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Veteran striker Claudio Pizarro is already a legend at Werder Bremen and is now just one goal away from writing himself into the club's record books.

The 37-year-old is in his fourth spell with the Bundesliga side, including a loan stint from Chelsea in the 2008-09 season.

The most prolific foreign goalscorer in Bundesliga history, Pizarro became the oldest player to score a hat-trick in the German league in a midweek 4-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen.

And on Saturday, the Peru international, who returned to the Weserstadion from Bayern Munich last summer, notched with another spectacular effort as Werder Bremen beat relegation rivals Hannover 4-1 to continue their recent revival.

'Pizza' now has 12 goals in his last 11 games and needs just one more to equal the club record total of 101 scored by former Germany international Marco Bode, who helped Bremen win the Bundesliga title in 1993.

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British Cycling's technical director Shane Sutton was asked about Mark Cavendish's chances of being selected for the Olympics in Rio later this year.

“I’ve said all along we’ll go back and look at the data. Cav’s shown real quality, and a turn of speed in the Madison but it’s one we need to sort with Mark," said Sutton.

"He wants to go there and medal but we weren’t quite in touch with where we’d like to have been in the Omnium.  We’re going to sit down with him then we’ll let everyone know."

Asked if it was feasible for Cavendish to ride both the Tour de France and the Olympics, Sutton added: “For these endurance riders it’s easy to cross over. It’s not like riding the Tour for a few weeks is going to dampen his chances. I’m not worried about his preparation."

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Lionel Messi was at it again over the weekend, scoring twice as Barcelona went 11 points clear at the top of La Liga in a comfortable win at Eibar.

Luis Suarez was also on target to take the combined tally for him, Messi and Neymar to 100 goals this season in all competitions.

Messi scored his 20th and 21st league goals of the season as Barcelona took their unbeaten run to 36 games.

Second-placed Atletico Madrid are eight points back after beating Valencia 3-1 in the evening game.  

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Accrington Stanley are flying high in League Two - fourth top and looking a good bet for the play-offs at least - and they've announced further good news today.

The club has unveiled plans, external for a multi-million stadium redevelopment.

The plans won't increase the capacity - which will remain at around the 5,000 mark - but facilities will be much improved.

Crisis club Bolton Wanderers have been back in the High Court today to answer an HMRC winding up petition.

The club has twice successfully requested more time to pay a sum understood to be around £3m - the last time on 22 February, minutes after a deal was struck for Dean Holdsworth's Sports Shield consortium to buy the club.

BBC Sport understands that at today's High Court hearing a further adjournment has been granted "for the last time".

The club is set to release a statement shortly.

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England defence coach Paul Gustard has refused to give away much when asked if Leicester's Manu Tuilagi could feature in Saturday's Six Nations match against Wales.

"Manu has played a limited amount of rugby, that’s for certain," he said.

"He’s obviously a very talented player and I think we just want to try and integrate him long term - irrespective of what happens in these remaining Six Nations matches it’s important that he gets integrated back into this new England.

"The more exposure he has within this environment will serve us better in the long term."

Sam Cain: Surely Remi Garde is a contender for #worstpremboss? Has he even won yet? (Other than Wycombe)

Garde has won two Premier League games so far and hasn't been able to sign a single player.

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Striker Ayoze Perez says Newcastle United "need to be a team" if they are to escape the drop this season.

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Striker Christian Benteke has vowed to "fight till the end" to save his Liverpool career.

The £32.5m summer signing has not started in the last six matches and told Belgian newspaper HLN: "It's not the easiest of situations but you have to be ready.

"In a career you'll never have only top moments, also your difficult times.

"It's in the most difficult situations that the real warriors, the tough men and determined guys stand up. You have to be up for it. I have to take every chance, every minute the manager gives me: one minute, five minutes, 10 minutes, half an hour.

"I've still enough ambition and enough character to fight in difficult moments. I don't give up easily. I fight till the end."

Airdrieonians say manager Eddie Wolecki Black "is now recuperating" after tests confirmed he suffered a stroke during Saturday's win at Cowdenbeath.

The 50-year-old was taken ill at half-time and taken to hospital in Kirkcaldy, before being transferred to a specialist stroke unit at Edinburgh's Western General Hospital.

The Scottish League One club intend to give Wolecki Black and his family "all the help and support they need to get him back on the road to recovery".

Walsall have appointed Jon Whitney as head coach on a game-by-game basis.

Whitney had previously been first team performance coach and replaces Sean O'Driscoll, who was sacked after Saturday's home defeat by Barnsley.

Walsall are fourth top in League One.

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BBC Sport horse racing correspondent

"Whatever your view of the whole project it's hard not to admire what Victoria Pendleton has achieved in the last year, showing guts aplenty to proceed from first riding lesson to competing on the biggest day of the jumps season. 

"Money may well have changed hands to fund this potentially hazardous project, but her advisers surely wouldn't allow her to do it if they weren't sure. 

"Sceptics fear a win - or indeed a fall - may overshadow the winner of the preceding Gold Cup, but these days the Festival is easily big enough to cope with both events, and rarely can its build-up have received so much coverage in all corners of the media."

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2008: Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers won a silver medal for Great Britain in the 60 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia.

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The Football Association is open to trialling video technology in England games, says FA chief Martin Glenn.

Live experiments with video assistant referees are set to begin by the 2017-18 season after being voted in by the game's law maker, the International Football Association Board (IFAB).

"We will definitely offer it," said Glenn, when asked whether England games could be a testing ground.

England and Scotland are among 13 countries offering to help testing.