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Southampton's record signing Sofiane Boufal and Steven Davis are both available for Wednesday's EFL Cup tie against Arsenal.

Boufal missed Southmapton's Premier League win over Everton on Sunday with a knock while Davis was ill. 

Midfielder Dusan Tadic (broken nose) and defender Matt Targett (hamstring) are both still unavailable however.

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Richard Cumiskey: Sarah Storey has to win #SPOTY, external. What she achieved in the paralympics was incredible, and a true inspiration to disabled people out there.

Jack Grummitt-Carel: I love Murray, but for 14 Paralympic golds, 27-times world champ & broken 72 world recs over 2 sports, Sarah Storey has my vote.  

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Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk has been heavily linked with a move away from the club in recent weeks but his manager Claude Puel insists it is "just speculation".

"Van Dijk is a great player and has a contract," Puel added. "It is important all of the good players stay with us and continue their work and improve with Southampton.

"He has the ability to become one of the five or six best defenders in the world. 

"He has the capacity, it is difficult to see something better on him. 

"It is important he continues with stability, Southampton is a good club for him."

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They've both played for Barcelona, one used to bang in goals for Everton, the other now manages the club.

But what did Ronald Koeman and Gary Lineker chat about when they met at Goodison Park for the Premier League Show?

If you click here, you'll find out.

Britain's most decorated female Paralympian after three golds in Rio took her tally to 14 titles in all from swimming and cycling.

She completed a cycling hat-trick at the 2016 Games in the women's C4-5 road race, after winning both the individual pursuit and time trial.

The Cheshire cyclist, who returned to elite sport after becoming a mother three years ago, also won a gold and two silvers at the Para-cycling Track World Championships.

Sports Personality record: 12th, 2012. The last woman to win the award was Zara Phillips in 2006, after her triumph at the World Equestrian Games.

We are profiling every SPOTY contender throughout today.

If you think Dame Sarah Storey should win SPOTY get in touch and tell us why using the hashtag #spoty on Twitter.

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More from Claude Puel who has hinted he may make changes to his Southampton side in the EFL Cup quarter-final against Arsenal. 

"Every time we can rotate the team and keep the same philosophy," he said.

"Arsenal are the same. It will be a good game of football."

"It's important to continue to develop young players, and not just from the academy, but the whole team – every player."

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Beck Seward: To come back from breaking his neck to win gold is incredible. A true winner and hero.

Sam George on Facebook: Nick Skelton has been through and achieved so much. A long and successful career would be so nice for him to be rewarded. Most athletes LOOOONG.... retired by his age not raising their game and winning medals.    

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Dina Asher-Smith is twenty years old, studying a history degree at Kings College London. She also just happens to be the fastest female sprinter in British history. 

As she looks ahead to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Dina chats to Jane Garvey about her achievement. She says, ‘What I really strive for is to inspire somebody’.  

To hear the full interview, click here.

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Archie Moffat on Facebook: I think Nick Skelton deserves it. To come back from such a bad fall and then win individual gold is unbeatable.

Rebecca Turner on Facebook: Nick Skelton for me all the way what a fantastic rider and almost 60 years of age go Nick go!  

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Southampton travel to north London on Wednesday to face Arsenal in the EFL Cup quarter-finals and manager Claude Puel has emphasised the importance of the match.

"It's an opportunity to try to win something," he said. "All my squad is ambitious.

"The last game against Everton was a fantastic game, with good intensity and a good physical level."

Southampton impressed on Sunday in their last Premier League game, beating Everton 1-0.

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Just over a year ago, Australia batsman Phillip Hughes died after being hit by a bouncer from Sean Abbott in a domestic game in Sydney.

The issue of short, fast deliveries in cricket has been under the spotlight since.

But have attitudes to the bouncer changed? Read here for more.

Show jumper Skelton finally claimed an individual Olympic title at his seventh Games - aged 58, he was Britain's second oldest Olympic gold medallist.

Having initially retired 16 years ago after breaking his neck in two places, the Warwickshire rider won on Big Star following a six-way jump-off.

Joshua Millner, who secured shooting gold in 1908 at the age of 61, is the only person older than Skelton to have won gold for GB.

Sports Personality record: First nomination. A show jumper has triumphed before - David Broome in 1960.

We are profiling every SPOTY contender throughout today.

If you think Nick Skelton should win SPOTY get in touch and tell us why using the hashtag #spoty on Twitter.

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The incredible rise of Brazilian football team Chapecoense met with tragedy today, after a plane crash in Colombia killed the majority of their team.

The club were in the Brazilian fourth tier in 2009, but had recently made themselves a "national force" before their run in South American football's secondary continental competition - the equivalent of the Europa League.

Reports suggest just two players survived the crash in Medellin, which was taking the team to compete in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final on Wednesday.

BBC Sport looks at "a fairytale story with tragic ending".

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Michele Jacques: Time to vote for #SPOTY, let's get Kate Richardson-Walsh to the top spot for her fantastic leadership.

Katy Stanlake: KRW - the most amazing role model. How many other athletes return to compete so soon after being smashed in the jaw? She did in 2012!  

American footballers have great names. Watch the plays of the week from the NFL, featuring some fine work from Tyreek Hill, LeSean McCoy and Ted Ginn Jr...

Richardson-Walsh Great Britain's women to a historic first Olympic gold medal - winning in a penalty shootout against the Netherlands.

Chosen as GB flagbearer for the closing ceremony, the Mancunian played alongside wife Helen as they became the first same-sex married couple to win Olympic gold in the same final.

After Rio, she retired from international duty after a record 375 appearances, 49 goals and 13 years as England and GB skipper.

Sports Personality record: No hockey player has ever taken the main award, although Britain's men won team of the year in 1988 after clinching Olympic gold.

We are profiling every SPOTY contender throughout today.

If you think Kate Richardson-Walsh should win SPOTY get in touch and tell us why using the hashtag #spoty on Twitter.

A nice touch from Swansea, the side against whom Connor Wickham suffered his injury...

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Matti Hurst on Facebook: Didn't Adam Peaty break the world record for breast stroke and get a hand full of medals! He has got to win! He broke a world record people at the age of 21!   

Andy JD: Adam #Peaty, external deserves to win #SPOTY, external , what he has achieved this year is outrageous. Terrible he won't get close.  

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Earlier we told that League One MK Dons are expected to speak to Hearts manager Robbie Neilson about their vacant manager's position today.

But, according to the Daily Mirror, external, Championship side Rotherham have made a late bid for the Scot's services.

The paper says Rotherham chairman Tony Stewart wants to speak to Neilson before he decides his future and would like to put him on his shortlist to replace Kenny Jackett, who quit on Monday.

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Things get worse for Crystal Palace. The club are currently hovering just above the relegation zone and will now have to try and claw their way out of trouble without striker Connor Wickham. The big striker has had a scan on the injury he suffered in the defeat at Swansea (you know, the crazy 5-4 one) and a scan has revealed he has damaged his Anterior Cruciate Ligament. That's bad.

The club have confirmed he will now undergo surgery but have not given a timescale on his return., external