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Geoffrey Boycott's hopes of rejoining the Yorkshire board appear to have suffered a setback after members' committee chairman Stephen Mann ruled out support for his nomination.

Former Yorkshire and England opener Boycott is one of four candidates standing for election.

 "The committee members are speaking with club members all the time, and the feedback we've been getting is that members aren't in favour of Geoffrey," said Mann.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Mark Chapman is joined by continental experts Andy Brassell and Mina Rzouki to bring you up to date with the biggest stories throughout Europe. 

Topics up for discussion include the contrasting fortunes of two Italian legends, Gianluigi Buffon and Francesco Totti, you'll hear about a bizarre bit of honesty from the Bundesliga, and the panel preview the Champions League last-16 second legs.

Listen to the podcast here.

Later on today, BBC Sport will be speaking to Arsenal Ladies and England defender Casey Stoney.

If you've got any questions you want to ask her, let us know using #bbcsportsday and we'll ask her the best ones.

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Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli's suspension from Thursday's Europa League match against Borussia Dortmund could prove to be a blessing in disguise for the teenager, according to his boss.

During a stellar season, Alli has suffered knee and ankle injuries, however but his suspension from the round of 16 first-leg game in Germany gives him the chance to rest before Spurs play bottom club Aston Villa on Sunday. 

"He is an incredible athlete, yes. But he is not a machine. He has had problems with his ankle and knee," said Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino.

Mullered: I still get "women can't and shouldn't play football" whenever I talk about the Lionesses. Doesn't bother me. I counteract them easily and make them wish they never spoke to me about it. Sexism is alive and well in sport

Anyone up for watching some cricket? Well, you're in luck. 

The World Twenty20 starts today and BBC Sport has in-play highlights from each game so you can see the key moments as they happen. Seriously, check it out, it's great.

First up, it's Zimbabwe v Hong Kong, which you can follow here.

Scotland v Afghanistan takes place later on at 13:45 GMT - we'll have live text commentary from that game too. And if you want to know all the whos, whats, wheres and whys, have a read of this.

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Maria Sharapova's former coach Jeff Tarango has been talking to BBC Scotland this morning and has said some interesting stuff.

“It is a little bit questionable to me that they are banning 20 athletes around the world for this one drug (meldonium). Is that they can’t get the other drugs? Is that what they are saying?” said Tarango. 

"I think her personal physician, her agent, her coach, her physical trainer and chef should all be telling her when things change on the list, especially when they know she has been taking it for 10 years. It hasn’t been a secret.”

“The players that I coach now, I go through their tennis bags once every other week. I feel it is my responsibility to report to the parents what the juniors have their tennis bags. That is the responsibility I have.  When Maria started with me, she was reluctant to even take an aspirin.”

Wales have named an unchanged side to face England in the crunch Six Nations encounter at Twickenham on Saturday.

There are three changes on the bench, however, with Paul James, Luke Charteris and Rhys Webb coming into the match day squad.

Ospreys scrum-half Webb features for the first time since his injury last September. Lock Charteris returns after missing the victory over the French, and James comes into the replacements with Gethin Jenkins not fit.

Kick-off on Saturday is 16:00 GMT.

Elliot Willis has been withdrawn from the Great Britain sailing squad for the Rio Olympics because of ongoing treatment for bowel cancer.

The two-time world champion Elliot Willis was diagnosed in late 2015.

Willis, 32, was one of the first British athletes to be chosen for the 2016 Games.

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Now if this can’t inspire you to take up sport, I’m not sure what will! 

Celebrating International Women’s Day, we look at six women who have overcome challenges to excel in their sport. #InternationalWomensDay #bbcwinners #inspiringwomen

Find out their stories here.

Midfielder Dylan McGeouch will miss Sunday's League Cup final as Hibs prepare in Malaga.

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Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren returned to work today but his future at the club remains in doubt.

McClaren arrived at the club's Darsley Park training headquarters early, ready to put his players through their paces as usual at 10:30 GMT.

There was a brief flurry of excitement among the gathered media when his car left again at around 09:00, but it emerged that it was his driver and not the 54-year-old who was behind the wheel.

The Press Association understands that McClaren is treating the day as business as usual, but that a decision on his future is likely to be made within the next 48 hours.

Despite becoming a mother at 15 years old, Ukraine's Yulia Kalina is now one of the world's best weightlifters.

Morecambe chairman and majority shareholder Peter McGuigan announces that he wants to sell the League Two club.

Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpishchev has called the Sharapova drug test scandal "nonsense" and said he thinks she will still play at this year's Olympics.  

"The sportsmen take what they are given by the physiotherapists and by the doctors," he told the TASS news agency. 

"I think Sharapova will play at the Olympics. However, we will need to see how this will develop."

Sharapova will be provisionally suspended from 12 March and could face a four-year ban. The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro start on 5 August.

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Lindani Roger Mahashe: Women sports are in good health but they do not get as much coverage as men sports do  

Mameta Isaac Mamabolo: State of women's sport is actually improving. My university now has women teams in all sporting codes and they are really competitive. They fill the stadium and they are rather good.  

And confirmation of the story from 10:05...