Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham are without Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose and Kyle Walker for tomorrow's trip to Leicester.

Mauricio Pochettino says he may change formation for the game.

"We have different options, maybe we will change the formation. It is good for us to be creative. We want to win our last two games, that is important.

"We can not change the table butwe want to finish well. To finish second was a good thing now we need to finish the last two games with a good feeling."

We should be hearing from Mauricio Pochettino very soon.

But first some team news.

Kieran Trippier and Kyle Walker will miss the trip to the King Power. Trippier has concussion. while Walker has an ankle injury.

Peter Langton: The Great British Play-Off.

With commentary by Mary Berry?

NFL side Washington Redskins have signed the grandson of legendary reggae star Bob Marley.

Nico Marley, 22, joins after impressing at the team’s annual rookie minicamp.

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BBC Sport chief football writer

Ross Barkley may have been front and centre in the video launching Everton's new kit for next season on Tuesday night - but whether he will be wearing it when August arrives is in serious doubt,

Everton manager Ronald Koeman says Barkley will be sold if he has not agreed a new contract by the time this Sunday's final game at Arsenal kicks off and the ruthess Dutchman does not bluff.

If, as is reported on Merseyside this morning, Everton will demand £50m for Barkley if he fails to sign, the 23-year-old faces a serious dilemma.

Spurs have been linked with Barkley, but that does not sound like the sort of fee chairman Daniel Levy will pay.

Everton will not increase their contract offer so Barkley and his agent could be left in limbo or making a rather awkward climbdown.

Koeman, it would appear, would shed no tears if it came to losing Barkley and is already planning to bring players in that would compensate for his departure, with Swansea City's Gylfi Sigurdsson and Ajax captain Davy Klaassen prime targets.

• Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale, 27, could be set for a Premier League return with Manchester United this summer. (Talksport), external
• Wales international Bale would prefer to move to Old Trafford rather than re-joining Tottenham or champions Chelsea. (Diariogol, via Daily Mirror), external
• Manchester United are set to re-sign 24-year-old defender Michael Keane from Burnley in a £25m deal this summer. (Daily Mail), external

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Manchester United will miss out on £50m if they fail to beat Ajax in the Europa League final on 24 May.

The game in Stockholm is their only remaining chance of reaching next season's Champions League.

Failure to qualify for Europe's flagship club competition for a second successive season would trigger a £21m penalty clause in their 10-year, £750m sponsorship deal with Adidas.

United also expect to earn up to £30m more by being in the Champions League.

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BBC Sport

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Michael Carrick is set to be given a one-year contract extension by Manchester United.

The 35-year-old midfielder is coming to the end of his 11th season at the club and has a testimonial on 4 June.

Contract talks have progressed well, and confidence has been expressed on both sides that an extension to his existing deal, which expires on 30 June, will reach a positive conclusion.

Carrick joined United from Tottenham in an £18.6m deal in 2006 and has made 457 appearances in all competitions.

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French Open organisers had "no grounds to penalise" Maria Sharapova by denying her a wildcard entry to the tournament, says the Women's Tennis Association.

The Russian, 30, was ranked too low to gain direct entry as she continues her return from a 15-month drugs ban.

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) chose not to hand Sharapova a wildcard to "protect" the sport's standards.

"I don't agree with the basis for their decision. She has complied with the sanction," said WTA chief Steve Simon.

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Defending champion Andy Murray was knocked out of the Italian Open in the second round last night, by Italian Fabio Fognini.

The 30-year-old British world number one, whose victory in Rome last year was one of nine titles he won in 2016, lost 6-2 6-4 to the world number 29.

The loss continues Murray's poor form ahead of the French Open, which gets under way on 28 May.

Murray's fellow Brit Aljaz Bedene was also knocked out in the second round by world number two Novak Djokovic.

Iain Stuart: Golden Euro Ticket.

Andy Davies‏: he Festival Of Fourth?

Think its all over?: The 'Ker-Ching' Playoff.

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Great news cricket fans.

The ECB are looking to return ‘some live international cricket’ to terrestrial free to air TV in 2020 – for the first time in 15 years.

The City T20 league is set to be launched that year.

No cricket has been show on terrestrial TV since the 2005 Ashes won by England against Australia.

In addition to asking what you could rename the Champions League play-off, we are also after other ideas of how they could settle the places.

Craig, Southampton: What about "It's a Champions League Knockout" both a name and a way of deciding who goes through. Hosted by Keith Chegwin of course.

John Tudor: Give points for the respective progress in cup competitions and add these to the league points. This would give the added bonus of making clubs take all completions seriously

Ed Allen: Thumb war between the managers.

Mark, Devon: Settle 4th place with a game of Subbuteo, proper team strips of course!

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Chinese brother and sister Dai Yongge and Dai Xiu Li become the majority shareholders of Championship side Reading.

The pair began negotiations to purchase a 75% stake from the Championship club's Thai owners in November.

The Premier League, who have a say in takeovers of clubs who could compete in their league, had been reported to be "cautious" about the deal.

The English Football League released a statement on Wednesday which said they have "no objections to the change of control application made by Reading Football Club".

Alan Willis: The 'Nowhere near Champions but we're in it for the money, Challenge, Trophy'.

Rob H: 'BIG 4 decider'.

Andrew Sole: The game to see who fails in the first round of the Champions League.

Bookmakers are clearly not convinced of the prospect of a one-off match.

Of three possible scenarios where a play-off would be required, the one with shortest odds is around 595-1.

You can read all the odds of each possible outcome here.