Richard Conway
BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent

So Jerome Champagne enters the Fifa election. Joins Prince Ali, David Nakhid and Michel Platini (for now) as declared candidate. Deadline Monday. More to emerge?

England have hauled themselves back into the game, with Eni Aluko scoring with a low, angled finish in injury-time at the very end of the first half.

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BBC Sport

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Arsene Wenger is disappointed Wales played Aaron Ramsey in their final Euro 2016 qualifier against Andorra when they had already qualified. But he admits he "regrets" not resting the midfielder in the subsequent match at Watford, with Ramsey likely to miss the next three to four weeks with a hamstring injury.

Wenger also disagrees with Louis van Gaal after the Manchester United boss described the Christmas schedule as "evil". Wenger has grown to love the Boxing Day games - "I would cry if you changed it."

Matty: Robin van Persie for headbutting Tommy Sorensen.  

Nigel Smith: Jose Mourinho would make a great Sheriff of Nottingham, all that preening and posing and elaborate hand gestures.  

JJ: Dennis Rodman.

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World Cup finalists China have gone 2-0 ahead just before half-time, with Shuang Wang scoring her second.

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BBC WM

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Villa manager Tim Sherwood is invariably chipper in front of microphones, and no doubt he will speak confidently again on Friday, notwithstanding the recent verbal and social media heckling in his direction.  

Many managers would be on shifting sands after a run of one point from eight League games, and it is widely speculated that another defeat on Saturday would be Sherwood's last.  

However, it's also clear that not all Villa supporters see it that way, with many saying he should be backed to continue, and a credible case can be made in his defence, given the obvious lack of Premier League experience in Villa's squad. Sherwood's employers are, as always, keeping their counsel.

We're expecting to hear from the Villa manager from around 10:00 BST

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Hamza Darby: Remember Wolf from Gladiators? I loved to hate to love him

Charlie Cook: Roy Keane. Always targeted the opposing captain. Respect for his leadership but in the 90 minutes, he's the enemy.

Martyn Phelps: No time for Cristiano Ronaldo. Big headed and although very skilful, still feels the need to cheat. He's no Pele.

You lot are not holding back here. We love it. Keep them coming.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on the Christmas fixtures: "I would cry if you changed that. It is part of English tradition and English football."

On Everton midfielder Ross Barkley: "He has massive potential. He has absolute power and is certainly one of the most promising."

On former Arsenal midfielder and current Manchester City youth coach Patrick Vieira: "He has the qualities to be a manager. He is old enough to start. It depends what he wants to do."

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Couple of snippets of news from Tony Pulis...

Midfielder James Morrison is still toiling with an ankle problem but has an outside chance of being fit for Saturday, and the manager also reports that strikers Saido Berahino and Rickie Lambert have been doing extra fitness work and look sharper as a consequence.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on midfielder Mesut Ozil: "A player of his calibre you want him to add goals to his assists. He is world class."   

On the match against Everton: "You want to do well in the big games at home. We want to produce the same performance again."

On forwards Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud: "The most important thing is they contribute goals."

England's women are around half an hour into their CFA International Tournament meeting with hosts China. Mark Sampson's side currently trail to Shuang Wang's early goal.

Diego Costa... he is one of those sports stars you love to hate.

The "ugly step-sister of football", if you will.

Who else would you add to the list of sports men and women you just can't help but hate?

Send us in your suggestions using #bbcsportsday and let us know why you can't stand them too. We need your reasons otherwise it's just irrational dislike.

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Aaron Ramsey will be out for "three to four weeks" after suffering an injury against Bayern Munich.

However, defender Gabriel Paulista is back in full training.

If you are a Chelsea fan, or you have strong feelings about Diego Costa, be they positive or otherwise, you will not want to miss the interview he has done with Football Focus on Saturday...

Costa has said he knows he is "no angel" on the pitch and he will not change his combative style of football.

Have a look at a clip from the interview here. 

Watch the rest of this interview on Football Focus - Saturday, 24 October at 12:10 BST on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.  

Short but sweet news conference from Alex Neil...

"West Brom will be a testing game. The first goal is crucial in this type of match."   

"Winning the game is the most important thing this weekend. In most games we've played, we've performed relatively well."  

Apparently, it's unlikely Youssouf Mulumbu will be thrown straight into the action this weekend.  

Aaaannd that's about it from him although.....

Oooo they know how to leave us hanging at Norwich...

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Alex Neil has been speaking in the Norwich news conference. 

In reaction to their 6-2 defeat to Newcastle, he has said, "It was the heaviest defeat I've suffered as a manager. We need to perform a lot better on Saturday and hopefully win"  

 "You want to keep clean sheets. It's something we want to improve on but it's about getting a balance."  

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Tony Pulis is bang on time for his audience with the media.

James McClean's on-pitch celebration after last week's victory celebration against Sunderland is top of the agenda...

Pulis is, of course, the only Premier League manager who insists on standing throughout his news conferences