already qualified for Euro 2016 as Group E winners.

Roy Hodgson's side beat Estonia 2-0 on Friday in their final competitive fixture on home soil before next summer's tournament in France.

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Stoke goalkeeper Butland, 22, has only featured for his national team once before, playing the first half of a 2-1 friendly win over Italy at Wembley in 2012.

Midfielder Shelvey has played for England three times, while defenders Jagielka and Jones have 37 and 17 caps respectively.

So, only a few hours now until England aim to become only the sixth team in European Championship history to win every qualifier.

Phil Jagielka will captain a starting XI which also contains Jack Butland, Phil Jones and Jonjo Shelvey.

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"We have a very interesting team for Phil to lead out," manager Roy Hodgson said. "We are ready for the task and will do our level best to win.

"We respect Lithuania. They did very well to get a draw against Slovenia. We will face a very well-organised team."

We'll begin counting down to the game over the next few hours,

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Daily Express:, external Barcelona defender Dani Alves believes former team-mate Pedro (who by the looks of this pic can't get enough of being lectured by Ronaldo)should have stayed at the Nou Camp rather than join Chelsea.

According to the paper, Alves said: "I told Pedro he should have stayed at the team but too many people got involved.

"Had he stayed he would have been happy here but we don’t make the decisions. If we did I would want him to stay for years."

Portsmouth have signed Sheffield Wednesday's 22-year-old striker Caolan Lavery on a three-month loan deal.

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Former skipper Michael Vaughan has been giving his two-penneth about England's three-Test series against Pakistan - and he reckons it will be harder than facing Australia or South Africa.

"This is the most difficult by a country mile because of the conditions and because of the inexperience of spin that England have got," Vaughan said.

"I wonder if England have missed a trick with their preparation."

Full article here.

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Scotland international Kim Little and Wales' Jess Fishlock have joined W-League club Melbourne City on loan from Seattle Reign.

The midfielders helped Reign finish top of the National Women's Soccer League table this year only to lose 1-0 in the championship final to Kansas City.

Little, 25, will remain with Melbourne until February.

But 28-year-old Fishlock will stay with head coach Joe Montemurro's side for the full season.

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Gymnastics

The GB team has been announced for the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.

Four of Great Britain’s Olympic medal winners from London 2012 - Max Whitlock, Louis Smith MBE (pictured), Kristian Thomas and Daniel Purvis - will compete in the six strong men’s team. Nile Wilson and Brinn Bevan complete the squad.

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The women’s team consists of sisters Rebecca and Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Kelly Simm, Ruby Harrold and Amy Tinkler.

The Championships take place from 23 October to 1 November.