Chris: Once got a pair of tickets to V Festival from Huddersfield defender Joel Lynch when he was at Nottingham Forest. 

Andrew 'Bill' Whyman: I got a signed Aberdeen shirt with name and rank sent to Afghanistan in 2013, organised by Scott Vernon.

Mark Ashworth: I was doing Movember & met Andrew Cole at a trade fair. He gave me loads of stuff to raffle.

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Sports reporter, BBC North West Tonight

Heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury has just told me he has had a change of heart and no longer wants to be an MP.  

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England and Sale Sharks fly-half Danny Cipriani is born on this day in 1987, while Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic, on-loan at Inter Milan, arrives into this world two years later.

Brian Davis: I used to write a small blog for an independent UK NFL site. I interviewed three-time Super Bowl winner Roger Craig formerly of the 49ers on the phone for the site and then met him in London when the 49ers played here and we became good friends.

So much so that the first time I went to San Francisco he picked me up from the airport and took me to my hotel. We would later meet up later in my trip and on my next trip too.  

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Englandcame from behind to deservedly defeat the world's top-ranked sideNew Zealandin the opening Test of their three-match series in Hull.

Tries from Tohu Harris and Sam Moa put the Kiwis 10-0 ahead before scores from Josh Hodgson and Brett Ferres ensured the opening half finished 12-12.

England took control after the break with a penalty from Gareth Widdop and a converted Ferres try making it 20-12.

Skipper Sean O'Loughlin barged over late on as gutsy England took victory.

Leeds United chairman Massimo Cellino has said his appeal against Football League disqualification will continue as planned, report the Yorkshire Post., external

Cellino said that he intended to press ahead with the appeal he lodged with the Football League last week, regardless of his offer to sell a majority stake in Leeds to supporters group Leeds Fans United.

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Rob Roderick-Zabrocky: The following week Andrew Gale and Dizzy Gillespie got in touch and asked us to come down early to a T20 match, come on to the pitch, meet the players, join in at the toss and get some photos taken and signed memorabilia. 

We were also invited to the War of the Roses, where my son was made Fan of the Match, and given tickets to T20 finals day. 

If that's not sporting generosity I don't know what is. 

A lovely tale if ever there was one - and well done Yorkshire CCC.

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Rob Roderick-Zabrocky: My six-year-old is autistic, and he loves cricket. He is normally not very comfortable in large crowds or noisy places, except for Headingley Cricket Ground. 

After I took him to day one of the Test v New Zealand this year, I emailed Yorkshire telling them how happy he is when he is there. They responded with an invitation from the chairman to spend the final day in the VIP area with him, the CEO and president Dickie Bird. 

We also got to meet the head of Cricket NZ and Colin Graves, we were given a tour of the ground and invited into the pavilion for tea.

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Chelsea striker Diego Costa will not face disciplinary action after appearing to kick out at Liverpool's Martin Skrtel in Saturday's 3-1 defeat - according to English Football Association sources.

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Referee Mark Clattenburg is understood to have seen the incident and opted against issuing a caution, meaning there can be no retrospective sanction by the authorities.

The two players had fallen to the ground after a challenge by Spanish international Costa.

"I think it is a clear red card," former World Cup final referee Howard Webb said. "He commits a foul on Martin Skrtel, then there is a little kick. The second action is a clear act of violent conduct. Diego Costa is a lucky boy."

Worrying news from the cricket - it's all going smoothly. Which can only mean that a collapse is surely around the corner...

After the double blow of losing the best two batsman - Alastair Cook and Joe Root - England have reached tea without any further alarms.

Ian Bell is on 40, James Taylor unbeaten on 26, with England 135-3 in reply to Pakistan's first innings total of 234.

Live coverage here.

There's a great read in the Daily Telegraph, who have published an extract from Guillem Balague's new biography of Cristiano Ronaldo.

It focuses on Ronaldo's time at Man United and involves tales of the Portuguese winger having a mirror installed in his locker and falling out with Ruud van Nistelrooy.

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One of the best sections recalls the day Sir Alex Ferguson berated Ronaldo after a poor performance.

"In the dressing room, Ferguson could not contain himself: “Who do you think you are? Trying to play by yourself? You’ll never be a player if you do this!”" writes Balague.

"Ronaldo began to cry. The other players left him be. “He needed to learn,” said Rio Ferdinand. “That was a message from the team, not just from Ferguson: everyone thought he needed to learn.”"

Interesting stuff - you can read more here., external

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Dundee United have applied for a work permit to sign Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima.

The 32-year-old has been without a club since being released by Standard Liege in the summer.

Kawashima, who has been capped 72 times for his country, attended the weekend game at Tannadice, where United defeated Ross County 1-0.

Rugby League referee Chris Leatherbarrow has died at the age of 26.

“We are all truly shocked and saddened by the news of Chris Leatherbarrow’s untimely death," saud RFL chief executive Nigel Wood.

"This is a dreadful tragedy and our thoughts and prayers are with Chris’ family, friends and colleagues at this terrible time."

Bath's Sam Burgess is "at a bit of a crossroads" over his rugby union career, his brother Tom has admitted.

There's a big 'will he-won't he?' cafuffle going on around Burgess at the moment with speculation that the rugby league convert is considering a return to Australia's NRL after World Cup hosts England's dismal campaign.

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Burgess's brother Tom, who plays with Sam's former side South Sydney Rabbitohs, said: "He's probably a bit fatigued mentally as well as physically and at a bit of a crossroads at the moment.

"He's had a lot on and he probably just needs a bit of a break. It's his decision at the end of the day, he can't please everyone.

"He's not made any decision as yet, at the moment he's still with Bath."

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More on Richard Money's departure from Cambridge United...

A statement on the club website, external reads: "The club has taken this difficult decision due to the disappointing pattern of results over the last nine months and because the current squad is not showing consistent signs of achieving it's potential.

"We want to place on record our sincere thanks to Richard, who has been instrumental in the club's progress over the last three years."

Money led Cambridge to promotion back into the Football League via the Conference play-offs in 2014, and leaves the U's 18th in League Two.

Richard Money has left his position as manager of League Two side Cambridge United.

Robert West: Pompey 23 games winless in League 1, 24th game up at Crewe, we win 2-1 and I get James Keene's shirt, his last game.

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Anthony Lacey: Darren Campbell's signed right foot spike he won gold in 100m (10.04sec) at the European Championships in Budapest 1998 AND Ian Poulter's Pro Am winners trophies from Russian Open 2000. Both still on display at my folks house.

Rich Paish: When I was going through some tough times when I left school Gloucestershire cricketers Mark Davies and Martyn Ball would often talk to me and give me cricket shirts and tickets for away games.

Barcelona players have said sorry after a Halloween prank following their match at the weekend didn't quite come off as planned.

Stars in fancy dress gatecrashed a press conference being given by an opposition player.

Getafe forward Victor Rodriguez was talking to the media after Barcelona's 2-0 La Liga win on Saturday.

Barcelona issued a statement from its first team on Sunday night. "In no case was it our intention to offend and/or hurt any member of Getafe's team," it said.

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