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Widnes Vikings prop-forward Steve Pickersgill has retired with immediate effect.

The 28-year-old made 82 appearances for the Vikings since joining them from Super League neighbours Warrington in 2009 but has not played this season because of injuries to his neck and knee.

"Due to the injuries I've suffered over the past few seasons, my family and I have decided that now is the time to retire from the game," Pickersgill said.

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PAOK Salonika have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after crowd trouble eventually cost them a place in next season's Champions League.

The Greek club were docked three points by the Hellenic Football Association (EPO), who also ordered them to play two matches behind closed doors and fined them €50,000 (£40,700) for crowd trouble at a Greek Cup semi-final on April 15.

That decision ultimately cost the club a place in the Champions League after Panathinaikos went on to claim first place in the end-of-season playoffs, finishing one point ahead of PAOK.

Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni has recorded his third stage win in this year's Giro d'Italia by sprinting to victory in the 10th stage that finished in Salsomaggiore Terme.

As during his two previous wins, the Francaise des Jeux rider held off Italian Giacomo Nizzolo to cross the line first.

Australian Michael Matthews was third in a mass sprint, with his compatriot Cadel Evans retaining the overall leader's pink jersey.

Former England second row Nick Kennedy has retired from playing and rejoined former club London Irish as academy director.

Another former club stalwart, Paul Hodgson, will join him over the summer as part of a three-man coaching set up with ex-team-mate Declan Danaher.

Kennedy made 217 appearances for Irish over a decade before winning the Heineken Cup with Toulon in 2012/13 season, then moving to Harlequins last summer. He played in seven Test matches for England and scored on his debut against the Pacific Islanders at Twickenham in November 2008.

"Sixty-four years after scoring the World Cup-winning goal for Uruguay against Brazil at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium, Alcides Ghiggia remembers with absolute clarity the moment nearly 200,000 spectators fell into a deathly hush.

"There was complete silence. The crowd was frozen still . It was like they weren't even breathing," he recalls. "They couldn't even raise their voices to cheer on Brazil. That was when I realised they weren't going to do it and that we'd won."

"The slicked-back hair is thinner now, the pencil-thin moustache grey. But at 87, Ghiggia, the sole survivor from that 1950 winning team, is still recognisable as the pivotal figure of arguably the greatest upset in World Cup history." Read the rest of the story here.

With Glasgow announced as the host city for the 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, we asked you to look into future and predict who might win the award?

Rory Constable:, external Surely it has to be Ronnie O'Sullivan. Arguably the most talented British sportsmen.

David Fossey:, external Lewis Hamilton.

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Leinster have announced the signing of Australian lock Kane Douglas from the NSW Waratahs.

The 24-year-old, who has 14 international caps, will join the Irish province in the summer after his contract with Australia has expired. Douglas will be seen as a replacement for skipper Leo Cullen who is retiring and joining the Leinster coaching team.

"It is a big decision but one which I am very excited about," said Douglas who made his Wallabies debut in 2012.

The Football Association has reiterated that it is unable to take action against Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore.

FA chairman Greg Dyke met his counterpart at the Premier League, Peter McCormick, today to discuss the controversy around the sexist emails sent by Scudamore.

And, while one member of the FA's inclusion advisory board (IAB) - equality campaigner Edward Lord - has obtained a legal opinion that the FA could take disciplinary action, Dyke insisted this afternoon that that will not happen.

IAB chair Heather Rabbatts was also at the meeting, and will assume responsibility for ensuring the Premier League keeps to its "undertaking to take further steps on inclusion and diversity".

New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal wants to replicate his feats at Barcelona and Bayern Munich by winning the Premier League in his first season.

The Dutchman won the 1997-98 La Liga title at Barcelona before securing the 2009-10 Bundesliga with Bayern Munich.

Three managers have won the Premier League at the first attempt - Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City and Chelsea duo Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti.

"I would be proud if it works right away," 62-year-old Van Gaal tells Dutch TV station RTL.

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Saracens are hopeful that captain Steve Borthwick will be fit to lead the team in the Heineken Cup final against Toulon on Saturday.

Borthwick went off with an upper chest injury in the Premiership semi-final win over Harlequins, but is now back in light training and is said to be making good progress.

Arjen Robben was absent today as the Netherlands squad travelled to their World Cup training camp in Portugal.

The Bayern Munich forward has been given a few days rest by coach Louis van Gaal after winning the German Cup with Bayern Munich and will join up with the other players on Thursday, the Dutch Football Association said.

Notts County have completed the signing of former England international Alan Smith on a one-year contract.

The 33-year-old former Leeds United, Manchester United and Newcastle United man, who started his career as a striker but now plays in midfield, will also take on a coaching role at the League One club.

Owais Shah says he would like to play for Hampshire for their whole T20 Blast campaign and maybe in the longer form of one-day cricket as well.

The 35-year-old former England batsman has joined the county for the next three T20 games, but says he would like to be around longer.

"I want to play the whole competition and be part of it," Shah told BBC Radio Solent. "But it's all about where Hampshire see me, how they think I fit in."

Corinthians have arranged to host a second league game at their new stadium after FIFA said it wanted to test the venue with a bigger crowd before it hosts the World Cup's opening match next month.

Cruzeiro will now visit the Arena Corinthians on 29 May, just two weeks before the stadium hosts the opening game in Group A between Brazil and Croatia. The game "will count on the operation and services of some aspects of a FIFA World Cup match," read a statement on the Corinthians website., external

In the first official game to be held at the ground, Corinthians lost 1-0 at home to Figueirense at the Arena Corinthians on Sunday in front of 36,000 fans. FIFA, however, expressed concern that the stadium was still incomplete and wants to see another game.

On text: Steven Gerrard, led Liverpool to 2nd from 7th. Recognition that he has been the greatest English player of his generation... If we do well in Brazil he should be in pole position.

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AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli is put through his paces at Italy's World Cup training camp near Florence.

Team principal Christian Horner insists everyone at Red Bull is relishing the challenge of recovering from their slow start to the season.

After winning four successive drivers' and constructors' titles, the Milton Keynes-based team trail Mercedes by 113 points in the constructors' championship, while reigning four-times champion Sebastian Vettel and team-mate Daniel Ricciardo are 55 and 61 points respectively behind Lewis Hamilton in the drivers' standings.

"It has really motivated the team, galvanised them and said 'Okay, we have something to chase'. It is the difference from being the hunted to the hunter. There is a real sense of determination in the team to close this gap down."

BBC London 94.9's Kevin Hand at Wantage Road:

Having taken Career Best Bowling figures of 6-55 in Northamptonshire's first innings, Toby Roland-Jones has just hit his highest first-class score of 60 as Middlesex declared on 543-7 at tea on day three.

Neil Dexter was not out on 163*, his highest first-class score, as the visitors accelerated dramatically in the afternoon and Roland-Jones brought up his fifty off only 25 deliveries, with five fours and three sixes.

Middlesex lead by 260 at the close of the first innings and, weather permitting, are heavy favourites to claim a fourth win in six matches to move to the top of Division One of the County Championship.

Scarlets have signed the flanker brother of departing centre Jonathan Davies ahead of the 2014-15 season.

James Davies, 23, had been on a dual-contract with Wales Sevens and the west Wales region and also played for Carmarthen Quins in the Welsh Premiership.

He has signed a two-season deal with the Llanelli-based team and said: "It's a fantastic opportunity for me."