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Rafael Nadalplans to sue an ex-French government minister who said his seven-month absence in 2012 was "probably due to a positive doping test".

The Spaniard is upset with comments made by Roselyne Bachelot, who was formerly Minister for Health and Sport.

The 14-time Grand Slam winner, 29, says he will sue anyone else who alleges "something similar in the future".

Nadal says he is tired of the allegations and is no longer prepared to let them pass unchallenged. "A minister of France should be serious," he said. "This time is the time to go against her. We are going to sue her."

Paris St-Germain went to bottom club Troyes yesterday knowing a win would make them French champions for a fourth consecutive season. With eight (EIGHT) games to spare.

And win they did. By nine goals - the biggest away win in Ligue 1 history.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four goals in their 9-0 win at a side who made Aston Villa look like 1970s Brazil.

Read our match report here.

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Bob Charles (golf) - New Zealander acclaimed as his sport's greatest left-hander, born 1936.

Tessa Sanderson (athletics) - first Briton to win an Olympic throwing title when taking javelin gold in 1984, born 1956.

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Pieter van den Hoogenband (swimming) - Dutch triple Olympic champion, born 1978.

Nicolas Anelka (soccer) - much-travelled former Chelsea striker, born 1979.

Elton Chigumbura (cricket) - former Zimbabwe captain, born 1986.

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Manchester United's Juan Mata has just released another of his blogs on kicca.com, external and says the Reds can still win the FA Cup - despite being held by West Ham at Old Trafford.

"After Anthony Martial's late goal we still have the chance to go to Wembley and try to win the FA Cup," said Mata, who missed the match because of a suspension.

"The game was not easy and the draw takes us to a replay where West Ham will now play at home, which is an advantage for them.

"But we will go there with the belief that we can win and get to the semi finals. We've seen teams like Arsenal or Chelsea being knocked out, but our hope to get this trophy, that the club hasn't won in a few years, is still alive."

Adam Mountford
BBC Test Match Special producer in Mumbai

England are 69-1 in the seventh over against a local Mumbai side. Adil Rashid, playing for the opposition, got the wicket of Jason Roy reverse sweeping for 32. 

1981: Surrey batsman Ken Barrington, who was capped 82 times and scored 6,806 runs at international level, collapsed and died of a heart attack while touring as assistant manager of the England team in the West Indies.

2000: Former Liverpool, Rangers and Southampton manager Graeme Souness became the new boss of Blackburn, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.

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2004: Steve Harmison took seven wickets for 12 runs at Sabina Park as England bowled out West Indies for 47 on their way to a 10-wicket victory in the first Test of their series. 

2010: David Beckham tore his Achilles while playing for AC Milan, ending his hopes of playing in the World Cup.

2015: Wales ended Ireland's Grand Slam hopes with a 23-16 win in their Six Nations match at the Millennium Stadium, while England beat Scotland 25-13 at Twickenham.

While we're talking cricket, former England batsman Kevin Pietersen seems to be in philosophical mood on Twitter.

Not quite Eric Cantona sardine standard but not far off.

Not surprisingly, the home fans at Villa Park - whose team remain nine points from safety with eight games remaining - were not best pleased.

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Tottenham closed the gap on leaders Leicester to two points after Harry Kane scored two goals in three minutes to sink Aston Villa.

The striker raced onto Dele Alli's quickly taken free-kick and fired past Brad Guzan just before the break.

The combination worked again moments after the interval as Kane poked in Alli's low cross.

Villa mustered just two shots on target as they slipped to a fifth-straight league defeat.

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FA Cup: Arsenal 1-2 Watford

Watford defeated FA Cup holders Arsenal 2-1, and sealed a place in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. Listen here.

FA Cup: Manchester United 1-1 West Ham

Antony Martial scored a late equaliser to earn Manchester United an FA Cup quarter-final replay at West Ham United. Listen here.

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Chelsea's 35-year-old captain John Terry, who is set to leave the club this summer, will be offered a quick route into management - at Danish club Brondby. (Daily Mirror), external

Former Leicester manager Nigel Pearson and ex-Derby boss Nigel Clough are in line to replace Dougie Freedman, who was sacked by Nottingham Forest on Sunday. (Daily Star), external

Liverpool will hold talks this week about the possible signing of Udinese's Polish midfielder Piotr Zielinski, 21, who has been on loan at Empoli for the past two seasons. (Daily Mail), external

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AcBrook: It is better without the big clubs now, makes it more interesting, I wouldn't say United are even 'successful' any more

Geoff Naylor: Great to see Premiership B teams - Watford, Everton, Palace, West Ham and Manchester United - being successful in the FA Cup.

David Endersby: Great to see some different teams competing for the FA Cup, I'm sure the final will be a more entertaining game than usual

We want to know if you think the FA Cup is better or worse without teams like Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea in the latter stages.

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Stephen Gallacher's hopes of qualifying for a second Ryder Cup appearance have suffered a blow after the Scot underwent an operation on a long-standing hand injury.

Gallacher will have his arm in a sling for 10 days and is facing at least a four-week lay-off from the European Tour, where he has made just one halfway cut in five events in 2016.

"This has been bothering me since last May," he said. "I've had cortisone injections, the latest one in December, but it's hindered me on the course."

The 41-year-old, who is 47th in the Ryder Cup qualifying standings, hopes to return to action in the Spanish Open at Valderrama in April.

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So, Watford beat Arsenal and West Ham and Man United finished all square but what about the other quarter-finals we here you cry.

Well, a stunning goal from Romelu Lukaku helped Everton knock out Chelsea (Lukaku also scored a second - bet Chelsea fans are really happy Jose Mourinho allowed him to leave...)

Crystal Palace, meanwhile, overcame a spirited Reading on Friday to join the party at Wembley.

The draw for the semis - which, with West Ham and United drawing, involves five teams - takes place at 19:20 GMT tonight, during BBC One's The One Show.

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As ever, this is not all about us. We want you to get involved.

And today's debate might cause a bit of controversy but we're going to ask it anyway.

With four of the five teams in the FA Cup semi-finals what you might deem, ahem, less successful, does it make for a better or a worse competition than if the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City were still in it?

We're hoping this one touches a few raw nerves and gets you going. Let us know your opinions, whatever they are, right now at #bbcsportsday or at the BBC Sport Facebook page., external

We are running a vote from 09:00 GMT until noon on this page, asking you who will win the FA Cup.

The five options are - logically enough - the five teams left in the tournament.

We will let you know the result just after 12:00 GMT.

Not long now till England begin their World Twenty20 campaign - they face West Indies in their opener on Wednesday (13:45 GMT, live text commentary on this very website).

But first they have a warm-up game against a Mumbai XI and it begins very shortly, at 09:30 GMT to be exact.

We'll bring you regular updates and let you know how Eoin Morgan and the lads are going on.

England XI: Roy, Hales, Root, Morgan, Stokes, Billings, Moeen, Jordan, Dawson, Plunkett and Topley. England have lent opposition Rashid, Vince, Buttler and Willey.