Summary

  • BBC Young SPOTY top three: Downie, Kearney & Marquand

  • Benzema banned from France team over alleged blackmail

  • Schweinsteiger gets three-game ban

  • Nine Premier League news conferences

  • Debate: Your best and worst sporting facilities #bbcsportsday

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  1. get involved

    Grassroots - the state of playpublished at 10:53 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2015

    #bbcsportsday

    Is your Sunday League home pitch a nightmare of divots and dips? Or are the preconceptions outdated and you play on a turfy green dream?   

    Good or bad, send in your photos and share your stories using #bbcsportsday, external on Twitter.

    You can also text us on 81111 (UK only - please include a name) or post a comment on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external and we will publish them right here.  

  2. football

    Gent make Champions League last 16published at 10:52

    Football

    Another interesting tale from the Champions League last night - Gent have qualified for the knockout stage for the first time.

    The Belgian side - whose nickname is for some reason The Buffalos - beat Zenit St Petersburg 2-1 to secure their place in the last 16.

    Hopefully we can do some digging and find out what the Native American association is all about. Anybody know?

    Gent players celebrateImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Does anybody know what the association is with Native Americans?

  3. football

    The Age of Denmarkpublished at 10:46

    Football

    Former Malmo boss Age Hareide is appointed as Denmark's new national team head coach.

    The 62-year-old Norwegian's final game in charge of the Swedish side ended in an 8-0 defeat at Real Madrid in the Champions League.

    Age HareideImage source, AP
  4. get involved

    Grassroots - the state of playpublished at 10:39 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2015

    #bbcsportsday

    Is your Sunday League home pitch a nightmare of divots and dips? Or are the preconceptions outdated and you play on a turfy green dream?   

    Good or bad, send in your photos and share your stories using #bbcsportsday, external on Twitter.

    You can also text us on 81111 (UK only - please include a name) or post a comment on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external and we will publish them right here.   

  5. football

    The man after Monkpublished at 10:38

    Football

    Who's going to be the next Swansea manager then? 

    David Moyes is also available. But Dennis Bergkamp has to be my favourite to be linked with the job.

    Marcelo BielsaImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Is Marcelo Bielsa in the running too? The former Marseille and Chile coach is brilliant, mad, and knows how to perch on an ice cooler

  6. football

    More Swans departpublished at 10:33

    Football

    More departures from Swansea after manager Garry Monk was sacked on Tuesday.

    Looks like a new broom in South Wales...

  7. football

    And Javier Hernandez is quite good, toopublished at 10:30

    Football

    Elsewhere in Champions League football last night - a certainJavier Hernandezcontinued his fine form with an equaliser for Bayer Leverkusen in a 1-1 draw with Barcelona. 

    Hernandez -sold by Manchester Unitedthis summer of course - has scored 12 in his last 11, and was the Bundesliga's player of the month for November.

    Just saying.

    Javier HernandezImage source, Reuters
  8. football

    Wenger's Houdini impressionpublished at 10:25

    Olympiakos 0-3 Arsenal

    Arsenal boss Wenger hailed a "complete team performance" as the Gunners beat Olympiakos 3-0 on Wednesday.

    Can they go all the way? Is Joel Campbell actually quite good?

  9. basketball

    Oh. My. Word.published at 10:21

    Basketball

    This is truly spectacular. And there are some really, really brilliant scenes of madly incredulous people gaping in wonder. The video's got it all. 

    Check it out over here as American high school basketball player Oman Oman scores a ridiculously good winning shot from absolutely miles away - right under his own basket. 

    The three points gave the Austin High Packers a 56-55 victory over rivals Northfield.

    BasketballImage source, .
  10. get involved

    Grassroots - the state of playpublished at 10:19 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2015

    #bbcsportsday

    Is your Sunday League home pitch a nightmare of divots and dips? Or are the preconceptions outdated and you play on a turfy green dream?   

    Good or bad, send in your photos and share your stories using #bbcsportsday, external on Twitter.

    You can also text us on 81111 (UK only - please include a name) or post a comment on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external and we will publish them right here.  

  11. football

    Champions League hat-trick heroespublished at 10:14

    Football

    Mike NewellImage source, .

    Olivier Giroud's treble for Arsenal against Olympiakos last night saw him join a select group of Champions League hat-trick scorers from the Premier League.

    We are taking a look at a few throughout the day...

  12. football

    West Ham rush Rush Green movepublished at 10:10

    West Ham v Stoke (Sat, 15:00 GMT)

    West Ham United

    West Ham manager Slaven Bilic says the club will leave their Chadwell Heath training ground and move to Rush Green ahead of schedule, which might help halt the injury problems.

    "We were planning on moving the training ground to Rush Green at the end of the season, now we are moving that forward," he said.

    "We will be training at Rush Green from Monday. The pitches here at Chadwell Heath are soft on top, but hard underneath which is the worse combination. So I have made the decision to go to Rush Green where the pitches are better.

    "This is not the fault of the groundsmen or the medical staff, it is just a fact."

    Slaven BilicImage source, Empics
  13. Sport participation figures on the risepublished at 10:09

    More reaction to the results of Sport England'sActive People Survey- whichshow a rise, externalin the number of people participating in sport. 

  14. get involved

    Grassroots - the state of playpublished at 10:05 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2015

    #bbcsportsday

    Is your Sunday League home pitch a nightmare of divots and dips? Or are the preconceptions outdated and you play on a turfy green dream?   

    Good or bad, send in your photos and share your stories using#bbcsportsday, external on Twitter.

    You can also text us on 81111 (UK only - please include a name) or post a comment on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external and we will publish them right here.  

  15. football

    West Ham news conferencepublished at 10:03

    West Ham v Stoke (Sat, 15:00 GMT)

    West Ham United

    West Ham manager Slaven Bilic on the club's injury situation:

    "We are now missing six very important players, but we can't complain. We need to get over it and do well with the players we do have.

    "We have a very good medical team here so hopefully some players will come back quicker than first expected.

    "Of course it will be difficult without players like Manuel Lanzini, Dimitri Payet and Diafra Sakho, but we played without all of them at Manchester United.

    "Now it is about the squad and the character of the players we have, it is time for them to step up and help the team."  

    Slaven BilicImage source, EPA
  16. Sport participation figures on the risepublished at 10:02

    Matt Slater
    BBC Sport

    "Sport England has just released the latest numbers, external from its Active People Survey and they're pretty good. 

    "Participation is on the up again after a dip last time. The number of people playing regular sport in England rose 245,000 in year to September. 

    "The number of women playing regular sport rose 150,000, which Sport England claims is a result of its This Girl Can, external campaign."    

  17. West Ham news conferencepublished at 09:57

    West Ham v Stoke (Sat, 15:00 GMT)

    West Ham United

    West Ham manager Slaven Bilic on defender Winston Reid, who has suffered a hamstring injury:

    "Winston's injury doesn't look good. We don't know how long he'll be out for yet, we'll know more tomorrow after the scan.

    "He slipped early on in the training session, it looks like a rupture. He'll definitely be out of the Stoke game and a few more games." 

  18. football

    Platini decision expected on Fridaypublished at 09:53

    Football

    Michel PlatiniImage source, AP

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) will announce a decision on whether Michel Platini's suspension from football should be lifted on Friday at about 09:00 GMT.

    If they rule in Platini's favour, he'll be able to run for Fifa president.

    The Frenchman has been named in a Swiss criminal investigation into Fifa leader Sepp Blatter. He received a two million Swiss franc payment from Fifa which is under investigation.

    Both men, who were suspended for 90 days by football's world governing body, deny wrongdoing.

  19. football

    West Ham news conferencepublished at 09:53

    West Ham v Stoke (Sat, 15:00 GMT)

    West Ham United

    Manager Slaven Bilic is ready to give his thoughts on Saturday's home match against Stoke.

  20. Villa news conferencepublished at 09:48

    Aston Villa v Arsenal (Sun, 13:30 GMT)

    We will have more from Garde very soon.