Manchester City

Good news for Manchester City fans from our man at the Etihad today...

Straight into the side for tomorrow?  

Aston Villa

In a statement made through its Twitter account the club said: "Aston Villa Football Club has completed its investigation into Gabby Agbonlahor's trip to Dubai over the international break. The club will be taking no further action." 

Aston Villa

Aston Villa say they will be taking no action against striker Gabriel Agbonlahor, whom they had suspended pending the outcome of an internal investigation into his conduct.

The forward was pictured appearing to hold a shisha pipe, external while on holiday in Dubai during the international break.

Caretaker boss Eric Black had said he took the decision to remove Agbonlahor from the squad because he did not want anything to "distract the players".

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Hope Powell becomes the first female coach educator to work with the Professional Footballers' Association.

Powell, who became the first woman to achieve the Uefa Pro Licence in 2003, scored 35 goals in 65 caps for England and managed them from 1998 to 2013.

"I am keen to help develop the next generation of coaches in this country," said the 49-year-old, who also managed Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.

"It's a great opportunity to work within the men's professional game."

Josh Reynolds has played down an incident in which he touched the bottom of an opposition player in a National Rugby League game in Australia.

The Canterbury Bulldogs stand-off was criticised, external in Australian media after touching Aidan Sezer as the Canberra Raiders half-back fed a scrum.

"We're good mates and it was just a bit of a joke. I hope no harm done," Reynolds said.

Sezer confirmed they "go back a long way and we were just having a laugh".

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Jace Reece: Luis Garcia played so well in a legends match for Liverpool in Australia that Central Coast Mariners gave him a contract!!

Joe Easton: Schmeichel, Carlos, Desailly, Stam, G.Nev, Makelele, Lampard, Zidane, J.Cole, Ronaldinho, Henry

Matt Dobson: Shilton, G.Neville, Nesta, Cannavaro, Maldini, Beckham, Scholes, Pirlo, Giggs, Sheringham, Klose

Matthew Ball: Kahn, Cafu, Stam, Maldini, Carlos, Scholes, Seedorf, Beckham, Ronaldinho, Totti, Bergkamp

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A Question of Sport Teaser

Antonio Conte will become Chelsea’s fifth Italian manager. Who are the other four?

Advice if you want to have a go at this without cheating: don't read our story on his appointment. 

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BBC Sport

The 2014 winner Pineau De Re needs six late withdrawals to make the cut for Saturday's Grand National at Aintree.

A final order of elimination for the £1m race, which has a maximum of 40 runners, was announced on Tuesday.

Lower-rated horses are balloted out, with The Romford Pele currently occupying the number 40 slot.

As it stands Bishops Road (41), Knock House, Perfect Candidate and Maggio (44) will be the four reserves for the race, with Pineau De Re at 46.

The final line-up will be confirmed on Thursday morning. You can follow coverage of the big race at 17:15 BST on BBC Radio 5 live, with live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.

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Coventry goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic was 42 when he retired in 2000. He was also a more than handy cricketer, helping Shropshire beat Yorkshire in the Natwest Trophy in 1984. 'Oggy' continued to play club cricket after his footy days were over.

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Troy: Van der Sar, Cafu, Chivu, Samuel, Pallister, Ballack, Makelele, Zidane, Giggs, Kewell, Van Nistelrooy

Chris Baldwin: Roger Milla? Scored at 1994 World Cup aged 42

Mark: Got to be Peter Shilton in goal (played up to age 46, I think)

Almost right, Mark. Shilts was actually 47 when he finally bowed out at the end of the 1996-97 season after a career featuring 1,005 league games that began in 1966. 

He made his debut before the 1966 World Cup and retired after Euro '96. Just astonishing. 

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A new experience for Manchester City today - training before a Champions League quarter-final against Paris St-Germain.

City have reached the last eight of the competition for the first time with the first leg in Paris on Wednesday.

And manager Manuel Pellegrini has opted to spend the first part of the build-up at home, meaning the required 15 minutes of open training is taking place in Manchester, with the normal press conference for manager and player - believed to be Eliaquim Mangala - scheduled for the Parc des Princes when City arrive in Paris this evening.

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Reflecting on Nick Blackwell waking from an induced coma, BBC Sport's Ben Dirs says boxing is at its most compelling when at its most dangerous - and that is one of the sport's uncomfortable truths.

"It is boxing's inherent darkness that has made it so attractive to generations of writers, artists and filmmakers. Like bats to a cave. Anyone who is fascinated by and gains pleasure from boxing and boxers contains a streak of voyeurism."  

As usual, it's a very interesting read. Head over here for Ben's thoughts in full.

Centre-half David Weir was 41 when he played his last game for Rangers, where the fans used to enjoy singing "We all dream of a team of Davie Weirs"...

While Liverpool fans used to sing the same song in honour of Jamie Carragher...

A team of David Weirs or Jamie Carraghers would at least be defensively solid. Not much pace though...  

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Versatile Scarlets back Jordan Williams will join Bristol on a two-year contract at the end of the 2015-16 season.

The versatile 22-year-old has scored 81 points in 54 appearances with the Welsh region.

"I'm excited to get started and to play at the brand new Ashton Gate," Williams told the club website., external

"Bristol Rugby have a great reputation," he continued. "I'd heard lots of positive things about the club before joining."

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According to the Manchester Evening News,, external ex-Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wanted Manuel Neuer and not David de Gea to succeed Edwin van der Sar as the Red Devils' goalkeeper - but is glad he was persuaded to change his mind. What about you United fans?

Plenty more gossip over here.

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Signed on a free transfer from Coventry City in 2000 aged 35, Gary McAllister was superb for Liverpool, helping the Reds to a treble of League Cup, FA Cup and Uefa Cup in his first season at Anfield.

For good measure, he was also a major influence on a then 20-year-old midfielder called Steven Gerrard.

What value for no money he provided.

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'Stop being jealous of my beach body and come train with me.'

That, pretty much, is Anthony Joshua's message for Tyson Fury. WBA and WBO champion Fury had called fellow Briton Joshua, 26, "useless" and said boxing was not just about "bodybuilding".

Fury also predicted Joshua would be "knocked out" on Saturday by defending champion Charles Martin when they fight for the IBF title Fury was stripped of.

"They're hating on my beach body," said Olympic champion Joshua.

More over here.

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In 1922, former England and Preston forward Sir Tom Finney was born. What a player he was. 

Finney was capped 76 times and knighted in 1998. He died on February 14, 2014.

You can read his obituary over here.

Bath's David Wilson has been cited for making contact with the eyes or eye area of Saracens and England lock George Kruis, who in turn is alleged to have bitten the prop.

Wilson, 30, allegedly made illegal contact with Kruis in the second half of his side's 30-10 defeat on Friday.

Kruis, 26, has been cited for biting Wilson during the same incident.

The pair, who were both in England's 2015 World Cup squad, will face a Rugby Football Union panel on Tuesday.

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