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Juan Mata says Manchester United are getting better as a team.

Writing on his blog on kicca.com,, external the Reds midfielder said: "We are improving our game lately, and I'm sure this is the way to get a series of good results in the next few weeks.

"The team is playing with more determination and confidence, and we want to keep it this way." 

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Premiership strugglers Worcester Warriors have signed South Africa flanker Dewald Potgieter as they look to end a run of 12 consecutive defeats in all competitions.

The six-times-capped international, 28, is in line to make his debut at home to Bath in the Premiership on Saturday.

Do you feel the need to warm up from Storm Imogen? Get Inspired has put together some simple gym exercises.

'The Hateful Eight' are so simple you could probably even do them while trapped in a cabin in a blizzard.

If you want to push back the frontiers of healthy living, take a look at Get Inspired’s full activity guide.

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Here are some more of your greatest footballing stories.

Mark J: Celtic winning the European Cup and Im not a Celt and Denmark winning the Euros. 

Conor Gaffney: Surely Celtic winning the European Cup with 11 players from Glasgow has to be up there? 

John Jenkins: Nottingham Forest winning 2 European cups in a row is going to take some beating. Leicester's season is amazing tho.

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Tony Pulis has opened contract talks with Craig Dawson, James Morrison, Stephane Sessegnon, Gareth McAuley and Jonas Olsson as he attempts to keep the core of his West Brom squad at the Hawthorns next season, reports the Daily Telegraph., external

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Barcelona's technical director Robert Fernandez insists Neymar, 24, is happy in Spain, after he was linked with Manchester City.(Sun), external

Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 27, is in talks with Bayern Munich over a new contract, according to his agent. (Polstat Sport, in Polish), external

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A Question of Sport Teaser

Time for today's teaser and it's a cricket theme...

Brendon McCullum and which three other players have scored over 5,000 ODI runs for New Zealand?

Answers later this afternoon.

The sharper-eyed among you - so the ones who didn't stay up till goodness knows when watching a Chris Martin concert and some American Football squeezed in either side of it - might have noticed there's a vote now up and running.

We want to know, if Leicester City win the Premier League, what would be the greatest footballing story ever?

Have a gander at the options and make your choice.

The vote will close at 15:00 GMT.

Some more of your greatest footballing stories...

fellaini's elbows: Manchester United treble has to be the greatest achievement surely? 

Katharina Nickel: Definitely Kaiserslautern in Bundesliga season 1997/98. From promotion to league champion, beating Bayern twice. 

Scott Martin: Blackburn's 94-95 title winning team! Maybe I'm being biased. 

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To celebrate Leicester City's achievement we are taking a look at four underdogs who upset the odds to secure league titles.

Nottingham Forest, 1977-78: The idea of a newly-promoted team securing the English top tier title now seems absurd but Forest achieved it in 1978.

Under Brian Clough they finished third in the Second Division the season before, ahead of Bolton and Blackpool by just a point.

But led by Martin O'Neill, Peter Shilton, Peter Withe and John McGovern they took the title by seven points ahead of Liverpool.

It was a season where Leicester finished bottom. Forest also won the League Cup that season and - a year later - became champions of Europe.

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So then, it's fair to say we possibly didn't think we'd be writing this at the start of the season but Leicester are now favourites to win the Premier League.

They were, just in case you needed reminding, 5,000-1 to achieve the feat back in August.

To celebrate their achievement we take a look at four underdogs who upset the odds to secure league titles...

Better, but still not great...

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There is encouraging news about Beth Tweddle.

The Olympic gymnast, injured in a fall while training for Channel 4 show The Jump, is able to move "both her hands and feet" after surgery to fuse two fractured vertebrae in her neck.

In a statement, Beth’s parents, Ann and Jerry, said: "The early medical indications were positive as Beth was able to move her hands and feet, despite being in a lot of discomfort.

"At 20:00 GMT last night Beth was taken down for surgery where they took a piece of bone from her hip and used it to fuse the two vertebrae that were fractured, along with pinning them together.

"It was a scary time for all of us and we’re just very grateful that the operation was a success."

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Gary Neville claimed the obituaries for his time as Valencia boss have already been written following a 1-0 La Liga defeat at lowly Real Betis.

Neville, whose side was thrashed 7-0 by Barcelona in a midweek Copa del Rey tie, is yet to see his side win in nine league games but again refused to quit.

The ex-England international, who was appointed at the start of December,said: "I said before I came that I would be judged in five months. I have been judged in six weeks.

"It's just not going for us at the moment. I continue to work, I continue to have belief."

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France will play friendly games against Cameroon and Scotland as part of preparations for the European Championship.

Didier Deschamps's team will take on Cameroon on 30 May in Nantes before playing Scotland in Metz on 4 June.

France is hosting Euro 2016, which will take place from 10 June-10 July 10.

Jack Bryan: At this stage of Leicester's season, Forest had won the league, league cup and in the quarter-final of the European Cup.

Moka: Biggest shock since Greece winning Euros. 

John McEnerney: The Lisbon Lions, all but one of the 15-man squad were born within 10 miles of Celtic Park. Won't happen again. Hometown Bhoys!

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There's a real sense of pride when walking around Leicester today. It's almost tangible as Foxes fans become more and more excited about the prospect of what might become this season.

Claudio Ranieri, though, has always maintained a sense of calm this season and he's continued that in the aftermath of Saturday's magnificent win at the Etihad Stadium. He says there's no pressure on his team - but now others are trying to put the pressure on them.

Arsene Wenger and Manuel Pellegrini have said Leicester City are now favourites to win the title. It's clear they're trying to take the heat off their players and pile it on the Foxes. The mind games are beginning. The thing is, though, I can't see Claudio - or his players - succumbing to the pressure.

They've not been in this position before but they had pressure last season as they did the unthinkable and stayed up. They won the Championship with some ease the season before. They know pressure. They can handle it.

Leicester City. This is happening.

Man of the moment Leicester's Riyad Mahrez has just tweeted...