Here's today's list of sporting birthdays - who do you share yours with?

Denis Law (Football) 77 - former Scotland forward who played for both Manchester United and City, born 1940.

Alain Prost (Motor racing) 62 - French four-time world Formula One champion, born 1955.

Neil Sullivan (Football) 47 - former Wimbledon, Doncaster and Scotland goalkeeper, born 1970.

Pedro de la Rosa (Motor racing) 46 - Spanish Formula One driver who has raced for Jaguar, Arrows, Sauber and HRT, born 1971.

Floyd Mayweather Jr (Boxing) 40 - American who retired undefeated and won multiple world titles, born 1977.

Lleyton Hewitt (Tennis) 36 - Australian former world number one and Wimbledon champion in 2002, born 1981.

Mohammad Sami (Cricket) 36 - former Pakistan fast bowler, born 1981.

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Oliver Samuals: First memory of Claudio Ranieri was meeting him after Leicesters friendly win again Lincoln. Heartbroken about his sacking.

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Aston Villa striker Scott Hogan has been ruled out for up to five weeks with an ankle injury.

The 24-year-old suffered the injury late on in Monday's defeat at  Championship leaders Newcastle.

Hogan joined Villa  from the Bees for £12m  in January but is yet to score in four appearances.

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Some Championship team news... 

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What's the fastest way down a chute? Who else got the boot this week apart from Claudio Ranieri? Test yourself with BBC Sport and A Question of Sport's weekly quiz here .

It's Friday, which can mean only one thing...

Hull City

Hull City manager Marco Silva has been speaking to the media ahead of the Tigers' match against Burnley this weekend. 

"It was good to get away to Portugal and work with my team. The training camp was very beneficial," Silva said.

"It was important for the players to get to know me and my coaching staff a bit better.

Looking ahead to their match against Burnley: 

"Burnley will come here and look to cause us problems but we have to be confident and play our football," Silva said.

"We respect Burnley, they have had a good season so far, but we want to win.

"Tomorrow is one more chance for us to take points. There is a good spirit and the players are confident."

Once again. Just to clarify. 

👏Claudio 👏 Ranieri 👏 is 👏 not 👏 dead. 

By the way, Jose Mourinho wore a CR on his shirt during his news conference earlier in a touching tribute to Claudio Ranieri.....

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Chelsea

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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has shown his support for fellow Italian Claudio Ranieri, after he was sacked by Leicester City yesterday.

When asked about his reaction to Ranieri's sacking:

"Very, very sad. This is our job. I'm disappointed for him. He's a friend, a really good man, and a really good manager," Conte said.

"He reached a dream to win the title, I'm disappointed as a friend and as a coach."

And when quizzed about reports of the players having a role in Ranieri's sacking, Conte said:

"I don't like to follow this type of story, it's a lack of respect.

"If this happened, it means the club is poor, with no power. It's not right that players can control your destiny as a manager."

We've heard from the Chelsea manager. We have some quotes on their way...

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I would like to see a few more of your encounters with Claudio... 

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In a soundbite-packed news conference, Jose Mourinho also reacted to the news that the club's all-time leading goalscorer Wayne Rooney would be committing his immediate future to Manchester United, after reports suggested he could have been on his way to the Chinese Super League.

"Yes. He did in the right moment, the best moment, his statement," said Mourinho.

"The questions were the only questions he could answer. He did it in exactly in the right moment. That should be the last until the end of the season. He said he wants to help team fight for trophies, I said I would be happy for that.

"He is fine, he has been training with the team. He stayed at home this week so he could have one more important training sessions., No doubt he will be involved [in the EFL Cup final]."

Michael Carrick will be involved against Southampton on Sunday but fellow midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is definitely out.

Seriously though, chill out with the David Bentley tweets now....

Manchester United

Jose Mourinho intimated the other day he did not fancy taking his Manchester United side on a trip to Russia in the last 16 of the Europa League. His nightmare came true as FC Rostov were pulled out of the bag.

He said: "It is a bad draw in every aspect. Far and difficult. Comes in a bad period.

"They had a very good Champions League campaign. They beat Ajax and Anderlecht in qualifiers and managed important results against Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid.

"They got third position in their group, leaving PSV Eindhoven out. I know the coach well. The team are very defensive and physical. It's a bad draw."

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