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Championship strugglers Charlton Athletic have signed former Bolton and West Ham striker Ricardo Vaz Te on a deal until the end of the season.

The 29-year-old was a free agent since leaving Turkish side Akhisar Belediyespor earlier this year.

Valencia assistant manager Phil Neville has denied on Twitter, external that he and former Manchester United manager David Moyes will return from Spain to take the reins at Blackburn in the wake of Gary Bowyer's departure.

Kevin de Bruyne says Premier League leaders Manchester City can get even better  as they wait for the return to fitness of David Silva and Sergio Aguero. 

The Belgium midfielder told Manchester Evening News:, external "I am happy with the way everything is going,” he said. “We are playing good as a team, we have a lot of injured players, but we did not lose in October.

"Even if we could play a bit better, we are getting the points and that is the only thing which is important.”  

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Former Wales captain Gareth Thomas doubts head coach Warren Gatland could be tempted to succeed Stuart Lancaster as England boss.

Lancaster left the role on Wednesday after England's World Cup failure.

New Zealander Gatland is contracted to Wales until 2019 and Thomas believes "he'll see his time out with Wales and probably go back to New Zealand".

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The Germany team have been allowed back into their hotel in Paris after being evacuated following a bomb warning.

Die Mannschaft spent their enforced day out visiting Roland Garros, the home of French Open tennis.

Germany play France in a friendly tonight.

That Gym Guy: "Has to be Cristiano Ronaldo. How unlucky of him to play in the same era as Messi."  

Parul Sharma: "Unluckiest sportsperson - Has to be@alo_oficial, external. Just 2 titles don't do justice to his talent!"   

Hoi-Tong Cheng:"Jimmy White, 6 world finals, 6 loses."

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A corker of a transfer rumour this...

According to the Independent's round-up of transfer tittle-tattle in Spain,, external Chelsea could be prepared to allow last season's Player of the Year Eden Hazard, 24, to leave for the Bernabeu in order to put themselves in pole position to bring Crisitano Ronaldo, 30, to Stamford Bridge.

Wowers.

There's no rest for members of Liverpool's squad not on international duty. 

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has labelled England's apparent willingness to send players to future Indian Premier League events as "hypocrisy". 

During his international career, Pietersen found himself at odds with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) over his desire to play in the IPL.

However, ECB director Andrew Strauss said earlier this week that international players may be allowed to play in lucrative Twenty20 leagues in the future in a bid to boost England's hopes in limited-overs competitions.

Pietersen tweeted: , external"With this decision now, the whole situation is proving to be personal! I do applaud the idea! I thought I'd just expose some hypocrisy!"

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England are at the business end of their innings in the second one-day international against Pakistan.

There are plenty of wickets in hand with Alex Hales (100) and Joe Root (42) at the crease and a score of 200-1 on the board with 13 overs to go.

They should be aiming for a big total.

You can follow it with live radio and text commentary right here.

BBC Radio Manchester have spoken to the wrestler who was slapped by Wayne Rooney in Manchester earlier this week. 

Wade Barrett didn't seem to take it well: 

'I don’t know how Wayne would react if he was in the middle of his job and playing a game for England or Manchester United and a member of the audience came and slapped him. 

'He may end up with a bit of an Eric Cantona incident'

Have a listen to the whole interview, external. 

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Aria Feldman: "Abou Diaby. Immense talent, scored a few cracking goals. 20+ injuries have had their toll."   

Desmond Oguda: "Surely the Netherlands football team has to be top of the list... how many world cup finals have they lost again?"

Mark Sinnott: "Eoin Hand, aged 36, almost took Ireland to 1982 World Cup. Bad refereeing at fault. Career never recovered."

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Our man Conor McNamara, external is in Sarajevo ahead of the Republic of Ireland's playoff against Bosnia-Herzegovina. 

Bonus points if you can name the significance of the bridge behind him before watching the video... 

Real Madrid could be open to bringing Jose Mourinho back to the Bernabeu should the Portuguese coach leave Chelsea, according to former president of the Spanish club Ramon Calderon. 

Should the Spaniards dispense with current boss Rafael Benitez - whose side are second in the league but remains to win over some sections of the supporters - then Calderon believes a move for Mourinho might be an option, especially given his relationship with current president Florentino Perez. 

Speaking to TalkSPORT, Calderon said: "It is not a secret that the current Real Madrid president has backed Mourinho many times. He likes him a lot and you can't rule out seeing him again on the bench at the Bernabeu."

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Frank is sitting opposite the Sportsday Live team and is very keen that Richard Johnson gets a mention. 

Apparently he's ridden more winners than anyone else in history. Apart from AP.

This year, with McCoy retired, he's leading the standings. Could it be his year? 

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It was three consecutive Test centuries for David Warner after he hit an unbeaten double centuryearlier on Friday against New Zealand. 

Meanwhile, asSimon Hughespoints out below, the Warner Stand at Lord's has come down as part of the ground rebuild.