And another development in the scandal engulfing athletics...

Lamine Diack, the former President of IAAF, has been suspended by the International Olympic Committee

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Here's a slightly bewildering fact courtesy of the Daily Telegraph.

No Barcelona player - so remember, this includes Messi and Neymar et al - has ever won La Liga's player of the month.

Granted, they only introduced the award two years ago in Spain but, still, it's certainly an interesting fact.

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Testing times for double Olympic cycling champion Laura Trott.

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England full-back Mike Brown says he has lost all trust in his team-mates after leaks from the dressing room.

Media reports, external claimed some players questioned Sam Burgess' World Cup selection over Luther Burrell.

The RFU confirmed a pre-tournament row occurred between Danny Cipriani and coach Mike Catt and is investigating claims kit man Dave Tennison urged players to buy particular shares.

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At the tennis centre in Going, up in the Austrian Alps, Wladimir Klitschko is about to give the assembled media a work-out. 

Klitschko, who defends his world heavyweight titles against Britain's Tyson Fury in Dusseldorf on 28 November, has assembled a cast of giants for sparring, including another Briton in the enormous Richard Towers and Finland's Robert Helenius. 

Beyond the partition, middle-aged hotel guests refine their groundstrokes. A stinking gym under some rattling railway lines this is not.

Just a bit more on the fines given to West Ham and Chelsea after they admitted a charge of failing to control their players.

Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic and manager Jose Mourinho were sent off, along with assistant first-team coach Silvino Louro.

The Blues had five other players booked in the last league game between the sides to be played at Upton Park in the league before the Hammers move to the Olympic Stadium next summer.

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Following yesterday's report, Wada have suspended the accreditation of the Moscow anti-doping centre at the heart of many allegations. It means they cannot carry out any Wada-related activities, including all analysis of urine and blood samples. 

James Milner hasn't been replaced, so the 22-man squad for the Spain and France games is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke), Joe Hart (Man City), Tom Heaton (Burnley) 

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jones, Chris Smalling (Man United), John Stones (Everton), Kyle Walker (Tottenham)

Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham), Ross Barkley (Everton), Michael Carrick (Man United), Fabian Delph (Man City), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City), Raheem Sterling (Man City)

Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Wayne Rooney (Man United), Jamie Vardy (Leicester)

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James Milner has pulled out of the England squad for the forthcoming friendlies against Spain and France.

The Liverpool midfielder has withdrawn with a thigh injury.

Roy Hodgson’s England team have arrived in Alicante to begin their preparations for Friday's match against Spain at the Estadio Jose Rico Perez.

They play France at Wembley on Tuesday, 17 November.

From BBC Wales' man on the ground

We're asking which players you think would make an all-time Conference XI ahead of a special programme on BBC Radio 5 live tonight. 

David Pleat has put together his team for the show - who do you think should be in it? 

Warren Barton in midfield?!

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West Ham and Chelsea have been fined £40,000 and £50,000 respectively after both clubs admitted Football Association misconduct charges.

It follows last month's ill-tempered game between the two sides.

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Andy Murray's former coach Mark Petchey says the Scot is already practising hard on clay for the Davis Cup final against Belgium in Ghent on 27-29 November.

Petchey predicts that the world number two will shake off injury concerns to play in the indoor hard court at the ATP World Tour Finals in London the week before.

Full video interview here. 

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England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler can put his struggles in the Test arena behind him when the one-day series starts against Pakistan, according to captain Eoin Morgan.

ODI vice-captain Buttler was dropped for the third Test in Sharjah after scoring 156 runs in his past 12 innings at an average of 13.

"I am confident he can recapture his form," said Morgan.

The first ODI of the four-match series takes place on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.

Ahead of a 5 live sport show tonight on conference players who have gone on to bigger and better things, we're asking which players would make it into your all-time Conference XI?

Luton manager John Still's team is below - let us know who you think he's missed out using #bbcsportsday. 

The owners of Blackpool Football Club have each won £20,000 in damages after they were defamed by a fan on a website.

Owen and Karl Oyston sued supporter David Ragozzino over posts on a message board on Another View From the Tower.

The posts included "lurid allegations of a sexual nature" and allegations of "fraudulent and corrupt behaviour", a High Court hearing was told.

Judge Stephen Davies ruled the claims were of a "defamatory nature".

Full story here.

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Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill says the club remain in talks with Manu Tuilagi over a new contract - and says the deal would make the England centre one of the highest paid in the world.

However - and this may be worrying for Tigers fans - it seems a deal is far from done.

"There's lots of rugby left in him, there's another 10 years left in Manu, and certainly in the next three years we'd like him to be here," said Cockerill.

“He wants to stay. We're made an offer that would make him up there with the highest paid players in the world.

“There's always other distractions. It's always flattering when you get courted by other people and we just have to be patient."

You'll find the full interview with BBC Radio Leicester here.