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Ever wanted to hear Geoffrey Boycott talk you through a marriage proposal?

Well, here you go...

Stephen Addy: Managed to book a hotel for the wrong year for the Berlin Marathon. Booked it for a year in advance.

Ekara: My only ever penalty miss was the 1st penalty in a varsity league promotion play-off final. They scored all of theirs.

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In 2013, double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington announced her retirement from competitive swimming.

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According to the Telegraph,, external Manchester City sporting director Txiki Begiristain and chief executive Ferran Soriano "courted" football agent Pere Guardiola to persuade his brother Pep to become the Premier League club's new manager.  

Gary Neville described Valencia's 7-0 defeat by Barcelona as "one of the worst experiences I've ever gone through in football" and that got us thinking...

We want to know about your most embarrassing moments in sport.

It could be a heavy defeat, or it could be the time you tripped when taking a penalty, took a fresh-air shot, or turned up at the wrong venue for a match.

Let us know at #bbcsportsday or on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external

John Barclay will return for Scotland in the Six Nations opener against England.

The Scarlets flanker did not make last year's World Cup squad and has been absent for the past three Six Nations campaigns. Barclay will win his 46th cap alongside John Hardie and Dave Denton in the home back row at Murrayfield.

Glasgow centre Mark Bennett will also be in the starting line-up, having recovered from a shoulder injury.

The team will be announced officially at 12:30 GMT.

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Eddie Jones knows Saturday's Calcutta Cup meeting with Scotland is all about winning, hence why his team selection will verge on the conservative.  

Barring some last-minute curve balls, he will opt for an experienced starting XV for the game at Murrayfield, with the three uncapped players - Paul Hill, Jack Clifford and Ollie Devoto - on the bench. They will be joined by a fourth, Maro Itoje, if Courtney Lawes hasn't recovered sufficiently from a hamstring injury.

In the front row, Joe Marler looks likely to edge out Mako Vunipola, while James Haskell is expected to wear the number 7 shirt with former captain Chris Robshaw on the blindside.

Having fallen down the pecking order under Stuart Lancaster, Danny Care returns to the number nine shirt, with George Ford and Owen Farrell resuming their 10-12 partnership regularly seen at age-grade level.

Here are some of the stories from Thursday's football gossip column.

According to the Daily Mirror,, external Southampton's Kenya midfielder Victor Wanyama, 24, is stalling on a new contract at St Mary's amid interest from Arsenal and Tottenham.   

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Scotland have returned to the top 50 of the Fifa World Rankings,, external rising six places to 46th.

Northern Ireland and the Republic both move up one spot to 29th and 30th respectively, while England stay ninth and Wales remain 17th.

There is no movement in the top 18, meaning Belgium lead Argentina, Spain and Germany.

Oscar de la Hoya leads an eclectic mix of sports personalities celebrating on Thursday, with the 10-time world boxing champion across six weights turning 43.

Former Derbyshire all-rounder Paul Aldred is 47, former Arsenal and Everton striker Kevin Campbell turns 46 and 2014 Wimbledon semi-finalist Lucie Safarova is 29.

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In 2013, The Baltimore Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII with a 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans.

Martin Rogers: Feel sorry for Gary Neville but just goes to show being a pundit is a lot easier than being a manager.

Henry Mboloma Mulola: I wonder what Gary Neville would say about Gary Neville right now...

One consolation for Valencia coach Gary Neville is that, for the most part, he has avoided the wrath of the Spanish newspapers... 

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Cricket Australia say head coach Darren Lehmann will rejoin the Australian squad for their tour of New Zealand after having treatment for Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Lehmann was admitted to hospital before the fifth ODI in Sydney last month but has been given clearance to travel to Wellington on Saturday and return to work.

The first Test against New Zealand begins on 12 February.

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World heavyweight champion Tyson Furyhas told BBC Radio 5 live that he has still not decided if he will fight Wladimir Klitschko again and could quit boxing.

Fury, who caused a huge shock when he beat Klitschko to claim the WBA, IBF and WBO titles in November, is due to take on the Ukrainian in a rematch in May or June but says he is struggling to get motivated.

"I could walk away. I could just sail into the sunset unbeaten with all the belts and live a normal life," he said. "All that I would be boxing for is money and I always thought to myself I never want to let sport become about money."

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That was quick! Teenager Katie Swan has got Great Britain off to the best possible start in their opening Fed Cup Euro/Africa zone Group 1 tie in Israel with a straight sets win over Ilse Hattingh of South Africa to put them 1-0 up.

Swan, who is the youngest British player to play in the competition at 16 years and 316 days, won 6-3 6-0 in 55 minutes.

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There's plenty happening in the world of rugby, too, with Eddie Jones announcing his England team, for Saturday's Calcutta Cup meeting at Murrayfield, and we may well be hearing from the Scotland camp, too.

Also, Chris Ashton's appeal against a 10-week ban that would rule him out of England's entire Six Nations campaign will adjudicated upon on Thursday.

It's a big day in the 13-man-code, too, with the Super League season getting underway with an encounter between champions Leeds and Warrington.

There's also some cricket to keep an eye on, with Scotland facing UAE in Dubai in the first T20 international, and in football Fleetwood meet Barnsley in the second league of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy northern section final. The sides drew the first leg 1-1.

Just five Premier League managers will be facing the media on an unusually quiet Thursday. Here's when we're expecting to hear from them...

• 09:30 West Ham
• 12:30 Tottenham
• 13:00 Crystal Palace
• 13:30 Leicester City
• 14:00 Sunderland

Time are in GMT and, as ever, there's a fair bit of wriggle room in those appointment slots.

The misery continues for Gary Neville at Valencia and he says watching his side get demolished 7-0 by Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Wednesday was one of his "worst experiences" in football.

The loss in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg has increased the pressure on Neville, who is without a league win in eight matches.

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Just underway is Great Britain's opening Fed Cup match against South Africa in Israel with 16-year-old Katie Swan creating history as the youngest Briton to compete in the tournament.

She is up against Ilze Hattingh and you can follow the latest on the Fed Cup website, external. 

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