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The BBC understands that Christian Benteke is out of Liverpool’s Capital One Cup tie with Bournemouth tonight because of a knee injury.

Richard Conway
BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent

David Nakhid'sabsence from the list could be due to only getting four nominations. A national association may have backed him and another candidate.  

Fifa has confirmed the seven candidates to succeed president Sepp Blatter.

Michel Platini is among them, along with Prince Ali,Musa Bility, Jerome Champagne, Sheikh Salman, Gianni Infantino and Tokyo Sexwale.

Former Trinidad footballer David Nakhid is not on the list, despite declaring his intention to stand last week.  

The First Test begins on 5 November. Stick it in your diaries.

We mentioned earlier on that Chelsea have lost all five of their penalty shootouts under Jose Mourinho's management. That got us thinking about other teams' familiar flaws, so we want you to tell us...

What is your team's historic Achillies heel?

It might be missing penalties, conceding from long range or losing cup finals. Or it might be something much more unusual. The less obvious the better.

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Congratulations to Hull, who shocked Premier League high-flyers Leicester City on penalties to move into the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Midfielder David Meyler struck the winning fifth penalty for Steve Bruce's Championship side.

"We made eight changes and beat a Premier League team, which was terrific," said a delighted Bruce.

Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri was not so chuffed but gracious in defeat, saying: "It was important to use all our players. In the end we lost to one penalty so well done to Hull City."

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There were, of course, two other League Cup encounters on Tuesday.

First to Everton, who beat Norwich on penalties to move into the quarter-finals.

Sebastien Bassong opened the scoring for Norwich, who had several chances to increase their lead, before Leon Osman levelled from Kevin Mirallas's pass.

Darron Gibson then hit the winning penalty in the shootout.

"I thought it was a fantastic cup tie," said Roberto Martinez. "Credit to Norwich, they got the crowd frustrated in spells but we dealt with that really well."

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Isco has told Real Madrid chairman Florentino Perez he wants to leave the club and Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are set to battle it out for the 23-year-old Spain midfielder, claims the Daily Star.  , external

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Gymnastics

You can watch the action live on BBC Two and online from 19:00 GMT.

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Let us switch to gymnastics if we dare be so bold, for Great Britain's women are smiling today - having won their first ever world team final medal by claiming bronze at the World Championships in Glasgow.

The United States won gold for their third consecutive women's team title, while China took silver.

The Americans produced an error-free performance on the four apparatus of vault, uneven bars, beam and floor to score 181.338 points.

China accumulated 176.164 points, with Great Britain scoring 172.380.

You can watch the action live on BBC Two and online from 19:00 GMT.  

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admitted using "too many experienced players" after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott were injured in defeat at Sheffield Wednesday.

Walcott replaced Oxlade-Chamberlain but left the field on 18 minutes and both will have scans on muscular injuries.

"We are short now with the injuries," added the 66-year-old Frenchman, who has six other first-team players out.

"I have to manage the workload of the players and at the end of the day I think I maybe brought too many experienced players here."

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If Chelsea are sick to the back teeth today, spare a thought for Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger's men, supreme in the Premier League at the moment, and conquerors of mighty Bayern Munich, were well and truly crushed at Championship Sheffield Wednesday ... despite naming a pretty strong side indeed.

Ross Wallace, Lucas Joao and Sam Hutchinson were on target for the Owls, whose manager Carlos Carvalhal said gave his team just a  "10% chance of progress" ahead of the match.

"I am very happy," said said Carvalhal. "It was a full stadium, with a new generation of fans. We deserved what we got." 

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As of things couldn't get worse, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was forced to withdraw injured striker Diego Costa after 33 minutes at Stoke, later saying that the Spain international had gone to hospital with a rib injury.

"He is in hospital - but I don't know what the situation is," said Mourinho, whose side host Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday.

"Is he a doubt to face Liverpool? I don't know.

"How did the injury happen? I think he punched himself."

Anyone tell us the year Stoke lifted the League Cup, the only time in the club's history they have done so?

What's that? 1972 you say?

Absolutely right. And who did they beat in the final? It was only Chelsea. 2-1. George Eastham with the winner.

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Will this be their year again...? 

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Stoke fans took great pleasure in goading Mourinho in the wake of Jon Walters' opening goal and again after Jack Butland's matchwinning penalty save, suggesting that the Chelsea manager might be looking for alternative employment on Wednesday morning.

Several national newspapers have suggested that the Portuguese boss could be sacked if the Blues lose to Liverpool at the weekend, while the Daily Mirror claimed senior players are expecting his departure in the near future., external

As for Stoke, they can can look forward to a second League Cup quarter-final in three seasons as the Potters aim to win the trophy for only the second time in their history.

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But first to Chelsea and when your luck's out...

Jose Mourinho's miserable season - and by crikey it has been miserable - took another turn for the worse as the holders were knocked out of the League Cup by Stoke after a penalty shootout.

Jon Walters put the home side ahead, Loic Remy drilled in an injury-time equaliser - seconds before Stoke's Phil Bardsley was sent off for two bookings.

Chelsea, with the extra man, were then favourites to win, right?

Erm, afraid not. Extra time was goalless - then Stoke scored all of their spot-kicks to clinch victory, Eden Hazard missing the crucial, final penalty ... neatly summing up the Belgan's season.

Before we get into the nitty gritty of what happened on Tuesday night, here's a quick round up of the scores...

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...and the games to come later.

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