Simon Stone
BBC Sport

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Today's Manchester United training session is likely to offer the wider media a chance to get their first glimpse of Bastian Schweinsteiger this season.

The German returned to first-team training with United at the start of the month after previously being given the cold shoulder by manager Jose Mourinho.

There have been plenty of social media pictures from the club's own channels. But with the first 15 minutes of training open to the press this morning ahead of Thursday's Europa League tie with Feyenoord, it is a chance for the media to see Schweinsteiger for themselves.

Not that he can play. He was not picked in United's European squad by Mourinho and he still looks likely to be leaving the club in January's transfer window.

Alf-Inge Haaland (football) - The former Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, Leeds and Norway defender, born 1972, is 44 today.

Anthony Sullivan (rugby league) - The former St Helens and Great Britain winger, born 1968, is 48.

Merv Hughes (cricket) - The colourful former Australia fast bowler, born 1961, is celebrating his 55th birthday.

Asafa Powell (athletics) - Jamaican former 100m world-record holder, born 1982. is 34.

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Former Manchester United and England defender Phil Neville has insisted he will not be the new manager of Bury, despite being the bookmakers’ favourite for the job.  

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Didier Drogba will leave Montreal Impact at the end of the MLS season.

The 38-year-old told reporters he had played his last home game for the club following their 3-2 win against Toronto FC in the first leg of the Eastern Conference finals.

Asked about his future after Tuesday's win, he said: "There's still one or maybe two games to go. Next week's game is more important than if it's finished or not.

"Everyone knows it was my last game here. Now let's focus on the semi-final."

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Barriers exist for black, Asian and minority ethnic people entering sports administration, says former Olympic and world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu.

A Sporting Equals, external audit found 26 of 601 board members - just over 4% - are from BAME backgrounds. Only two of 68 chairpersons or chief executives are BAME.

"Talking to other athletes and sportspeople, they are expressing concern that it is a world not open for them," said Briton Ohuruogu, 32. 

"They won't be welcomed, won't be valued and it is very negative. They have gone as far as they can as athletes but they don't feel there is any more room for them to go."

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Beverley Knight is one of Britain's greatest ever soul singers, but would she have had the confidence to become so if not for former Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis?

She's not so sure.

“As a teenager, I watched Denise fight her way to be the very best in athletics, culminating in winning gold at the Olympics," she said.

"And she was my hometown of Wolverhampton! I thought to myself: ‘If she can do it, so can I in the field of music’.”

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Black and British is a season of BBC programming celebrating the achievements of black people in the UK.

From Wednesday, sport becomes the focus, so we want you to tell us who your heroes are. 

We've spoken to a variety of stars to find out what they think, and we'll be bringing you their stories throughout the day, but you can kick us off by telling us your black British heroes at #blackbritishhero on Twitter.

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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis says he has been made a "scapegoat" and denied any wrongdoing after being found guilty of ball-tampering.

Footage appeared to show the 32-year-old licking his finger and shining the ball while eating a sweet in the second Test against Australia in Hobart. He was fined 100% of his match fee by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

"I felt like I've done nothing wrong," he said. "It's not like I was trying to cheat or anything. I was shining the ball. It's something that all cricketers do.

"Our mouths are always full of sugar. It's such a grey area in the laws of cricket. I just ask that everyone gets treated the same way. I think that's fair.

"Obviously the ICC has taken a stance against me, to use me probably as a scapegoat now, but all you can ask for is that everyone gets treated the same."

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Losing 7-0 is never an ideal start to any competition, but that's exactly what happened to Celtic when they traveled to Barcelona for their Champions League opener back in September.

However, manager Brendan Rodgers is hoping his side can learn from that experience, as they look to finish third in Group C.

"Lots of learning came from that, lots of development both in terms of our team mentality and our game, came from that performance," he said.

"At the time of course, I said it was very disappointing but it hasn't harmed us, if anything, it has only improved us a group and as a squad. We have to fight and ensure we do everything we can to try to stop them, but it's not easy."

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Manchester City sit two points behind Barcelona, but will secure second place and qualification to the last 16 with victory in Germany tonight.

City are without captain Vincent Kompany against Borussia Monchengladbach - the defender was concussed in the weekend win at Crystal Palace but boss Pep Guardiola says Kompany has missed the trip to Germany with a knee injury.

Yaya Toure, who scored twice against Palace on his return to the side, is not in City's Champions League squad.

The Blues are second in Group C, three points ahead of their opponents.

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Paris St-Germain full-back Serge Aurier was stopped from entering the United Kingdom and will miss Wednesday's Champions League match against Arsenal.

The Ivorian, 23, was given a two-month suspended prison sentence in September for assaulting a police officer.

PSG say the UK authorities granted Aurier a visa in October but revoked it on 16 November, citing his conviction.

Uefa expressed "deep disappointment" in the ruling, while PSG said the timing showed "a lack of respect".

The French champions accused the Home Office of a "tardy response" and claimed the decision was not made until Tuesday afternoon.

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will field a strong side after urging his players to "finish the job" in the Champions League against Paris St-Germain.

The Gunners and PSG both have 10 points and have booked their place in the knockout stage with two games to spare.

France forward Olivier Giroud could start after his equaliser as a substitute at Manchester United on Saturday.

"It is a luxury to be qualified after four games," said Wenger.

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Leicester fans have plenty to be excited about. The reason? Claudio Ranieri says his team are off on another adventure - and he doesn't know where it'll finish.

"We're on another journey. I don't know where, but we're excited," he said.

"It's unbelievable. Top of the group - how? I am very happy and very proud. I'm happy for the players, the chairman, the fans, everyone.

"Now the group is won, it is important to come back in the Premier League. We are very close to relegation so we have to play at same level as in the Champions League. When we want to play for something, we achieve something."

Leicester City, champions of Europe?

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Leicester City's remarkable debut Champions League campaign continued as they reached the knockout stages with one game to spare by beating Club Brugge.

The Premier League champions have been unrecognisable from the team that have struggled in the defence of their domestic title - they currently sit 14th in the league.

Shinji Okazaki and Riyad Mahrez scored in a 2-1 victory as they ensured they would top group G.

"For a club like Leicester to finish top of our Champions League group is an amazing achievement. It's been better than we could have imagined," said club captain Wes Morgan.

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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino may be disappointed his side won't be taking part in the knockout stage of this year's Champions League, but that didn't stop him from saying his side haven't "showed enough quality" to deserve to progress.

"We are out and we have time to assess and analyse. It is true we feel disappointed but today we missed opportunities," he said.

"I think we made too many mistakes at home at Wembley. We don't deserve to go through to the next round because we didn't show enough quality.

"We will take many things from this defeat, you learn and improve every day. Now we are trying to reduce the gap on the teams above us in the Premier League."

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So, Tottenham are out of the Champions League after they were beaten 2-1 by Monaco in France.

Djibril Sidibe's and Thomas Lemar scored for the hosts, either side of a Harry Kane penalty, leaving Spurs in a battle with CSKA Moscow for third place in the group and entry to the Europa League. 

Tottenham have only won one of their five group matches, and are three points behind Leverkusen with one game to play, against CSKA on 7 December, but cannot overhaul the German side because of an inferior head-to-head record.

Celtic are also in action tonight - and what action it is.

Hosting Barcelona at Celtic Park is as big as it gets, and the hosts are in need of points to help them carry on their European involvement in the Europa League by finishing third in their group - they currently sit bottom, two points adrift of Borussia Monchengladbach.

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Similarly, the Telegraph states that Pochettino lost a "gamble" - he also picked 20-year-old midfielder Harry Winks over playmaker Christian Eriksen.

Are there questions over your manager's team selection, Spurs fans? 

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Mauricio Pochettino's team selection is called into question in the Guardian, after the Argentinian picked Kevin Wimmer and Kieran Trippier over regular defenders Jan Vertonghen and Kyle Walker.

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Spurs' performance is described as 'woeful' by the Mirror - the London club had only two shots on target to Monaco's 11, despite controlling 62% of possession.

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