Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino has missed the last two games for Liverpool with a hamstring injury but has travelled with the Reds squad to Germany for Thursday's Europa League quater-final, first leg against Borussia Dortmund.

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Blackburn Rovers manager Paul Lambert says he will "wait and see" before deciding on his future with the club.

The 46-year-old Scot was appointed in November, but the team have won just 10 of his 27 games in charge.

"What happens in the next few weeks will happen. I can't keep being a spokesman for the football club, I'm the manager.

"I went through the same stuff at Aston Villa and I'll never go through that again," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.

Matt O'Neill: "To Pollock" - score the best goal you'll ever score, alas in the wrong bloody net.

Milan Delmelle: "To Torres" - to have both a massive positive impact and a massive bad impact on a game.

Ben Morton: "To Payet" - to score a stunning free-kick every single time.

Christopher Gerrard: "To Berbatov" - Making a difference while looking like you don't even want to be there. Eg. "They proper Berbatoved that win".

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Anthony Joshua has the "brutish strength" of George Foreman and Frank Bruno, according to Audley Harrison.

The 2000 Olympic super-heavyweight champion is backing fellow Briton Joshua to be too strong for American Charles Martin in Saturday's IBF world heavyweight title fight in London.

Harrison says "all the cards are in Joshua's favour", likening the 26-year-old to the ex-heavyweight champions.

"He lives the life of an athlete," Harrison, 44, told BBC Radio 5 live. "He's very fit, strong and committed."

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It may be Robert Earnshaw's birthday and all that but...

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Fabrice Muamba (football) - the former Bolton midfielder, who had to retire after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch in a match at Tottenham is 28 today.

Liam Plunkett (cricket) - Yorkshire and England bowler is 31 today.

Robert Earnshaw (football) - the former Cardiff, Norwich, Nottingham Forest and Wales striker is 35 today.

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As Sergio Aguero and Zlatan Ibrahimovic prepare to face off when Manchester City travel to Paris St-Germain later in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, we want you to vote on Europe's best forward.

To be precise, we're assessing who has been the best forward in Europe's top leagues this season.

There are 15 options - one of which is 'other' - with four of them currently playing in the Premier League. 

To make your choice, click to the right of this page or click on the 'vote' tab if you're using a mobile device. The vote will run until 15:00 BST.

Our online voting terms and conditions can be read here. 

John Gray: "To Wenger" - to say you're going shopping without actually buying anything.  

Alex Burgess: "To Derby" - finding new and ingenious ways of becoming the laughing stock of English football. See 2007-08 and 2014-15.

Tony Maude: "To Old Firm" - to believe you are entitled to have everything your own way; see also "to Ferguson"

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Striker Anthony Pilkington will have a scan on Wednesday after suffering a knee injury in Cardiff City's 0-0 draw at Burnley.

Pilkington impressed for the Bluebirds before being injured in the second half, replaced by Aron Gunnarsson.

The 27-year-old left Turf Moor on crutches and Cardiff manager Russell Slade said he would be assessed when the play-off hopefuls return to Wales.

"He's in a brace so we're taking all precautions," Slade said.

"We just hope it's not too serious because he's done very well since we've converted him up there."

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Rotherham boss Neil Warnock has called pre-match comments made by Bristol City counterpart Lee Johnson "an absolute disgrace" after the teams drew 1-1.

The Championship strugglers met at Ashton Gate on Tuesday.

Before the game Johnson, 34, had told the Bristol Post:, external "We have to make sure we win it, whether through aggression, good football or intimidation."

Warnock told BBC Radio Sheffield: "I didn't have to do a team talk, Johnson did it for me."

Gary Pilkington: To Wenger - convincing your bosses you're the man for the job when you're consistently not hitting your targets...

MIDG 247: "To Wenger" - to try the same thing repeatedly and expect different outcomes.

Jed Shaw: "To Klopp" - to go crazy when something superb happens.

James Rooney: "To Martinez" - to under-perform whilst having the potential to achieve much more.

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Fernando Torres put Atletico Madrid in front at Barcelona in their Champions League quarter-final, first leg but was then sent off and his side ended up losing 2-1...

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Huddersfield Town have confirmed the signing of Kaiserslautern defender Chris Lowe.

The 26-year-old will join the Championship side from the Bundesliga 2 club on a three-year deal on 1 July.

Lowe previously worked with Terriers boss David Wagner when the pair were at Borussia Dortmund.

"He is also a great character; a leader in the dressing room, who has captained the team," 44-year-old Wagner told the club website., external

BBC Sport and Breakfast presenter Dan Walker has contributed to our sporting verbs debate with one of his favourites - "to thronk", which means a powerful shot.

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DR Congo and Norwich striker Dieumerci Mbokani has quit international football after his country's FA threatened to sanction him for missing last month's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Mbokani missed the games with Angola after being caught up in the Brussels airport attacks on his way to Kinshasa.

The 30-year-old is unhappy that Congolese FA president Constant Omari said he should still have travelled.

"I don't want to play for Congo. I find the treatment unfair," said Mbokani.

Newcastle fans, your team might be six points from safety but at the least the club has made a healthy profit.

No, we didn't think it would be much consolation. 

Anyway, the club currently second-bottom of the Premier League has announced profits of £32.4m, an increase of £13.7m on 2014.

Managing director Lee Charnley said: "We appreciate that, at the present time, football results and not financial results are what our supporters want to see from us.

"We, of course, acknowledge the seriousness of our situation. However, we must remain positive and retain the belief that we can secure our Premier League status and we are doing everything we can to support Rafa and the team."

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Lzafeer Ahmad: To Zlatan or not to Zlatan is not the question. Zlatan is always the answer. 

Aaran Kendall: "To Boateng someone" - fake a shot resulting in the defender tripping over his own feet. Also to be Boateng-ed.

Paul Adams: In our Billiards and Snooker league - "to be 'Nuggeted'" - To be utterly crushed! Nickname for Steve Davis in the '80s when he was beating everybody.

Matt Parry: To Martinez - "To watch a completely different game to everyone else." 

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Bolton Wanderers midfielder Liam Trotter has apologised for making an offensive gesture with David Wheater in a pre-match live club broadcast.

The club has fined the pair for the incident, which happened prior to Tuesday evening's defeat by Brentford.

"I'd like to apologise to the Bolton fans for what we did before the game," Trotter, 27, told BBC Radio Manchester.

"We didn't realise it was live, it wasn't aimed at the fans or club, it was a silly gesture as we walked in."

Inspired by "to Zlatan" (to dominate), which is officially recognised as a verb in Sweden, we want your sporting verbs...

Paul Hawkins: "To Villa" - to perpetually disappoint fans and consequently buoy the opposition.

Oliver Wicks: "To Istanbul" - to pull off a huge turnaround: "I started this exam badly but in the last 20 minutes I absolutely Istanbuled it".

Mike Sullivan: "To Martinez" - to frustrate immensely by talking only in soundbites (i.e: 'Phenomenal', 'Unique', Character').

Steve Ballinger: "To take a Suarez" - i.e "he really took a big Suarez out of that burger".

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