Ex-South Africa captain Jean De Villers is set to leave Leicester when his contract expires at the end of the season.

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Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri says that he will not desert Leicester for a more illustrious club after leading the Foxes to the brink of an extraordinary Premier League title triumph.

"I am happy here and I’m not thinking about a change," he told Kicker, external, via 101 Great Goals., external

"I think Leicester will be my last stop. I hope they give me a long contract, so about six or seven years. And then I finish my career here."

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West Ham will pay an annual rent of £2.5m per year at the Olympic Stadium over the course of their 99-year lease, it has been revealed after the Hammers' tenancy deal was made public.

Owners the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) had fought a ruling that the contract should be made public, but the appeal was rejected by an Information Tribunal earlier this week.

The club were awarded tenancy of the London 2012 stadium in 2013, and at least £272m has been spent to convert the site for use as a Premier League ground.

West Ham have contributed £15m towards those costs. 

Last year a BBC documentary revealed the club was having many of the running costs of the stadium paid for it by the taxpayer under the terms of the tenancy agreement.

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Andy Murray has lost the first set of his Monte Carlo Masters third-round match against French world number 22 Benoit Paire.

Murray went down 6-2 in the opener landing only eight of 21 of his first serves.

This is the pair's first meeting.

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Oscar could be sacrificed by Chelsea to raise funds for incoming manager Antonio Conte according to the Times' Matt Hughes., external

The 24-year-old Brazil midfielder, who signed from Internacional in July 2012 for a reported £25m, has attracted interest from Juventus and Paris St-Germain.

Conte wants to keep Cesc Fabregas, Willian and Eden Hazard at the club and the Blues are continuing to discuss the potential purchase of Radja Nainggolan from Roma.

Chelsea are understood to have had a bid of £30.5m turned down for the 27-year-old Belgium international turned down with the Italian side holding out for £40m.

McManus has drawn fellow Glaswegian Stephen Maguire in Saturday's first round at the Crucible.

A hole in one at the Masters and then married in New York a few days later. Not a bad week for Irish golfer Shane Lowry...

Thomas JJ Evans: There once was a man called Klopp, Who'll take the reds to the top, He wears tight jeans, Beatles Ts, They sing his name at the Kop.

The "best race" of Daniel Ricciardo's life, Formula 1's celebrity Fan, Sauber "will finish season", plus more.

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Liverpool will reportedly receive £300,000 from Manchester City after the latter's progress to the Champions League semi-final triggered a clause in the agreement that took Raheem Sterling to the Etihad Stadium in July.

Sterling, 21, was sold by Liverpool for an initial £44m with another £5m dependent on City's success during his time at the club.

"Further triggers will be activated if City win the tournament outright during Sterling’s ­period at the club," writes Chris Bascombe in the Daily Telegraph.  , external

A couple inspired by Danny Willett... 

Declan Arnold: Augusta was won by a Brit, With determination and grit, Spieth let it slip, His form took a dip, Take a bow, Sir D Willett.

Simon Gibson: Danny's a man who can hack it, He's now in a different bracket, Sunday was fine (Best, the back 9), Oh yes, he has a green jacket.

Mark Allen v Mitchell Mann

Stephen Maguire v Alan McManus

Mark Williams v Graeme Dott

Barry Hawkins v Zhang Anda

Ronnie O'Sullivan v Dave Gilbert

Mark Selby v Robert Milkins

Martin Gould v Ding Junhui

Ricky Walden v Robbie Williams

Shaun Murphy v Anthony McGill

John Higgins v Ryan Day

Stuart Bingham v Ali Carter

Neil Robertson v Michael Holt

Joe Perry v Kyren Wilson

Marco Fu v Peter Ebdon

Michael White v Sam Baird

Judd Trump v Liang Wenbo

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Defending champion Stuart Bingham will face a tough first round tie against Ali Carter in the 2016 World Championship.

Bingham, 39, won his first world title in 2015 after beating Shaun Murphy, who comes up against Anthony McGill.

Five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan plays Dave Gilbert, world number one Mark Selby plays Robert Milkins and Judd Trump comes up against Liang Wenbo.

Bingham begins his campaign at 10:00 BST on Saturday, playing to a conclusion from 19:00 on the same day.

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Feast your eyes on this graphical loveliness.

Every shot that Kobe Bryant ever took in the NBA on one court, courtesy of the LA Times., external

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Ayza Quaresma: Oh United, my dear Manchester United, shall I compare thee to the British summer? Some sunny days followed by torrential rain. But you are still the one and only. Come rain or sunshine. Moyes or Van Gaal.

The early frontrunner...

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"A group of executives with limited experience bought a floundering franchise in 2010 and set out to fix it by raising a single question: What would happen if you built a basketball team by ignoring every orthodoxy of building a basketball team?"

The result? The Golden State Warriors, who have broken the NBA record for wins in a season. This fascinating piece, external explains how...

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BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre

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The Crucible Theatre is primed for the draw for the 2016 World Championship, with the 16 automatic seeds awaiting the 16 qualifiers.

The intrigue this year sees 11 time ranking winner Ding Junhui facing one of the seeds in the first round after coming through three matches in qualifying. The Chinese player has dropped to 17 in the world, but he will be a player no-one will want to face.

Other qualifiers include 2002 champion Peter Ebdon and two-time finalist Ali Carter.

Surprisingly, defending champion Stuart Bingham is a long 28-1 shot with the bookmakers to win the title again, while fans will be waiting to see who favourite Ronnie O'Sullivan comes up against.