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Norwich boss Alex Neil is - understandably - expecting a difficult game against Arsenal on Sunday (16:15 GMT kick-off). The Canaries have won just one of their last eight league games.

 "You're always concerned when you don't win games. Over recent weeks, we've found a decent balance but we can still improve," he said.

"We're going to have to be a team that changes our style from week to week to get results.

"Arsenal will want to put points on the board. They've had a good season. They're the hardest attacking team to stop."

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Norwich manager Alex Neil says defender and captain Russell Martin will return to the squad for Sunday's Premier League game against Arsenal (16:15 GMT), but midfielder Alex Tettey (thigh) will miss out.

Russian athletics federation confirmed they understood that their reinstatement as an IAAF member would be accepted following the recommendation of the IAAF inspection team.

Russian athletics federation say they will cooperate fully and actively with the team. 

The IAAF took action after the publication of an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report that alleged "state-sponsored doping".

Its council members voted 22-1 in favour of Russia being banned.

Russia's athletics federation have accepted their full suspension from the IAAF for its alleged involvement in widespread doping without a hearing.

They were provisionally banned from international competition - including the Olympic Games - on 13 November.

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Watford head coach Quique Flores doesn't regard the match against bottom club Aston Villa on Saturday as being any easier than games against the so-called 'bigger clubs' despite Villa's 4-0 defeat last time out against Everton: "I'm not thinking about the match against Aston Villa as it's easy as they are bottom. 

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"I don't think Aston Villa will be easier than Manchester United. This is my mentality. I know they are going to fight a lot, because they don't have another way - they have to go straight and to be positive and to try and smash our team because they don't have another solution."  

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Watford head coach Quique Flores has been offering his opinion on the Jack Grealish situation at Aston Villa - the team his side face on Saturday. 

Grealish has been dropped from Villa's first team squad after off-field matters.

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Flores, who is missing Valon Behrami as well as Sebastian Prodl this weekend, said: "I realise he's important for Aston Villa; when he's playing it's a very different team but I understand the decision of the coach - when someone miss-trains out of the profession, the behaviour of the players is not of the best behaviour representing the club. 

"Sometimes these younger players they need to make mistakes and they need to learn about these mistakes."

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The Norwich goalkeeper has been facing the media ahead of their side's Premier League home game against Arsenal on Sunday (16:15 GMT kick-off)

"All the ingredients are there. We just need to find the balance to get the three points we have often deserved,"  he said.

"I don't think I've been as good as I have been previously, but that's football. Form is temporary.

"The standards we've set ourselves have to remain in the 25 games we have left. We take each game at a time." 

After Edmund v Goffin and Andy Murray v Bemelmans on Friday, the Davis Cup will continue with Andy Murray and Jamie Murray taking on Steve Darcis and Kimmer Coppejans in the doubles on Saturday and then the reverse singles matches on Sunday.

However, captain Leon Smith can jig his team of four around with changes up until an hour before each day's play.

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Right, Kyle Edmund has been officially confirmed as Britain's number two.

He will open the tie in the opening singles rubber against Belgium's number one David Goffin at 12:30 GMT on Friday.

And the famous Belgians who stand in the way of Great Britain and their first Davis Cup success in 79 years are David Goffin, Steve Darcis, Ruben Emelmans and Kimmer Coppejans.

The Great Britain team to face Belgium has been confirmed as Andy Murray, Jamie Murray, James Ward and Kyle Edmund.

Doubles specialist Dominic Inglot misses out.

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Saracens and former England fly-half Charlie Hodgson will retire at the end of the season to become the club's head of recruitment.

"It was a difficult decision to make, but my body is now telling me that it’s probably the right thing to do," said the 36-year-old, who won 38 caps and also played for the British & Irish Lions. 

"I’ve been presented with an amazing opportunity to be here at Saracens in a different capacity, and it’s an opportunity I felt that I just couldn’t turn down."     

This is how Belgium made their way to the Davis Cup final.

The headline is a 3-2 win over Argentina in the semi-final, the small print is two singles wins from David Goffin and a dramatic four-set success in the final rubber from one-time Nadal conqueror Steve Darcis.

The draw should be starting any minute...

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Colchester United have parted with boss Tony Humes, 49, by mutual consent after a run of one win in nine League One matches.

Tuesday's defeat by bottom club Crewe left the U's, who have the worst defensive record in the Football League this term after conceding 44 goals in 19 matches, one point above the relegation zone.

Chairman Robbie Cowling told BBC Essex that Humes had suffered "personal abuse" which had "crossed the line".  

It seems like doubles specialist Dominic Inglot is the man who will miss out for Great Britain's Davis Cup final meeting with Belgium.