France team: M Medard (Toulouse); H Bonneval (Stade Francais), G Fickou (Toulouse), J Danty (Stade Francais), V Vakatawa (France Rugby Federation); J Plisson (Stade Francais), S Bezy (Toulouse); E Ben Arous (Racing 92), G Guirado (Toulon, capt), R Slimani (Stade Francais), P Jedrasiak (Clermont), Y Maestri (Toulouse), W Lauret (Racing 92), D Chouly (Clermont), L Picamoles (Toulouse). 

Replacements: C Chat (Racing 92), U Atonio (La Rochelle), J Poirot (Bordeaux), A Flanquart (Stade Francais), Y Camara (Toulouse), M Machenaud (Racing 92), J Doussain (Toulouse), M Mermoz (Toulon). 

France's Sevens star Virimi Vakatawa will make his Test debut in Saturday's Six Nations opener against Italy in Paris. 

Guy Noves has named four debutants in his side with centre Jonathan Danty, scrum-half Sebastien Bezy and lock Paul Jedrasiak joining the Fiji-born winger.

Front-rowers Camille Chat and Jefferson Poirot and flanker Yacouba Camara will be hoping to make their debuts from the bench.

France have failed to win the Six Nations since 2010, finishing bottom once and fourth three times since.

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Sweden's Alex Noren leads the field after the opening round of the Dubai Desert Classic.

Noren is on six under, one ahead of compatriot Peter Hanson, Australia's Brett Rumford, Trevor Fisher Jr of South Africa and Spain's Rafa Cabrera-Bello.

Rory McIlroy is in a group on four under which also includes Ernie Els and England's Simon Dyson, Chris Wood and Graeme Storm.

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BBC Radio 5 live

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Been chatting with Jordan Henderson in the chief executive's office at Liverpool.

See what he had to say about Sunderland, Daniel Sturridge and reaching a tally 200 games for the Anfield club on Football Focus at 12:10 GMT on BBC 1 this Saturday.

Diana, Detroit: Took a pen at the opening ceremony of the 94 World Cup, missed an open goal. Gutted.   

Now, Diana also seems to go by the name 'Keith'. Make up your own minds...

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While we're talking Sunderland...

Meet the eight-year-old boy with autism, external who can now enjoy watching Sunderland in a sensory room that has been built especially for him. Before this, Nathan wasn't able to cheer on his team at the Stadium of Light because the noise of the crowd was too much for him.

Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce has confirmed that defender Younes Kaboul is fit to return to the squad for the trip to Anfield.

The Frenchman has been out since December with a hamstring injury.

Evergrowinbrain: Booked train back from the Edinburgh marathon at a time that would have required us all to beat the world record.  

AC Brook: Smacking my PE teacher in the face with a tennis ball during my first lesson at my new school...

Eren Kuzubasoglu: Care club at primary school. Playing football in the hall. Given a penalty with no GK at 5 yards and missed. Still haunts me.

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Mauricio Pochettino says that striker Harry Kane is just as good as Sergio Aguero. 

The England striker has scored 15 league goals this term - two more than his Manchester City rival - and three fewer than Leicester's Jamie Vardy. 

"Today Vardy and Kane show big quality and the same quality as Aguero," Pochettino said. "They are all different and come from different circumstances but if today Vardy and Kane are at the same level as Aguero."

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Can Tottenham keep up their title tilt?

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Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino is refusing to get carried away by his side's good form which has seen them move up to third in the Premier League table.

"It is true that we are in a good position in the table but the key is to be focussed and improve our game every day," he said.

"We can improve and have the potential to improve and it is important to try to win every game but we need to show that we are in a position to challenge when it comes to the end of the season." 

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Former England and Newcastle striker

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My dad's hero was Jackie Milburn. 10 years ago today I broke his record in front of the Gallowgate.

Marvin Ishmael: My gaffer had 12 ball over in cricket and two were so bad, they didn't reach the batsman and had to pick them up himself.

Tom Dodd: Humbled 6-0, 6-1 in my u16s tennis club final 7 years ago. Had beaten the bloke in straight sets only a week before.

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Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino says midfielder Dele Alli will have tests next week to find out more about the dizziness which forced him to go off at half-time in Tuesday's win at Carrow Road.

Pochettino said the 19-year-old trained on Thursday after the incident but he will still be checked as a precaution.

“We don’t know why he was dizzy. We need to do some tests next week but we have very good medical staff," he said.

"We are not worried, we just need to assess him and to know why, but we are sure it is not a big problem. We need to have some checks and we need to look again but all seems to be normal and we hope he will be available for Saturday.”

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BBC Newcastle's Sunderland commentator

Sam Allardyce admitted the defeat by Manchester City on Tuesday was his lowest point since becoming Sunderland manager, given it was arguably his side's best performance of his tenure. 

Allardyce faces the media shortly and can expect questions on his four new signings and how he plans to integrate them into his starting XI. The manager has moved away from claiming Sunderland need another miracle to escape relegation but, with games running out and Norwich City at Aston Villa this weekend, the match at Anfield could be pivotal for Sunderland, who remain four points from safety.

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Can Leicester move further clear of Manchester City? 

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Bad news for Scotland after they lost by nine runs to the UAE in their one-off T20 international in Dubai.

The home side made 148-8 in their allotted overs while Scotland fell just short on 139-9 with Preston Mommsen top-scoring on 56.

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Alan Pardew said at his news conference that midfielder James McArthur would be out "for a long time" and now the Scotland midfielder has suggested his season is over...