As expected, Liverpool centre-back Mamadou Sakho has been ruled out of France's upcoming friendlies against Germany and England through injury. 

Sakho sprained his right knee during Liverpool's 2-1 league defeat at home to Crystal Palace and will undergo further tests in England on Monday to determine the extent of the injury. 

France coach Didier Deschamps has called up St Etienne defender Loic Perrin as Sakho's replacement. 

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The independent report into claims of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics is due to be released at 14:00 GMT. 

You can read background information on the crisis here

The International Olympics Committee have recommended that former IAAF president Lamine Diack should be provisionally suspended as an honorary member. 

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For more on this afternoon's press conference into corruption and cover-ups in world athletics, 5 live sport will have a special tonight on it from 9pm. 

Athletics correspondent Mike Costello will be joined by Darren Campbell and Ali Curbishley, both of whom have missed out on medals to drugs cheats in their careers. 

They'll also hear from Paula Radcliffe, Steve Cram, as well as Hajo Seppelt, the maker of the German documentary that kicked off the latest investigation. 

If you can't listen live, it'll be available to download afterwards as a podcast from the 5 live website. 

Everton winger Kevin Mirallas has been called into into the Belgium squad for their upcoming friendlies against Italy on Friday and Spain next Tuesday.

The Toffees player returns after being dropped for last month's Euro 2016 qualifiers against Andorra and Israel. 

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Whitehawk midfielder Sergio Torres is hoping for another long FA Cup run after helping the National League South side to a 5-3 first-round win over Lincoln City.

The 32-year-old was a member of the Crawley Town side that reached the fifth round in 2010-11 before losing at Manchester United.

 "There is always one non-league club who gets further. Who knows - we are one game away from Old Trafford, Manchester City or Liverpool. It is a dream for all the players," he said.

Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker believes he and his "knackered" team-mates can find another gear when their injury problems ease.

The Gunners were without 10 players in Sunday's 1-1 draw against Spurs and the German believes the absences are taking their toll.

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"With so many games you need a lot of players who can replace each other and give energy. Because of the injuries, we have suffered a bit in this way but I’m convinced that after the international break we will have more options and therefore more confidence.," he told the London Evening Standard, external.

"The derby was fun to play but we all looked a bit knackered, especially in the first half, and we gave absolutely everything. A few of us will enjoy next weekend off and then it is back to duty the following week." 

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This is indeed true. Anderson went 54 Test innings without going for a duck. The record, by the way, is 78 innings, set by the great AB de Villiers.

And one for you Brighton fans...

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Celtic regained their six-point lead at the top of the Premiership with a second-half double from Leigh Griffiths inspiring a 4-1 in at Ross County.

As well as a return to winning form following Europa League defeat by Molde in midweek, the win was Celtic's fifth league success in a row.

Nearest challengers Heart - who won against Hamilton on Saturday - are already six points adrift of the leaders.

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Want to re-live Salford City's 2-0 win over Notts County? Or Chesham United's 1-0 win away to Bristol Rovers? 

Watch highlights of both games via the link, or you can see the best from all the FA Cup first round action from our Catch-Up 

The report is due to be revealed at 14:00 GMT.

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Despite dropping points at home to Tottenham, former Arsenal striker John Hartson was impressed with how his old side fought back for the 1-1 draw. 

You can hear more from him and on the rest of the weekend's football by downloading the 5 live Football Daily podcast.

Thanks to journalist Paul Mahoney for getting involved. We're after your greatest sporting runs. Keep them coming please.

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Spain defenders Sergio Ramos and Juanfran will miss this month's friendlies against England and Belgium after picking up injuries.

Ramos injured his shoulder while scoring in Real Madrid's defeat at Sevilla while his fellow defender sustained a thigh injury in Atletico Madrid's win over Sporting Gijon.

Coach Vicente del Bosque has called up Real's Nacho Fernandez and Athletic Bilbao's Oscar de Marcos to replace them.

Speaking of great sporting runs.... 

Check back in with us for the answer around 15:00 GMT

Ever wondered how a manager makes a first impression? Former Newcastle goalkeeper Steve Harper told 5 live Sport how he was impressed with Sir Bobby Robson's start at the club, but much less so with how Ruud Gullit introduced himself.

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Fulham, who sacked Kit Symons after Saturday's 5-2 home loss to Birmingham, could face competition from west London rivals QPR for the services of Burton Albion boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, according to The Times., external

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Federer holds the records for the most total weeks at number one (302) and most consecutive weeks at number 1 (237). Not bad going to say the least. 

Jam Tarts being Heart of Midlothian of course...

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The stance of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich towards manager Jose Mourinho remains unchanged - Mourinho still has the Russian's support and his position is not under immediate threat.This, despite the defending champions sitting 16th in the Premier League with seven defeats from 12 games this season.Speculation that Mourinho's position will become untenable if Chelsea lose at home to Norwich on 21 November is purely hypothetical and has no factual foundation.