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England full-back Mike Brown is set to play for the first time this season after being admitted to hospital with a virus which meant he lost 6kgs in weight.

Brown has now recovered and is expected to feature in Harlequins’ Premiership match at Exeter on Saturday. 

“I had an infection in my shoulder, and ended up with septicaemia in my blood,” Brown told BBC 5 live.

“I spent a few days in hospital, which wasn’t the best, but back into it now and it’s all fine,” he added.

“It’s always worrying when you end up in hospital, but once I was in there and we knew what it was, I took the time to relax and get better.”

Brown missed Quins’ first two matches of the season, the victory over Bristol and the defeat by Sale, while he recuperated.

Simon Wagbe: This one's for you by David Guetta ft Zara Larsson is the perfect music before a match  

Lake: 'This One's For You' David Guetta and Zara Larsson

You lot! Stop it!

Oh, you aren't joking....?

Elizabeth Hudson
BBC Sport's Paralympics reporter in Rio

The atmosphere is pumping at the Rio Olympic Arena on what is a massive day for the Great Britain men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams.

Both are in semi-final action with the women taking on the USA shortly while the men face Spain at 21:30 BST.

This is new territory for the women's side, which features four teenagers, while the men will be hoping to reach the gold medal match for the first time since 1996 in Atlanta.

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Another gold for ParalympicsGB - Natasha Baker in the Individual Champion test Paralympic Dressage Grade II on Cabral. 

Dressage riders usually rely on a secret language of minute lower-half squeezes and taps to guide their horse and conduct the choreography.  

"I can't use my legs at all when I ride so I have to talk to my horses to get them going," the woman nicknamed 'the Horse Whisperer' told the Daily Mirror.

"I can make the smallest of noises and they know what I want them to do."

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Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has had a minor operation on his left leg after a freak training ground accident.

The 26-year-old hit his left shin on a piece of equipment during a training drill in Sydney and required 30 stitches. 

Starc was rested from Australia's one-day international tour of South Africa, which begins later this month, but Cricket Australia remains 'hopeful' he will regain fitness before they host the Proteas in November. 

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Italy's former F1 driver Alex Zanardi takes silver in the men's H5 road race, 15 years to the day since the racing accident that lead to him losing his legs.

John Taylor: The Arsenal squad listen to the theme tune to Casualty...

I'm afraid we are going to need proof. 

If you are an Arsenal player and can verify this, please make yourself known... 

The Lionesses take on Estonia tonight at Meadow Lane in Nottingham (KO 19:05 BST). 

Can they repeat their 8-0 win from the reverse fixture last September?

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Lancashire's 19-year-old opener Haseeb Hameed is set to be named in England's squad for their tour to Bangladesh when it is announced on Friday.

If he plays in the first Test, Hameed will become only the second teenager to appear in the longer form of the game for England since 1949.

England play two Tests and three one-day internationals in Bangladesh, beginning on 7 October.

Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales have opted out of the tour over security concerns.

Four years ago Anne Dickins was volunteering as a games maker in London. 

Today, she won a Paralympic gold medal. 

"Never in a million years did I think I would be a para-canoeist but look at me now. Go out and live your dreams," she said. 

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George Hardie: Breathe - The Prodigy before rugby games, my team mate bizarrely went for a bit of pre match Swan Lake!

Costa Star-LeGooglé: Born Slippy by Underworld. The drums! It's the drums... If you don't get fired up by that, you have no heart.

Barry Kane: Ace of Spades - Motorhead. Only the intro is needed to get you flying. 

Jason Mould: Jorge Quintero - 300 violin Orchestra. As loud as possible.

We have just had a listen to this. It's true. We are off for a 64-mile run now...

Great Britain's Martyn Rooney is set to retrospectively receive a bronze medal from the 4x400m relay at the 2008 Olympics, along with team-mates Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin and Michael Bingham, following a Russian doping offence.

Today, Rooney received a congratulatory tweet from World Champion triple jumper Christian Taylor.  This was followed swiftly by a thanks tweet from Rooney.... 

#TeamAthletics

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It's been/still is a summer of sport with the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio, and now care home residents in Switzerland are getting in on the act with their own "elderly Olympics".

Twelve retirement homes in the north-west canton of Jura sent teams to the Games, where elderly people faced off in five disciplines, the RTS public broadcaster reports. 

From hammering nails into a block of wood, to a walking-frame slalom, 120 elderly men and women battled it out for supremacy at the event in Bassecourt.

True to tradition, there was an Olympic "flame" - a billowing silk one on this occasion - and an oath. Competitors pledged to compete "without doping and without drugs", although perhaps not without medication, Le Matin newspaper, external notes.

Ronald Koeman gave some team news for Saturday.

He said new signing Enner Valencia could make his debut against Boro, while Darren Gibson, James McCarthy and other long-term absentees won't be available.

And that's your lot from Everton today.

Ronald Koeman says Gareth Barry, 35, will make his 600th Premier League appearance against Middlesbrough.

"It is amazing, 19 seasons in a row, that is fantastic," Koeman said.

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Ronald Koeman on England midfielder Ross Barkley, who was substituted at half-time during Everton's 3-0 win at Sunderland on Monday.

"There was a reason to take Ross Barkley off at half-time, he didn't play well lost too many balls, players of that quality can't lose those kind of balls. I had a talk with Ross, he needs to improve and we will see at the weekend.

"He understands, we showed him the clips and there is no escape.

"You look to his qualities he needs to be the key player between defenders and strikers, in a position to create and defensively be part of a team - in all aspects he can and needs to improve."

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Everton manager Ronald Koeman says the Champions League is not a "realistic" target for the club. But he says they can "fight for Europe".

The Toffees are third in the Premier League table with a draw and three wins from their opening four games.

Strictly training taking its toll...published at 14:13 British Summer Time 15 September 2016

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Gymnastics

Strictly Come Dancing training looks exhausting.

Team GB gymnast, Claudia Fragapane will be dancing on her first show next Saturday (24, September) with dance partner AJ, but he appears to have killed her off before the show even starts.