Summary

  • Sacking Mourinho would be foolish - Ferguson

  • FBI probes Blatter role in £100m bribes scandal

  • Sri Lanka's Kusal Perera fails drugs test

  • Man Utd's Rooney & Schneiderlin miss Wolfsburg

  1. get involved

    Get Involved - Sporting returnspublished at 11:20 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2015

    #bbcsportsday

    With Nigel Clough returning to Burton as boss, we're asking for your favourite sporting returns or comebacks.

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  2. rugby union

    Young signs new dealpublished at 11:19

    Rugby Union

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    England scrum-half Ben Youngs has signed a new contract at Leicester.

    He joins Freddie Burns and club captain Ed Slater in today committing to the Tigers. 

    It's a boost for Leicester and ends speculation that Youngs might have been tempted by a switch to Bath.

  3. snooker

    Question timepublished at 11:15

    Snooker

    A Question of Sport Teaser

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    Today's teaser from our Question of Sport colleagues.

    Neil Robertson became the fourth player to win snooker's UK Championships twice since 2000. Name the other three.

    No actual prize for getting it right, just the smug satisfaction of knowing you're really clever.

    Answers later this afternoon. 

  4. football

    Moses faces scanpublished at 11:08

    Football

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    West Ham's on-loan winger Victor Moses will undergo a scan on Tuesday to discover the extent of his hamstring problem, after limping off during the goalless draw at Manchester United on Saturday. 

  5. get involved

    Get Involved - Sporting returnspublished at 11:02 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2015

    #bbcsportsday

    With Nigel Clough returning to Burton as boss, we're asking for your favourite sporting returns or comebacks.

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  6. football

    Coming up later...published at 10:57

    Football

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    A couple of things to look out for today.

    Manuel Pellegrini will be facing the press at 12:45 GMT, when the Manchester City boss fields questions about the Blues final Champions League group game against Borussia Monchengladbach - a club whose name you should never attempt to spell after drinking.

    United manager Louis van Gaal is also holding a news conference later. His gets under way at 18:30 GMT.

  7. football

    The squad - and the injuriespublished at 10:50

    Football

    United take on Wolfsburg tomorrow at 19:45 GMT in a match crucial to their chances of qualifying for the group stages.

  8. football

    Double blow for Man Utdpublished at 10:44

    Football

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    Bad news for Manchester United.

    They have confirmed that Wayne Rooney and Morgan Schneiderlin will miss tomorrow's vital Champions League visit to Wolfsburg.

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  9. get involved

    Get Involved - Sporting returnspublished at 10:42 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2015

    #bbcsportsday

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    Right, we've done all the work so far so it's about time you did your bit.

    Today's debate is inspired by Nigel Clough, who has returned to Burton Albion seven years after he was last in charge.

    We want to know this... What are the most memorable sporting returns, good or bad? Whether it's someone coming out of retirement or sports people returning to former clubs, let us know.

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  10. football

    Immortalisedpublished at 10:33

    Football

    Billy Bremner has, quite rightly, gone down as a Leeds legend.

    Here's the statue of the Scot outside Elland Road

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  11. football

    Death of a legendpublished at 10:28

    Football

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    Bremner, far left, and his Leeds team-mates salute the Elland Road crowd in trademark style before a match in 1974

    Today marks a sad anniversary.

    It was on this day in 1997 that former Leeds and Scotland midfielder Billy Bremner died at the age of 54.

    Bremner played for Leeds from 1959 to 1976, and helped the club win the First Division twice, the FA Cup, League Cup and Charity Shield.

    Bremner died of a suspected heart attack at his home in Doncaster two days before his 55th birthday.

  12. cricket

    Buttler's reliefpublished at 10:20

    Cricket

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    Interesting story in the Daily Telegraph, external today, with Jos Buttler revealing he was glad to be dropped by England during the Test series against Pakistan.

    Talking to former England skipper Michael Vaughan, Buttler says: "I was not performing and mentally I got to a stage where I was not concentrating and did not want to be there."

    Things are now a bit brighter for Buttler, who returned to form with a 52-ball 116 in the fourth one-day international against Pakistan.

  13. football

    Not a job for the faint-heartedpublished at 10:14

    Football

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    Some 60% of football referees say they experience verbal abuse on a regular basis, according to a new survey.

    More than 2,000 referees - mostly from grassroots levels - took part in the survey carried out by academics from Loughborough, Portsmouth and Edge Hill Universities.

    Although they acknowledge problems are rare, many have encountered aggression and 19% said they had experienced physical abuse.

    Watch this Radio 5 live clip about the problems.

  14. football

    'Wow'published at 10:03

    Football

    Needless to say, Whitehawk are pretty pleased with their FA Cup heroics.

    Whitehawk are one of four non-league teams represented in the third round draw.

    Salford City, Eastleigh and Grimsby Town are also dreaming of drawing a big name.

  15. football

    Up for the Cuppublished at 09:57

    Football

    It was a busy weekend of FA Cup action, with National League South side Whitehawk battling their wainto the draw for the third round of the FA Cup in dramatic style.

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    An injury-time equaliser from substitute Jordan Rose denied League Two side Dagenham a first home win of the season and set up a replay in Sussex.

    Whitehawk dominated for long spells and deserved their late leveller.

    The draw for the FA Cup third round takes place at 19:00 GMT and is live not only on the BBC Sport website but on BBC Two to boot.

  16. cricket

    Slow demise for South Africapublished at 09:50

    Cricket

  17. golf

    Spieth stays top of the worldpublished at 09:45

    Golf

    There is no change in the top four of the new golf world rankings, American Jordan Spieth remaining at the top. Swede Henrik Stenson moves up to fifth following his second place in Sun City. Spain's Sergio Garcia remains 12th - the powers that be obviously don't rate the Ho Tram Open very highly.

  18. golf

    Garcia back to winning wayspublished at 09:42

    Golf

    Spaniard Sergio Garcia landed his first title in two years yesterday when he won a four-way play-off at the Ho Tram Open in Vietnam on the Asian Tour.  

  19. snooker

    Relive the momentpublished at 09:39

    Snooker

    We mentioned Neil Robertson's UK Championship success earlier - and that en route to the title he became the first player to score a maximum 147 break in the final.

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    It was a stunning break and you'll be delighted to know that you can relive the moment right here, thanks to this BBC video. Enjoy.