That is it for another edition of Sportsday. Stay across the BBC Sport website for coverage of the League Cup semi-final and other breaking news.

We will be back in the morning, starting with the newspapers and reaction to Wednesday's football.

Until then.

Did you read a story online today allegedly revealing the winner of the 2015 Ballon D'Or? If so, that piece was not true and the victor has not yet been revealed.

Fifa, themselves, took to Twitter to clear up the confusion...

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One semi-final up and running, the other starts later.

Everton host Man City in what, on paper, looks like it will be a juicy attack-fest between two sides who love to play on the front foot.

The game kicks off at 20:00 GMT and we will, naturally, have live text commentary on this very website.

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Harry Redknapp won't be taking charge of Slovenian side NK Olimpija Ljubljana. President Milan Mandaric, whom he worked under at Portsmouth, believes it would be too much of a risk. 

"We cannot afford the slightest error because there is too much at stake," said Mandaric. "We need someone for whom the Slovenian football environment is not foreign.

"I know that it has recently been written and spoken about the arrival of my good friend and former colleague at Portsmouth, Harry Redknapp. I can assure you that (it will not be him) because we cannot afford too many risks."

Former Celtic defender Darren O'Dea is close to joining Dundee.

The Republic of Ireland international has been playing in India with Mumbai City following spells with Blackpool, Leeds United and Ipswich Town.

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O'Dea, 28, is expected to have a medical with a view to joining the Dens Park club until the end of the season.

As well as England, India and Scotland, the defender has also played in Canada and Ukraine and has been capped 20 times at senior level.

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Nick Humby, the new Independent Chair of the British Basketball Federation, says he has started a dialogue with Luol Deng and hopes the NBA star will play for Great Britain again this year.

Watch the interview here

Liverpool edged ahead in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final against Stoke on Tuesday, so how will Merseyside rivals Everton fare against Manchester City tonight?

Dan Walker is joined by Kevin Kilbane and Mark Lawrenson for Focus Forum to preview the match.

Watch the video here

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The Daily Telegraph, external is reporting that Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season, despite the appointment of Zinedine Zidane.

It suggests the club are prepared to off-load Ronaldo in an attempt to "create a more team-orientated philosophy at the club".

England women's coach Mark Robinson has named his first squad, keeping faith with the players that lost the 2015 Ashes for the tour of South Africa.

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Kent's Tammy Beaumont is the only player in the 16-player group not to have been part of last summer's 10-6 series defeat to Australia.

Nine of the squad - including captain Charlotte Edwards - will join up with their team-mates a little over a week before the first one-day international because of their Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) duties in Australia.

England will play three ODIs, starting with a meeting in Benoni on 7 February, before three Twenty20 matches against the South African counterparts.

There will be commentary of every game live on the BBC. 

See the squad in full here

New Leeds Rhinos signing Brett Ferres says he had offers from the NRL, but felt he could not turn down the opportunity to join the treble winners.

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The Super League champions agreed a deal to sign the Huddersfield man for an undisclosed fee.

Ferres, 29, had been placed on the transfer list by the Giants last month after an internal investigation.

Listen to the interview here

Blackpool have extended the loan of defender Hayden White from Championship side Bolton Wanderers until the end of the season.

White, 20, has made 11 appearances at right-back for the Seasiders after joining on an initial loan in October.

"I've shown a bit of what I'm about and the manager knows that there's more to come," White told the club website. , external

"He's a player I'd monitored for some time and I'm delighted he's now staying with us," manager Neil McDonald added.

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Remember Craig David 'classic' Seven Days? Wycombe Wanderers defender Jason McCarthyseems to have his own version of it. 

On Saturday: McCarthy ended the 2-0 defeat to Morecambe by going in goal after keeper Matt Ingram was sent off. 

On Monday: He extended his loan deal from Southampton by a month. 

On Tuesday: He was nominated for Player of the Month. 

This coming Saturday: He's facing Aston Villa in the third round of the FA Cup. 

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Worcester Warriors have signed Samoa international prop James Johnston following his release by Wasps.

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Johnston, 29, joined Wasps last summer, but has not been able to fully train or play a first-team game in five months at the club after being injured for Samoa in the build-up to the World Cup.

"The scrum is an area where we've lacked a bit of experience," said Warriors director of rugby Dean Ryan.

"He has a wealth of top-class game-time and adds great depth to our front row."

Ireland have agreed to take Australia's place at the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh after the Aussies pulled out because of security fears.

Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom said they had made the decision after investigating the safety and security situation in Bangladesh.

The ICC asked the Irish to participate in the 16-team competition after the Australians withdrew on Tuesday.

The tournament takes place from 27 January-14 February.

Bath head coach Mike Ford says playing European Champions Cup holders Toulon does not intimidate his misfiring side.

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Ford's team have endured an inconsistent season, with the weekend loss to Newcastle the latest low point.

However, he says his side can recover to reassert themselves in Europe, having also previously lost to English-rivals Wasps in the group stage.

"The excitement of playing the best team in Europe in a hostile environment is why you play the game," Ford said.

Read the full piece here

Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali of Jordan insists that he is tough enough to lead the necessary reform at the heart of football's governing body. 

Speaking to the BBC, Prince Ali insisted "Of course I am tough enough and I come from a background in my own country of working in crisis management, something that we need in Fifa right now."

Read the full piece here

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Matthew Hobden's family have spoken for the first time since the 22-year-old Sussex player's death.

Hobden, a promising bowler, died near Inverness on Saturday, 2 January.

In a brief statement released to the media through Police Scotland, his family said: "We are deeply saddened by the sudden death of Matthew who had been celebrating the New Year with friends in the Forres area.

"We now ask that we are left alone to deal with the tragic circumstances that have unfolded and are allowed to grieve in private at this difficult time."

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Cian Healy faces a race against time to be fit to start Ireland's Six Nations title defence after undergoing a minor knee operation.

The British and Irish Lions prop opted to go under the knife to coincide with a two-week suspension, and will now fight to be fit for Ireland's Six Nations opener against Wales on 7 February.

Wigan Athletic have signed goalkeeper Dan Lavercombe from Torquay, but will loan him back to the National League side until the end of the season.

Lavercombe, 19, who has featured 11 times for the Gulls this season, joins the Latics on a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee.

"Dan has lots of potential. He's impressed us during the time he's been with us," manager Gary Caldwell said. , external

"He'll go back to Torquay to play, but he's a real find for the future."

Iain Carter
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It is likely to be a golfing year like no other in living memory. The return of the sport to the Olympics means a crowded schedule and new narrative.

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Furthermore, 2016 is a Ryder Cup year with the United States probably boasting a side emblematic of a new generation less haunted by so many recent defeats.

September's running of the biennial clash between Europe and America is one of the big highlights in what promises to be an enticing year.

Head here for my month-by-month guide