Summary

  • Manchester City fined £35,000 after breach of FA anti-doping rules

  • Mark Clattenburg leaves Premier League for Saudi Arabia

  • Arsene Wenger's future to be decided at end of season

  • Man Utd and Spurs play in Europa League

  • Tell us your tales of being a mascot

  • Get involved: #bbcsportsday

Live Reporting

Libby Dawes and Stephan Shemilt

  1. Just going to have a quick look at some other stories from elsewhere and then we will get back to these mascot tales.

    There are some crackers coming in... 

  2. He stole your big moment. 

    Never forgive him.

  3. Your mascot tales

    #bbcsportsday or text 81111

    Brandon O'Shea: I was a mascot for Fulham in 2004 - was given a ball to carry to the centre circle, but Edwin van der Sar stole it from me on the way.

  4. Too soon?

  5. Mascot tales

    #bbcsportsday or text 81111

    Kiss My Tweets: I tried to be the Arsenal mascot once, but they don't like winners.

  6. Boca Juniors players Juan Manuel Insaurralde and Jonathan Silva had a training ground bust-up resulting in them both being sent home....

    Watch the fight:

    Juan Manuel Insaurralde and Jonathan Silva of Boca Juniors fight at training

  7. Don't worry, I'm not doing that thing where someone loses it and resigns in a super public manner.

    I'm just introducing something...

  8. Quick question...

    Do you ever feel like punching one of your colleagues?

  9. Oh Henrik... 

    *broken heart emoji*

  10. Get Involved

    Text 81111

    Feel bad for Sanchez, he deserves more than us. Rather do the valiant thing and tell him I don't love him, and I've never loved him, so he goes away to find someone better while I cry myself to sleep.

    Henrik

  11. Not a lucky mascot then Michael.

  12. Mascot tales

    #bbcsportsday

    Michael Smyth: Mascot for Peterborough vs Stoke back in 2001 for Peterborough. Posh were 1-0 down after a minute and lost 4-0. 

  13. Football

    Burnley's opponents on Saturday are Lincoln City. 

    Their manager Danny Cowley will be speaking to the press at 15:00 GMT. 

    Stick with us and we will bring you the best bits. 

    Meanwhile, an online sports shop has donated footy boots to the whole team so they all have shiny new go-faster shoes to wear against their Premier League opponents. 

  14. Mascot tales

    Did you know kids have to pay to be a mascot at football matches? 

    Let us know if you have ever been a mascot, especially if there is an embarrassing story attached to it. 

    #bbcsportsday

  15. Our colleague has been in contact with a club spokesperson to ask if the pensioners will wear full kit and hold the players hands... 

    They've sent us a statement: 

    "No - that would be weird"

  16. burnley.

    During their fifth round of the FA cup match against Lincoln City on Saturday, Burnley will walk out onto the pitch with, not kids as mascots, but old aged pensioners... 

    This will be the first time a professional English football club has invited the older generation to walk out the first team players in such a match.

    In 2016 Swedish club AIK paid tribute to its elderly fans with the gesture when they played a league match against Gefle IF - watch the video below. 

    The mascots ranging from the age of 69 to 85, are all long term supporters of Burnley FC and are excited at the prospect of walking the team out to what is set to be a near full house at Turf Moor stadium.

    AIK's unique celebration of oldest fans

  17. Hold the phone.... 

    Read this: 

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  19. Fifteen-year-old Jackson Page says it will be "great to miss more school" after reaching the Welsh Open last 32.

    Page beat world number 78 John Astley on Wednesday, having already overcome world 123 Jason Weston in the first round of his debut professional event.

    "No English, most importantly, and no history," said the Ebbw Vale teenager. "I am doing GCSEs, but the school know this could be a career for me."

    Page has already won £3,500 and will play world number four Judd Trump next.

  20. Speaking of snooker, it's a big day for one Welsh teenager...