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Fed Cup: Watson 6-3 Marcinkevic
So Heather Watson was on course to beat yesterday's mark of 25 minutes for the set, but Latvia's Diana Marcinkevic showed some fight and the Brit gave up break point at 5-1 up.
Marcinkevic, ranked 307 in the world, then held her serve before Watson closed out the first set in style.
She's facing a sterner test than yesterday that's for sure.
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In 2012, The Football Association confirmed Stuart Pearce would take temporary charge of the England team for the friendly against Holland on February 29 following the resignation of Fabio Capello. Roy Hodgson was appointed as Capello's permanent successor in May of that year.
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The Daily Express
An addition to our newspaper round-up, The Daily Express, external have Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards comparing Eddie Jones to Brian Clough and an interview with former Spurs skipper Ledley King,, external who says he retired from football with no life skills, but is now of course an ambassador for the club.
Image source, Daily ExpressBernard Gallacher (golf) - played in eight Ryder Cups and succeeded Tony Jacklin as non-playing European captain, celebrates his 68th birthday.
Gordon Strachan (football) - Scotland manager and former Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds and Scotland midfielder, is 60.
Sandy Lyle (golf) - Scottish former Open and Masters champion, turns 59.
Glenn McGrath (cricket) - former Australia pace bowler who claimed 563 Test wickets, celebrates this 47th birthday.
Jordi Cruyff (football) - former Manchester United and Holland forward, is 43.
Angelos Charisteas (football) - former Greece striker who scored the winning goal in the Euro 2004 final, turns 37.
Image source, Getty ImagesFed Cup: Watson 4-1 Marcinkevic*
The first three games went with serve, but Heather has an early break and then holds to take a commanding lead in this first set.
What a start from the Brit!
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We saw earlier in the newspaper round-up that Manchester United's David de Gea and Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois are battling it out to be Real Madrid's number one, but also in today's BBC Sport Gossip Column, Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has refused to rule out taking over from Arsene Wenger as Arsenal boss in the summer.
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There were shades of Ricky Villa in Demarai Gray's mazy run through to goal to seal Leicester's victory over Derby.
Fair to say the FA Cup is not held in the high regard it was when Villa's wonder goal gave Spurs victory over Manchester City in 1981 and there were a total of 18 changes made by the managers in last night's replay, but former Leicester boss Martin O'Neill said it was a "really big win" for his old club.
"I'm delighted they've done it," he added. "I think there has been a lot of doom and gloom around the place and that will lift it."
Fed Cup: Watson v Marcinkevica
Image source, British TennisHeather Watson is first up again today, after she breezed passed Ines Murta yesterday morning.
Let's hope she's a fan of early starts!
Her opponent is Diana Marcinkevica, currently ranked 307 in the world.
And we'll be bringing you updates throughout the match, so stay tuned.
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Claudio Ranieri got the vote of confidence from the Leicester hierarchy and the team finally restored some on the pitch in the FA Cup last night. They were made to work for it by Championship opponents Derby, however, and it needed two extra time strikes for a 3-1 win to send the Foxes through to face Millwall in the last 16.
Great Britain v Latvia
Great Britain got off to the best possible start yesterday in the Fed Cup with a 3-0 win over Portugal in their Europe/Africa Group 1 match.
But they're back on court again today taking on Latvia.
Now if that all sounds rather confusing, here's a quick recap on the Fed Cup format -
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The Guardian, external with more background on the Millwall stadium saga.
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Blazoned across the back page of the Daily Mirror,, external but buried at the bottom of the Liverpool index on their website, former Anfield midfielder Jason McAteer brands his old club "too nice" and warns Jurgen Klopp that his players have to get nasty to save their season.
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The Daily Star
The Daily Star, external lead with Arsenal ready to drop goalkeeper Petr Cech, something Monsieur Wenger is sure to be asked about in his news conference this morning.
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The Times
Two non-football exclusives in The Times,, external including Wales seeking to attract more England-based players with Welsh parentage in an attempt to reduce England’s advantage over their Six Nations rivals.
The paper also has a story that says Middlesex will hold talks, external with the ECB tomorrow to discuss their serious concerns that the new domestic T20 competition will cost them thousands.
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The Sun
In The Sun,, external Real Madrid are targeting Manchester United's David de Gea and Thibaut Courtois of Chelsea in their quest to find a new number one.
Image source, The SunHello, good morning and welcome to another Sportsday from Salford. The FA are facing a motion of 'no confidence', which will be heard in Parliament this afternoon. MPs will also examine whether the FA can "comply fully with its duties".
Also today, we have the naming of the England rugby union team to face Wales on Saturday, we'll hear from seven Premier League managers, there are Fed Cup and World Grand Prix snooker updates too but we begin with the papers.
