Summary

  • Gabriel Jesus fractures metatarsal

  • Champions League returns on Tuesday

  • Leicester Tigers sign George Ford

  • Bath's Freddie Burns moves in opposite direction

  • When did you fall in love over sport?

  • Get involved: #bbcsportsday

  1. Postpublished at 10:31 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    According to this from Wales Online,, external Ruddock really quit because of tension within the WRU. That's not very romantic, is it?

  2. rugby union

    On this day in ...published at 10:29 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    2006: Mike Ruddock resigned as Wales coach just 11 months after he steered the team to their first Grand Slam triumph in 27 years. Ruddock cited family reasons for his decision.

    Mike RuddockImage source, Getty Images
  3. get involved

    When sport made you fall in lovepublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

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    Nikul11: It was on Valentines Day last year Arsenal beat Leicester 2-1 with a last gasp winner. The rest of the season broke my heart.

    Hugh Manatee: When Bergkamp scored THAT goal vs Argentina, I knew he was the one for me

  4. Postpublished at 10:21 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    Donald Love is an obvious contender for the Valentine's XI. Danny Rose too.

  5. get involved

    When sport made you fall in lovepublished at 10:18 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    #bbcsportsday

  6. Postpublished at 10:16 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    Looking at the squads of PSG and Barca, there is a desperate scramble to think of potential entries for the Valentine's XI.

    Heart-a Turan and Lovely Messi are poor, poor attempts.

  7. football

    Footballpublished at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    Champions League returns

    It's almost like it was planned.

    The Champions League returns on Valentine's Day, with the first leg of the tie of the round taking place in the most romantic city in the world.

    Paris St-Germain host Barcelona on Tuesday night, with Benfica also taking on Borussia Dortmund (that's probably not as romantic, but Lisbon is very nice).

  8. get involved

    When sport made you fall in lovepublished at 10:08 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    #bbcsportsday

    Kim Pringle: I met my husband on the Gillingham supporters coach to Darlington. 20 years on we're still together. 

  9. Postpublished at 10:07 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    We asked for your love poems and Daniel Edo sent us this on Facebook... 

    "Roses are red, violets are blue, Manchester will remain red forever"

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    That was it. Can you do better? Please say yes. 

    Use #bbcsportsday or on Facebook. , external

  10. On this day in ...published at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    Ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean of Great Britain perform their Bolero routine for the Ice Dance Skating at the XIV Olympic Winter Games on 14 February 1984 Skenderija II Hall,Image source, g

    1984: British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold in Sarajevo for their dance interpretation of Ravel's Bolero, claiming perfect 6.0 scores from all 12 judges.

  11. get involved

    Ever asked a sports star out/ been asked out by a sports star?published at 09:58 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

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    Simon Richardson: I've never been asked out by an athlete but my inner athlete has been turning me down on a daily basis for years.

    Preach... 

  12. Postpublished at 09:51 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    Now then, get a load of these Valentine's Day facts, provided by The Football Pools.

    Confirming what we all knew - Stoke fans are the Premier League's most romantic...

    • Just 21% of football fans would pick spending a romantic evening with their partner this Valentine’s Day over football.
    • 45% would most like to spend Valentine’s Day watching football on the TV, with 10% heading to a match.
    • Asked to choose between their partner and switching allegiance to their team’s arch rival, 59% said they would switch sides.
    • Stoke City fans were the most romantic in the Premier League, with 55% selecting to spend Valentine’s Day with a loved one. Not a single AFC Bournemouth fan polled would miss the football for a romantic evening.
  13. Postpublished at 09:48 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

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  15. Postpublished at 09:41 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    We are going to go full Side Bar of Shame on you now.

    Here are some footballers being all gushy about their other halves today... 

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  16. Postpublished at 09:37 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    Manchester United's Bastian Schweinsteiger and Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic are sport's newly weds. 

    They met in 2014 and married in Venice last summer. 

    Has this all gone a bit Heat magazine now? 

    Bastian Schweinsteiger and Ana IvanovicImage source, Gett
  17. get involved

    When sport made you fall in lovepublished at 09:34 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

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    Michael Chivala: Zidane's close control, shimmies, spins, chips, nutmegs and that Champions League Final volley. Smitten.

  18. Postpublished at 09:33 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

  19. Postpublished at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

    Olympic medallists Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton took falling in love to a whole new level, even retiring on the exact same day.

    The husband-and-wife team, both 28, called it quits earlier this year.

    American Eaton is a two-time Olympic decathlon champion, while Canada's Theisen-Eaton won bronze in Rio.

    Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-EatonImage source, Getty Images
  20. Wow....published at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2017

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    We think Francesca is a fan of Michael Phelps....