Middlesbrough in talks to sign PSG forward Jese Rodriguez on loan
Middlesbrough's Gaston Ramirez hands in a transfer request
FA Cup fourth round news conferences: Leicester, Tottenham, Middlesbrough
Hull v Man Utd: EFL Cup semi-final second leg 19:45 GMT
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Football
Image source, Rex FeaturesBarnsley goalkeeper Adam Davies has signed a new two-and-a-half-year deal with the Championship side.
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Tennis
They are relishing the prospect of competing against each other in the 2017 Australian Open final, describing it as "the moment" of their careers.
Williams sisters relishing ninth Grand Slam final
England cricketer Stuart Broad has posted a Throw Back Thursday video on his Instagram page, external of Radio One DJ and friend of TMS Greg James dancing in a nightclub with what appears to be a small "urn" on his head...
Stuart Broad: "Randomly found a video of Greg James dancing with The Ashes on his head. Rockstar mate. **Not real Ashes Urn** "
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Greg James: "**actually is the real Urn though"
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Image source, Abby WoodwardFind out how six UK bowlers (including 18-year-old Abby Woodward from Kettering, pictured) are planning to smash the world record for the longest game of indoor bowls and change a few perceptions about their sport...
You can watch live coverage of the World Indoor Bowls on the BBC website, running until this Sunday, 29 January. Or if you want to get involved yourself, read our Get Inspired guide.
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Tottenham midfielder Victor Wayanmar looks like he has found his calling after he retires. He has the *smile with the eyes* thing down.
Football
Image source, Getty ImagesSergio Busquets was sretchered off after being injured against SD Eibar.
Barcelona host Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals this evening, holding a slim 1-0 advantage from the first leg.
But they will be without Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta and Rafinha at the Nou Camp, while Luis Enrique has decided to leave goalkeeper Ter Stegen out of the team.
Javier Mascherano returns after suspendion, while Jordi Masip has also been called up for one of the two goalkeeping berths along with Jasper Cillessen.
Football
Chelsea v Brentford: Chelsea fans want homegrown talent - Josh McEachran,
Josh McEachran, a former highly-rated youngster at Chelsea, believes their fans are desperate to see a young English player come through the ranks.
McEachran will return to Stamford Bridge with Brentford for the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday.
Rugby Union
Chris Jones
BBC Radio 5 live rugby reporter
Two Premiership players tested positive for recreational drug use last season, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) has confirmed.
The unnamed players returned samples showing out-of-competition cocaine use.
However, the latest RFU annual anti-doping report revealed there were only four violations for performance-enhancing drugs - all at amateur level.
"It's an extremely low number of positive cases," said RFU anti-doping manager Stephen Watkins.
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Sailing
French skipper Francis Joyon smashed the record for the fastest sail around the world by more than four days when he won the Jules Verne Trophy on Thursday.
Joyon and teammates Clement Surtel, Alex Pella, Bernard Stamm, Gwenole Gahinet, and Sebastien Audigane crossed the finish line off the French island of Ouessant just before 09:00 local time, in their 31.5m maxi trimaran Idec Sport.
They took 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes, 30 seconds.
The previous record was 45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes, 53 seconds in 2012 by Frenchman Loick Peyron.
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Football
Image source, Rex FeaturesPeterborough United manager Grant McCann slept at the club's training ground after Tuesday night's 2-0 defeat by relegation-threatened Oldham.
Straight after the match, McCann said it was probably his side's "worst performance" since he took over in May.
Posh, eighth in League One, were beaten by a side that only had 13 league goals all season prior to the match.
"I was just thinking about the next day and how to get the players to perform on Saturday," said McCann on Thursday.
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Football
Image source, Rex FeaturesManager Kevin Nolan expects Notts County to come out of their transfer embargo within 72 hours, when he hopes to sign former England, Chelsea and West Ham striker Carlton Cole.
Cole, 33, left Celtic in August and is a free agent after a spell in the USA.
Nolan played with Cole at West Ham and said his ex-team-mate, who won seven England caps, is a "great lad".
"We have had a chat. It would be fantastic if I could bring him over," Nolan told BBC Nottingham Sport.
Football
Image source, Getty ImagesMiddlesbrough defender Calum Chambers will miss this weekend’s FA Cup fourth round game against Accrington Stanley with a foot injury.
The 22-year-old has a stress fracture to his foot.
Tomlin and Johnson 'laughed' at rumours
Bristol City forward Lee Tomlin tells BBC Points West that he and boss Lee Johnson "laughed" at rumours they had fallen out.
Athletics
Image source, Getty ImagesUsain Bolt has had to hand back one of his Olympic gold medals following relay team-mate Nesta Carter failing a drugs test.
Marlon Devonish has spoken to BBC Radio 5 live - he was part of the British 4x100m relay team which lost the silver medal at the World Championships in 2003 following Dwain Chambers' failed drugs test. He went on to win Olympic relay gold with Britain at Athens 2004.
Speaking to 5 live, he said: "With relays you work together, you build a relationship, but you never know what goes on behind closed doors and clearly Carter was taking drugs.
"Carter has tarnished the team. It's a massively selfish act and I'm sure Bolt and the rest of the team are bitterly disappointed.
"The relationship between me and Dwain, we get on, we are cool. He apologised to me I and accepted it. Dwain has to live with it for the rest of his life, it was a sincere apology.
"I was devastated when I found out, but you have to move on."
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Charles Eugster is my new hero...
He started competitive age-group rowing at 63, body building at 87 and sprinting at the age of 95.
He has British records for 60m Indoor, 100m outdoor, 200m Outdoor and Long Jump.
He is a two-time World Record holder for his age group in sprinting.
He is a 4-time World Fitness Champion.
He has won a staggering 40 Gold Medals for World Masters Rowing.
His TEDx talk has been downloaded over a half a million times.
He is a 97 year old retired Dental Surgeon now turned author.
Watch his interview by scrolling to 8:40 minutes on this morning's BBC Breakfast on the iPlayer.
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Football
David Ornstein
BBC Sport
Arsene Wenger's misconduct charge hearing - for his behaviour in Arsenal's win against Burnley - is set to take place on Friday.
Wenger will appear in person and is likely to learn his fate on the same day, ahead of his side's FA Cup tie at Southampton on Saturday.