"When it’s end of January and you are involved in three competitions you have to take it game by game. But this is the position we want to be in, fighting for a major trophy," says Roberto Martinez.

"Of course the disappointments are painful at the moment because the results haven’t reflected the football we are playing."

He's here.

Roberto has arrived and polite man that he is, even apologises for being late. It's OK Roberto, we forgive you.

He starts by saying Kevin Mirallas won't be available to play tomorrow, but Seamus Coleman and james McCarthy are fit and ready to go.

The Everton manager is clearly running a little late. Maybe he's stuck in the Merseyside traffic, who knows.

Anyhow, Martinez - who was due to face the media at noon - should hopefully be here any moment. We'll let you know when he is...

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Former Cardiff City defender Paul Quinn has returned to Ross County after securing his release from Aberdeen.

The 30-year-old is free to play in Sunday's Scottish League Cup semi-final against Celtic, as he did not play for the Dons earlier in the competition.

Quinn spent two years with County before moving to Pittodrie last summer.

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Crystal Palace are set to complete the signing of striker Emmanuel Adebayor in the next few hours, according to the the London Evening Standard., external

Adebayor, 31, has been without a club since leaving Tottenham in September.

Palace's next game is against Stoke in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.

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The head of Britain's track and field federation says he has been told by the IAAF that the bidding processes for the 2017 and 2019 world championships have been referred to the world track governing body's ethics commission.

UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner made the revelation while appearing at a British parliamentary committee.

The 2017 championships were awarded to London, which defeated a rival bid from Doha, Qatar. Doha won the 2019 worlds. Qatar has denied any wrongdoing in its bids for either championship.

Warner alleged recently that "brown envelopes'" were handed to members of the IAAF council ahead of the vote in 2011 for the 2017 worlds.

You have probably noticed that our latest vote is live. And it is a very simple one.

Which team will win the League Cup this season?

This week sees the second leg of both semi-finals. Liverpool, who hold a 1-0 lead after the first leg, entertain Stoke, before Manchester City try to overturn a 2-1 deficit against Everton on Wednesday.

Vote now at the top of this page. The vote will close at 14:00 GMT and the results will be announced shortly afterwards.

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This man will soon be talking to the media about tomorrow's League Cup semi-final second leg between Everton and Man City.

And how Roberto Martinez could do with something to smile about, after getting plenty of stick following Sunday's home defeat to struggling Swansea.

Martinez is due to face the media at 12:00 GMT. We'll bring you the best of what is said.

Jonathan Oh:, external Chelsea want a DOMINANT midfielder. Look no further. Seung Yeung is the Ki.

Ordythegeordie:, external If Newcastle can get a centre-back like Michael Keane (Burnley) and a finisher like Saido Berahino they will finish top half - a left back would help too.

AcBrook:, external West Ham need a striker, Zarate was strong but we let him go. Daniel Sturridge would be brilliant, maybe Loic Remy too.

All great suggestions. We want more of them. You know what to do. Tweet us using #bbcsportsday and we will include the best comments.

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Robinson, now aged 36, made 41 caps for England but has been a free agent since being released by Blackburn in the summer.

He joins after an injury to Clarets keeper Matt Gilks.

It's just been pointed out to us, on the back of Andros Townsend expected £12m switch from Tottenham to Newcastle, that the clubs meet at St James' Park on the final day of the season.

A Townsend hat-trick to keep the Magpies up and deny Spurs a place in Europe? A scenario for Tottenham fans everywhere to sweat about...

It's transfer deadline day on Monday, when lots of players will be swapping clubs and having medicals.

We doubt, however, that any of those medicals will be as exciting as the below.

World-leading junior skeleton and bobsleigh athletes head a 16-strong Team GB squad for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Norway.

Ashleigh Pittaway (skeleton) and Kelsea Purchall and George Johnson (bobsleigh) led their respective world rankings after qualification.

Team GB athletes will feature in seven of 15 disciplines in Lillehammer.

The event, from 12-21 February, follows the inaugural Winter Games in the Austrian city of Innsbruck in 2012.

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Liverpool have failed in a £28m bid to sign Shakhtar Donetsk forward Alex Teixeira, who has scored 22 goals in just 15 league games this season, reports the Daily Mail., external

The game is scheduled for a 19:45 GMT kick off tonight.

Edwards has undergone surgery on a foot injury, which is expected to keep the Wolves midfielder out for up to 12 weeks. 

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It's been a while - quite remarkably - since we had a Fifa story. So let's make up for that now...

Fifa has confirmed that five candidates will battle for the presidency of football's world governing body when voting takes place on 26 February.

Those five are Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, Gianni Infantino, Tokyo Sexwale and Jerome Champagne.

Sheikh Salman, head of the Asian Football Confederation, and Infantino, the Uefa general secretary, are seen as the frontrunners.

Courtesy of the Newcastle writer for the Northeast Press...

This was Andros Townsend's cheeky tweet late last night.

The 24-year-old midfielder, who has won 10 England caps, has not played for Tottenham's first team since Spurs' 2-1 loss to Anderlecht in the Europa League on 22 October.

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Tottenham have agreed a fee of £12m with Newcastle United for winger Andros Townsend.