Summary

  • COMING UP: Aston Villa & Watford news conferences

  • Celtic v Molde, Rubin Kazan v Liverpool (both 18:00 GMT)

  • Tottenham v Anderlecht (20:05)

  • Bonfire Night XI debate #bbcsportsday

  1. rugby union

    Burgess leaves Bathpublished at 15:24

    Rugby union

    Alastair Eykyn
    BBC Sport

    Sam Burgess has left Bath Rugby with immediate effect, the Premiership club have announced.

    The rugby league convert, 26, had two years left on a three-year deal.

  2. get involved

    Get Involved - Bonfire Night XIpublished at 15:22

    #bbcsportsday

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  3. football

    Premier League predictorpublished at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2015

    Sunderland v Southampton (Sat 15:00 GMT)

    Can Sunderland recover from their 6-2 defeat to Everton? Have a shot at our predictor for that and the rest of this weekend's Premier League fixtures 

    Premier League predictorImage source, BBC Sport
  4. football

    Sunderland news conferencepublished at 15:15

    Sunderland v Southampton (Sat, 15:00 BST)

    Fabio Borini, Ola Toivonen, Younes Kaboul and John O’Shea have recovered from their injuries and are all in contention for Saturday’s match at the Stadium of Light, but Lee Cattermole misses out with a groin injury.

    Manager Sam Allardyce said: "The good news is Ola, Fabio, Younes and John all trained today. With no reaction from their first training session back in the squad they will be available for selection on Saturday which is important.”

    “I don’t think it’s that serious but Lee certainly won’t be fit for the weekend. I think after the international break I will expect him to be fit when all the players get back."

  5. 5 Live Sport special...published at 15:11

    Straight Outta ConferenceImage source, 5 Live

    Jamie Vardy’s rise from Stocksbridge Park Steels to the top of the Premier league scoring charts and international honours has given hope to all non-league footballers.

    5 live Sport will look at the untapped talent in non-league football, whether there are players who could cut it at the highest level and what the top clubs are doing to identify the next Vardy, Chris Smalling or Charlie Austin.

    We will speak to scouts and managers, plus players who have made it to the big league and those that could be the next big thing.

    We will also be revealing our greatest non league XI of all time.

  6. cricket

    Wood to miss ODIs & T20spublished at 15:05
    Breaking

    Cricket

    England bowler Mark Wood is going back to the UK to see an ankle specialist, and will miss the four ODIs and three T20s against Pakistan in the UAE. 

    Wood missed the final Test against Pakistan due to the chronic ankle problem.

    Liam Plunkett has been added to the squads as his replacement. 

    England bowler Mark WoodImage source, Reuters
  7. football

    Premier League predictorpublished at 15:05

    Norwich v Swansea (Sat 15:00 GMT)

    Will it be five consecutive Premier League defeats for Norwich this Saturday? Put your prediction skills to the test

  8. football

    Long lost bros?published at 15:03

    Football

    Matt Sandoz
    Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

    BBC Radio Stoke's Matt Sandoz's asked a few moments ago....

    The answer was of course Stoke's Philipp Wollscheid.

    But we liked Richard's response below...

  9. football

    Swansea City news conferencepublished at 14:54

    Norwich vs Swansea (Sat, 15:00)

    Simon Davies
    BBC Wales

    Swansea manager Garry Monk has been giving his view on the row between Chris Coleman and Arsene Wenger over Aaron Ramsey's fitness. 

    He's also hinted that he'd prefer his Wales internationals, Ashley Williams and Neil Taylor, to not play a full 90 minutes in next weeks international against the Netherlands in Cardiff.

    Swansea City manager Garry MonkImage source, Getty Images

    "You can't stop a player from wanting to do that, but you'd like to think common sense would be used"  

    "I know Chris very well but I'm not going to ring him every time an international comes up. All you do hope, is that common sense is used in friendly games and you hope that common sense is used for minutes for players."

  10. football

    England news conferencepublished at 14:52

    Football

    Aaron RamseyImage source, Getty Images

    England manager Roy Hodgson had his say on the Chris Coleman and Arsene Wenger's row over Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey.

    "Coleman had his opinion on Wenger's comments. He is entitled to air them. I do believe if players return from international duty fit but get injured in a club game you can not blame the international game.

    "I have sympathy with Arsene, he lost three players and one does tend to look for every possible reason there could be for that. There is more of an opportunity for club teams to rest players."

    Ramsey came off during the win over Bayern Munich, three days after playing 90 minutes at Watford on 17 October. Wenger was unhappy that he played for Wales against Andorra on 13 October.

  11. football

    Leicester news conferencepublished at 14:50

    Leicester City v Watford (Sat, 15:00 GMT)

    BBC Leicester Sport

    Quique Sanchez FloresImage source, Getty Images

    Claudio Ranieri has now turned his attention to Watford and, in particular, their coach Quique Sanchez Flores. The Spaniard replaced him at Valencia in 2005. 

    "Big revenge, I want to kill him," the Italian said, we thinking jokingly, before adding. "Watford are like us. They are strong and they play well in counter attack, press a lot."

  12. football

    Premier League predictorpublished at 14:46

    Bournemouth v Newcastle (Sat 12:45 GMT)

    Who do you think will win in Saturday's early kick off? Have a go at our predictor and take on Lawro and your friends. 

    There's commentary on Bournemouth v Newcastle on 5 live Sport on Saturday

  13. football

    Leicester news conferencepublished at 14:44

    Leicester City v Watford (Sat, 15:00 GMT)

    BBC Leicester Sport

    Riyad MahrezImage source, Getty Images

    Claudio Ranieri has also been speaking about attacker Riyad Mahrez, who has been linked with moves to Manchester United and Paris St-Germain.

    "That's good because it means we have very good players. It's only speculation, he's happy with us," the Italian coach said. "We want to grow up and he will stay with us."

  14. football

    England news conferencepublished at 14:43

    Football

    More from England manager Roy Hodgson on the upcoming friendlies against Spain and France.

    "It is November and the European Championships are not till June. We have to be careful not to extract too much information as we will not know who is available until May. 

    "It is a great opportunity to look at players that have been with us but have not had much game time. There will be no newcomers, no players out of leftfield."

  15. football

    Leicester news conferencepublished at 14:40

    Leicester City v Watford (Sat, 15:00 GMT)

    BBC Radio Leicester

    Jamie VardyImage source, Getty Images

    Claudio Ranieri has arrived and is asked, first, about Jamie Vardy. The striker, who has scored in his last eight games, has been included in Roy Hodgson's latest England squad. 

    "When he's free, he's amazing," said Ranieri, when asked about the best way to use the 28-year-old. "I'm not Roy [Hodgson] - I respect him, his shape, but for me he plays free."

  16. football

    Bournemouth news conferencepublished at 14:38 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2015

    Bournemouth vs Newcastle (Sat 12:45 GMT - commentary on 5 live sport)

    Bournemouth manager Eddie HoweImage source, AFP

    Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe is speaking to the media ahead of their game against Newcastle on Saturday lunchtime. 

    His side lost 2-0 to neighbours Southampton at the weekend. "I've seen a good reaction after Sunday, but I would expect that. The real test of that will be on Saturday."

    He's also praised midfielder Harry Arter, who played his first games of the season last week after injury: "He has given everyone a boost. You can see the impact he's had on the team", he said. "He has made a good return so far, but I think there's more to come from him."

  17. football

    England news conferencepublished at 14:37

    Football

    Roy Hodgson said he will not be swayed on where Leicester and the Premier League's top scorer Jamie Vardy, should play in the team.

    His team-mate Kasper Schmeichel , externalbelieves Vardy should play as a central striker, rather than being stuck out wide.

    Hodgson said: "Jamie has only played a handful of games for England, he should be happy to be in the squad and even happier if he makes the team. He has a job to convince us he has the ability to play as a centre forward and not get too hung up about where he plays."

  18. football

    Say cheese...published at 14:35 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2015

    Football

    It's team photo day at Sunderland, apparently. We'll also be hearing from Sam Allardyce at his news conference later today. Presumably he'll have done his hair and everything... 

  19. football

    Southampton news conferencepublished at 14:34

    Sunderland v Southampton (Sat, 15:00 GMT)

    Ronald KoemanImage source, Getty Images

    Thoughts on Southampton's opponents this weekend...

    "Sunderland will react to their current form. They play at home. They need points. Normally they are the hardest teams to play against. If we are doing what we are used to doing in the past few games, we are the better side". 

    Are we there already?! Talk of January transfer talk is happening...

    "Going into the transfer window I am very happy with the team and with the players we have and I can't say 100% because this is football. But normally we don't look for new players in January."

  20. football

    England news conferencepublished at 14:29

    Football

    Roy Hodgson on England's record goalscorer Wayne Rooney: "It was good to see him score a goal, it has been a difficult time for him, nice to see him score the crucial winner in a Champions League match.

    "He has just turned 30, equaled Denis Law's record and it has been an autumn of milestones and I rejoice for him.

    Hodgson then refused to get involved in the debate surrounding Louis Van Gaal's system at Manchester United and whether it hinders Rooney.