According to The Sun,West Ham have decided to sell Dimitri Payet to Marseille for £25m. , external

The Hammers have turned down two bids from the French club for Payet, 29, the latest reported to be worth £20m last week.

West Ham were originally determined to hold out for a £30m fee. 

Payet has been forced to train with West Ham's under-23 side since trying to force a move to his native France earlier this month.

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Uncapped brothers Rory and Niall Scannell, plus their Munster team-mate Andrew Conway, have been named in a 40-man Ireland Six Nations squad.

Jonathan Sexton has also been named in the group for the opening two fixtures away to Scotland on 4 February and against Italy in Rome on 11 February.

The Leinster fly-half came off with a calf injury during the Champions Cup draw with Castres on Friday.

Sexton, 31, will undergo a scan on the problem but is expected to be fit.

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If you are a snooker aficionado or just appreciate how bloomin hard this game is, you will no doubt enjoy this video of the best shots of the Masters 2017. 

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Greg Howell: Perfect weekend for Chelsea who just can't lose... Liverpool are their own worst enemy as usual. Both Manchester clubs will be lucky to make the top four!

Michael Rice: Awful weekend for my team Crystal Palace. The heart and soul of the club has been ripped out, the worst errors were selling Gayle, Murray and Jedinak without bringing in adequate replacements who had a stomach for the fight. Not just Pardew's fault, the owners need to take some responsibility too.

Wez McCullough: Absolutely Sunderland heading to the Championship. The culmination of bad decisions made by Ellis Short since he took over are finally coming home to roost. It's no less than we deserve to be honest.

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Olympic champion Nicola Adams has been released from her GB boxing contract allowing her to pursue "other career opportunities". 

Rob McCracken, performance director of GB Boxing, said: “Nicola has made a huge contribution to both the Olympic programme and the sport of boxing.

“She has won everything there is to win and her place in history is secured as the first women to ever win a gold medal for boxing and then top it by winning a second one in Rio.

“She is a superb ambassador and has been a significant part of the success we have enjoyed at GB Boxing in the last eight years."

This announcement was preceded by a tweet from Adams on Sunday suggesting there would be a "new era". Is she going pro? We will follow this closely over the next few hours. 

After United Staes President Donald Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer accused the media of dishonesty over the number of people attending his inauguration, there has been a number of amusing tweets exaggerating attendances across sport. 

This was the scoreboard at the National Hockey League side Dallas Stars on Sunday... 

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Open-water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne has announced her retirement from the sport.

The 29-year-old won silver in the inaugural Olympic 10km event in Beijing in 2008 and was fourth at London 2012.

Payne, who won world championship gold in the event in 2009 and 2011, was eighth in the Rio Olympic final last year.

In her hand-written retirement statement, which you can read below, she says "the decision to retire from competitive swimming has been made easy as I continue to chase and fuel my passion, inspiring people to share my love of open-water swimming".

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David Cann: David Moyes may be being realist, but he's hardly inspiring positivity or confidence at the moment. "We weren't *that* bad..."

CHR15: Leicester City are in trouble, Claudio Ranieri shows no sign of knowing what problem is. No intensity shows he's lost the players. 

Celery: Chelsea's jobs not done yet. If we can take something from the next two games I think we'll be in the best possible position to win the League.

Keep your thoughts coming in using #bbcsportsday or text us on 81111 and we will share the most interesting responses... 

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"Wayne Rooney may not be able to solve simultaneous equations, or discuss the theoretical basis of relativity, but is he not a practical problem-solver?"

One of Sportsday's favourite sport columnists, Matthew Syed (who is also a former British Olympic table tennis player don't you know), has written a fascinating piece about Wayne Rooney for The Times:

"Sneering at Rooney’s intellect has to stop – he is a genius in his chosen field". 

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We're used to hearing about athletes achieving through sheer dedication to their sport - an unrelenting focus, solely on their event, which takes them to the top.

Well, Jazmin Sawyers isn't quite like that.

You may have watched the 22-year-old representing Team GB in the Olympic long jump final in Rio or claiming a silver medal in the event from the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, but did you know she's also a talented musician? 

After posting some cover videos on her own YouTube channel, Jazmin was asked to audition for the new series of The Voice, and was picked by judge Will.I.Am on Saturday's show.  

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Formula 1 is about to be under new ownership by US group Liberty Media - and it could lead to profound changes in the sport.

The new chairman Chase Carey (great 'tache) has spent some time getting to know his new venture and the problems the sport currently faces... 

His findings were:

• The revenue system is skewed in favour of the already rich and powerful, to the extent that the smallest teams are struggling to survive and money is tight for about half the grid
• There is a lack of competition on track
• Television audience figures are dropping in many markets - although this is largely because of a switch to pay television, to make more money from TV rights deals
• The longest-standing races are struggling to fund themselves and risk dropping off the calendar
• The decision-making process is not working properly
• Some significant business and sporting decisions have been made for solely financial reasons, disregarding other important factors, such as their effects on the sporting side
• An acceptance that F1 has lost some of its appeal, particularly a sense of edge and drama and as an extreme driver challenge. 

Liberty has decided to change much of that. The question is how. 

Andrew Benson investigates. 

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While the news has rightly been dominated by Hull midfielder Ryan Mason's horrific injury, there were plenty of talking points from the weekend's football.

Diego Costa is apparently back in the good books at Chelsea after scoring in their victory over Hull, while Arsenal boss Arsenal Wenger could be in a bit of bother with the FA after pushing fourth official Anthony Taylor during the Gunners' 2-1 win over Burnley.

There was also the small matter of Wayne Rooney becoming Manchester United's record goalscorer and Liverpool losing a thriller at home to Swansea, as well as further defeats for the very-much-in-trouble Sunderland and Crystal Palace.

What did you make of it all? Chelsea nailed-on to win the title? Sunderland heading to the Championship? Will Manchester City keeper Claudio Bravo ever make a save again?

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Karolina Pliskova has closed out the last home hope Daria Gavrilova 6-3 6-3 to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals. 

Czech Pliskova, US Open nrunner-up last year, will face 34-year-old Croatian Mirjana Lucic-Baroni next.

Rafael Nadal against Gael Monfils will be on court soon in the men's event and it should be a cracker. And our live text coverage, with Radio 5 live sports extra commentary, is just getting under way.

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Former Hull City boss Mike Phelan has described Ryan Mason's serious injury against Chelsea as "freakish".

Mason, 25, has had surgery after fracturing his skull during an accidental clash of heads with Chelsea defender Gary Cahill 13 minutes into the Premier League match.

“It was a horrible collision which happens sometimes in football," Phelan, who signed Mason from Tottenham for a club-record undisclosed fee in August 2016. told BBC Radio 5 live.

"It was a little bit freakish. He is a strong character, he’s pretty quiet and unassuming. Watching it, the response was terrific. They were on the scene very quickly and got him to the hospital very quickly. I don’t think you can stop collisions of that nature. It’s a challenge in the air and a clash of heads.

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Leicester's defeat at Southampton was a great example of how tactics, rather than players, are hugely important in deciding football matches.

You still need a talented, intelligent team with the ability to carry those tactics out for you, of course, but your system can win or lose a game for you - just the same as an amazing bit of skill will.

That is what happened as St Mary's when Leicester lined up in a diamond shape in midfield. They played it really poorly, because it looked to me as if they had not worked on it very much.

Read more from my MOTD2 analysis here. 

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The New England Patriots score a 'flea-flicker' touchdown in their 36-17 AFC Championship victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Daily Express are reporting Everton will target Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic to replace centre-back Phil Jagielka, who is set to leave Goodison Park having been linked with Sunderland.  

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Grigor Dimitrov has beaten Novak Djokovic's conqueror Denis Istomin to set up an Australian Open quarter-final with David Goffin.

Bulgarian 15th seed Dimitrov, 25, came from behind to win 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 6-1 as Istomin struggled with a leg injury.

Goffin had earlier become the first Belgian man to reach the Melbourne last eight by beating Austrian eighth seed Dominic Thiem 5-7 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-2 in soaring temperatures.

Third seed Milos Raonic and ninth seed Rafael Nadal are in action soon, after the match between Czech Karolina Pliskova and Australia's Daria Gavrilova which the former is currently leading 6-3 4-2.

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The Daily Mirror, external are reporting Jack Wilshere will make a decision over his future at parent club Arsenal at the end of the season. 

The England international, on loan at Bournemouth, has 18 months to run on his deal at Emirates Stadium and has yet to be offered an extension, with the Cherries keen to keep him beyond next summer and Italian side AC Milan reportedly monitoring his situation.

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The New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons will meet in Super Bowl LI after emphatic victories on Sunday.

The Patriots reached a record ninth Super Bowl with a 36-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game.

Quarterback Tom Brady (above) threw a franchise play-off best of 384 yards and Chris Hogan scored two touchdowns as the four-time champions recorded their ninth consecutive victory.

They will face the Atlanta Falcons in Houston on 5 February, after they thrashed the Green Bay Packers 44-21 in the NFC Championship game. 

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