Simon Stone
BBC Sport

Manchester City's failure to complete the transfer of Aymeric Laporte could see them intensify their efforts to sign John Stones from Everton.

New City boss Pep Guardiola is keen to bolster his defensive options.

It is believed he is interested in Stones, who is on Euro 2016 duty with England.

And now Laporte has signed a contract extension at Athletic Bilbao, City may test Everton's resolve to keep Stones, 22, who almost joined Chelsea last summer.

Laporte had been on City's radar despite being out of action with a broken leg and dislocated ankle. 

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Chinese businessman Dr Tony Xia has completed his £76m takeover of Championship club Aston Villa.

The 39-year-old has passed the Premier League and Football League's fit and proper person test and will become chairman of the West Midlands side.

He succeeds American Randy Lerner, who bought Villa for £62.6m in 2006.

Villa were relegated from the Premier League for the first time last season, finishing bottom, and have since named Roberto di Matteo as manager.

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Eric Dier and Dele Allihave been tested to see how well they know each other, external on the FA's official Youtube channel.

#EnglandBantz

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Some British women's tennis news from yesterday... 

Heather Watson, who has recently been selected to play for Team GB in the Olympic games,won 6-4 7-5 against Italy's Camila Giorgi at a rain-affected Aegon Classic in Birmingham.  

Read more here.

Another Team GB selectee, Jo Konta, plays later today - weather permitting, obviously. 

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Umm... it's now 21-0.

One noteworthy piece of information; Lions and Wales captain Sam Warburton was drafted in to start the game in place of Ellis Jenkins, who was a late injury withdrawal.  

Listen live here...

Oh dear...

Wales are currently playing coach Warren Gatland's home-town club, Chiefs in Hamilton, New Zealand. 

Wales aren't doing especially well right now - they are 38 minutes in and are losing 19-0 in this midweek game between the first and second Tests. Follow our live page for updates and BBC Radio Wales commentary. 

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2012: Tottenham confirmed the sacking of manager Harry Redknapp. 

Despite finishing fourth in the league, Spurs missed out on Champions League football because of Chelsea's Champions League win over Bayern Munich. This was enough for chairman Daniel Levy to call time on Redknapp after four years at the club.

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Our main story this morning is about the FA's security concerns in Lille. England and Russian fans supporters are set to gather for this week's Euro 2016 Group B matches. 

England fans are due to be in Lille ahead of Thursday's match against Wales in nearby Lens, while Russia play Slovakia in the city on Wednesday.

Prosecutors say 150 Russian hooligans were behind the violence in Marseille.

Six England fans were jailed after Russia played England on Saturday.

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Queen's Club may have seen very little action yesterday due to it being in Britain (and therefore raining), but what is more British than British number one, Andy Murray, having a knock about with Beckham number two, Romeo...?

Here are the highlights of the Ireland v Sweden match from yesterday evening for your enjoyment, although - spoiler alert - Clark's own goal makes me cringe a bit. 

Racing fans! Royal Ascot starts today.  280,000 racegoers are expected at the Berkshire track over five days.

The meeting is set to start with its softest ground for more than 40 years. This morning, the ground was officially described as "soft" after another 4mm of rain overnight.

Last year's victor Goldream has been taken out of the King's Stand Stakes, joining dual winner Sole Power and Acapulco as withdrawals because of the ground conditions.

Check out the schedule and more about the opening day here.

Here is a man modelling some fancy headgear... 

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If you haven't watched any of our amazing Euro 2016 catch-up videos, (if we do say so ourselves), it's about time you did. 

This one has all the goals, match highlights, fun moments and more from yesterday's action from France. 

CLICK HERE TO WATCH

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The Times

The Times have paraphrased Hodgson and Rooney's video messages to the travelling fans. 

Here it is in full. 

Crossword answers to #bbcsportsday please.

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The Daily Telegraph

Republic of Ireland's 1-1 draw against Sweden dominates the back page of the Telegraph today.

More on that match here. 

FA chairman Greg Dyke has expressed his concern about security in Lille, where England and Russian supporters are set to gather for this week's Euro 2016 matches.

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The Daily Express

Jack Wilshere is on the back of the Daily Express.

...No, don't worry - he's fine. 

He is just talking about how fired up the England camp are for Thursday's match against Wales.

According to the article next to Jack's head, so is Gareth Bale. 

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The Sun

The Sun have led their sport pages with the ongoing story of English and Russian fan violence in France.

Yesterday, England manager Roy Hodgson and Wayne Rooney appealed for calm before their match with Wales in Lens. More on that later...

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Good morning and welcome to another day of Sportsday Live, where again we will be building up to the European Championship matches.

Only two games today but not to worry - we have plenty to discuss. 

Paper time...

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