Summary

  • Johan Cruyff dies of cancer at the age of 68

  • The Dutchman played and coached for Ajax and Barcelona

  • GET INVOLVED #bbcsportsday

  1. get involved

    #mysportmoviepublished at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Sporting film posters

  2. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 10:42 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    #bbcfootball

    How will you get your Easter sporting fix this weekend?

    Andy naughton: Helping out at @thundernetball, external in the netball super league on Saturday then watching @MCWFC, external in women's super league on Monday.

    Lee Talbot: Taking my daughter to see Sunderland women take on Reading.

    Stuart Brown: British Championships Roller Derby in Sheffield. 

  3. cricket

    Watson to retirepublished at 10:40 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Cricket

    Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has announced he will retire from international cricket after the end of the T20 World Cup.

    Shane WatsonImage source, Getty Images
  4. athletics

    Russian duo lose London 2012 medalspublished at 10:39 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Athletics

    Matt Slater
    BBC Sport

    Two London 2012 medals will be reallocated after the IAAF has won its appeal to the Court of Arbitration against the doping sanctions given to six Russian athletes by the country's authorities,    

    Men's 50km walk winner Sergei Kirdyapkin and women's 20km runner-up Olga Kaniskina will both have their medals stripped after the Russians tried to manipulate the banned periods.

    The decision means Australia's Jared Tallent has his silver medal upgraded...

  5. football

    More seats for Hammers fanspublished at 10:29 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Football

    olympic stadiumImage source, Getty Images

    West Ham will increase the capacity at the Olympic Stadium from 54,000 to 60,000.

    The Hammers are playing their final season at the Boleyn Ground before moving across east London in time for the 2016-17 season.

  6. football

    Bad start for 'World's dirtiest player'published at 10:25 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Football

    Gerardo BedoyaImage source, AFP

    Colombia's Gerardo Bedoya was no stranger to a red card in his playing days and he has not mellowed in his coaching career.

    His 46 sendings off in a 17-year playing career earned him the record for the most red cards in football.

    As assistant manager of Independiente Santa Fe, he lasted just 19 minutes in his first game on Wednesday before he was sent to the stands.

    Read more here.

  7. get involved

    #mysportmoviepublished at 10:20 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

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  8. football

    Van Gaal fails to make the cutpublished at 10:10 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Football

    Manchester United have made a promotional video for their summer tour of China.

    Louis van Gaal does not appear in the video

    Therefore Van Gaal might not be manager of United come this summer.

    Well that is the conclusion drawn by most, external of today's papers.

    Louis van GaalImage source, Getty Images
  9. get involved

    #mysportmoviepublished at 10:05 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

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  10. football

    Goal machinepublished at 09:53 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Football

    There is a player who this season has outscored Luis Suarez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane.

    Step forward non-league striker Ashley Flynn who has eclipsed the scoring records of Europe's finest, notching his 71st goal of the season on Saturday.

    Flynn, plays for AFC Emley, in the Northern Counties East Football League Division One - the the 10th tier of English football.

    Read more on his exploits here.

  11. get involved

    #mysportmoviepublished at 09:51 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Sporting film posters

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    Get Involvedpublished at 09:42 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    #bbcsportsday

    A bank holiday weekend with a curtailed domestic football fixture list, so how will you get your Easter sporting fix?

    AcBrook: Heading to Mark Noble's testimonial on Monday and playing FIFA 16 over the weekend (FIFA does count, right?)

    Callum Beirne: Not having to watch #avfc get beaten again is my fix! 

    Stephen: Non league football.

    Tweet us at #bbcsportsday or post on the BBC Sport Facebook page., external

  13. football

    Socceroos on toppublished at 09:37 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Football

    Big match in group B of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.

    Group leaders Australia are beating Tajikistan 2-0 in Adelaide with Crystal Palace's Mile Jedinak and QPR's Massimo Luongo on the the scoresheet.

    Harry Redknapp's Jordan, second in group B, play Bangladesh at 12:30 GMT.

    australiaImage source, Getty Images
  14. get involved

    #mysportmoviepublished at 09:31 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Sporting film posters

    If you were with us on Wednesday, you'd know that we were asking for your sporting film posters. 

    Well, we've had so many responses and of such a good standard that we thought we'd reproduce a few more. First up...

  15. diving

    On this day...published at 09:25 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Diving

    Tom Daley with his gold medal at the 2008 European Championships.Image source, Getty Images

    2008: Thirteen-year-old British diver Tom Daley became the new European champion, winning the 10m platform title in Eindhoven.

  16. football

    Thursday's gossippublished at 09:17 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    Football

    David MoyesImage source, Getty Images

    Liverpool and Arsenal are set to compete for the £31m signing of Bayern Munich's Germany midfielder Mario Gotze, 23, in the summer. (Daily Star), external

    Former Manchester United and Everton manager David Moyes is still interested in taking over at Aston Villa this summer, despite the Birmingham club facing relegation to the Championship(Daily Mirror), external

    Read all the day's football gossip here.

  17. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 09:11 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2016

    #bbcsportsday

    easter eggsImage source, Getty Images

    It's the Easter Weekend but there is a curtailed domestic football card because of the international break. 

    So we want to know how you're going to get your Easter sporting fix?

    Tell us at #bbcsportsday and on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external