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The Kansas City Royals came from behind to secure a 5-4 victory over the New York Mets in a dramatic opening game of the seven-match World Series.

Played over five hours and nine minutes, the match was the longest ever World Series game one.

It was also the joint longest ever World Series match by inning, tying with Boston's victory over Brooklyn in game two of the 1916 edition and the Chicago White Sox's triumph at Houston in game three in 2005.

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Three of Tuesday's four League Cup ties went to penalties and BBC Radio 5 live covered all three shootouts as they happened. 

You can listen to the exciting denouement here

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Leeds United chairman Massimo Cellino will submit his appeal against his Football League ban today.

The Italian has been disqualified under the owners' and directors' test after being found guilty of an offence under Italian tax legislation relating to the non-payment of VAT in June.

Cellino had until today to submit his appeal against his second ban in a year. If he is unsuccessful, it is likely he will be banned until June 2016.

Dagenham & Redbridge have signed Portsmouth midfielder James Dunne on loan.

A handful of League Two clubs are thought to have expressed an interest in borrowing Dunne, who has featured only once under new Pompey manager Paul Cook.

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If anyone knows about making the difference in a game of rugby, it is New Zealand great Jonah Lomu. And he fears David Pocock and Michael Hooper will give Australia a critical edge at the breakdown in Saturday's World Cup final.

"If there's any team who can give New Zealand a run for their money then it's Australia because they're the only team to have beaten them this year," Lomu said. 

"The difference at the moment is that New Zealand only have Richie McCaw in their back row, while Australia have Hooper and Pocock working together. Their speed into the breakdown will give the All Blacks a real headache. It will be interesting to see how they deal with that."

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David Weir has pulled out of the New York Marathon on Sunday due to a stomach bug. 

The wheelchair racer, who picked up the illness in the days leading up to the 5000 metres final at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha on Monday, said: "Wearing the British vest is something I do with pride, and I wanted to give it my all despite the way I had been feeling in the build-up and indeed during the race. 

"I'm now going to take a bit of time off before getting another strong winter season under my belt, which will put me in the best possible position to challenge for the medals in Rio [at the Paralympics] next year."

Richard Conway
BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent

En route to House of Commons. FA chair Greg Dyke giving evidence to committee on Fifa. Interesting afternoon awaits. Updates later.  

No, Richard never takes a day off...

What a 24 hours for Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Barry Bannan. First putting Arsenal to the sword, now this.

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On the back of Wales coach Warren Gatland blocking Taulupe Faletau's proposed move from Newport Gwent Dragons to Bath...

The Dragons had sought to release the the 24-year-old forward, whose contract runs out in the summer of 2016.

Under the funding agreement for Welsh domestic rugby, Gatland has to sanction international players moving outside Wales.

What is you team's Achilles heel?

Chris Gurrell: Scoring after conceding #LFC

Ricky Hunter: As a Premier league fan - to many foreigners at clubs, its ruining youth football, bring bk the 3 foreigner rule. Give the youngsters a chance. England fan.

RG27: Literally everything.

Dearie me, cheer up...

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Zafar Ansari is to miss the start of England's Performance Programme this winter as he continues his recovery from a broken thumb. 

The 23-year-old all-rounder suffered the injury last month, fielding for Surrey against Lancashire, within hours of being called up for his maiden Test tour - England's trip to the United Arab Emirates against Pakistan.

National selector James Whitaker says the thumb on left-arm orthodox Ansari's bowling hand has not healed sufficiently yet for him to take his place on the batting and spin camp in the UAE as initially scheduled on 11 November.

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Loic Remy wants Jose Mourinho to stay at Stamford Bridge and backed the Chelsea boss to lead the Blues to a top-four finish.

Remy told the London Evening Standard: "It's important for him to stay and we don't want to give up.

"We were champions together only last season and he is a really great manager. Of course I don't want him to leave. I think all the players don't want that.

"The spirit is good and we are not affected by the situation. We will just keep training well. I'm sure the opportunity to win games will be here sooner rather than later, but obviously it is better for us if it is sooner."

What is your team's Achilles heel?

Ian Batten: The chairman: buying players with potential rather than talent (Spurs fan).  

Damien Hill: Arsenal's Achilles heel? Any team in the top 4...  

Duke Silver: Tim Howard

Everton fan, Duke?

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How much do you think you can make from collecting golf balls from the bottom of a lake? Couple of hundred quid? Try $15m. This is the figure that American Glenn Berger claims he has made from fishing balls out of the water at Florida courses.

Berger sells the balls at $1 a go and claims to retrieve “between 1.3 and 1.7 million golf balls per year”. That is a lot of balls. And it is quite a testimony to the standard of the average Florida golfer.

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In 2008, Tony Adams was named the new manager of Portsmouth. He parted company with the club the following February.

Getting to the first round of the FA Cup doesn't seem to be proving a particularly joyous experience for FC United.

The club is involved in a row with the FA, who have ordered United to play their tie against Chesterfield on a Monday.

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"Monday is a working day as is the following day and Monday night football is a TV invention," say the club, among many other things in a lengthy statement on their website.

FC United are also unhappy about being ordered to charge a minimum ticket price of £10. "FC United’s usual price is £9. If the minimum adult price of £10 is applied, FC United will be issuing a £1 voucher to all adult ticket holders that they can spend on food and drink or merchandise at the ground," the statement added.

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Dan Walker
BBC Sport presenter

Our first live game of the 2015 FA Cup will be... Salford City v Notts County. See you at Moor Lane next Friday...  

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Long-serving coaches Lloyd Tennant and Ben Smith have left Leicestershire following a restructure of the back-room staff at the LV County Championship Division Two club. 

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Former world number one Rory McIlroy believes he is close to full fitness as he seeks to end an injury-disrupted season in style by claiming a third Race to Dubai title.

McIlroy ruptured a ligament in his left ankle during a game of football with friends in July, ruling him out of the the defence of his Open and WGC-Bridgestone Invitational titles.

"I'm more concerned about form than fitness at this point. My fitness is totally fine," McIlroy said. "I'm pretty much back to where I need to be. 

"So I'm trying to get my game back into the shape that I know that I can and I feel like I've made a few steps in the right direction."