That's your lot for today! Before the crunch match between Havant and Preston, there's the small matter of the FA Cup second-round draw.

My colleague Gary Rose will talk you through all the excitement, so get yourselves over to the live text.

Sportsday will return tomorrow - thanks for your company today, and see you then.

Scotland defender Gordon Greer says he can't understand Robert Lewandowski's criticism of his robust performance in last month's qualifying tie with Poland.

The Brighton defender made his competitive debut in Warsaw and after 10 minutes left the Bayern Munich striker in agony with a tackle described afterwards by Lewandowski as "brutal".

But Greer said: "I didn't really expect anything to come of it so I was a bit surprised after the game that there was a bit made of it.

"I didn't think there was anything wrong with the tackle and neither did the referee."

Just the one FA Cup game this evening, but it could be a belter.

Conference South minnows Havant and Waterlooville welcome League One high-flyers Preston to West Leigh Park.

Preston will be heavy favourites, but the Hampshire side have decent FA Cup pedigree - in the 2007-08 fourth round they twice took the lead at Anfield against Liverpool before losing 5-2 thanks to a Yossi Benayoun hat-trick.

Add to that the absence of Preston duo Scott Wiseman and Callum Robinson, and do you have the recipe for a famous Cupset? We'll have live text commentary on that intriguing tie up and running shortly.

FC Zurich have launched criminal proceedings after their midfielder Gilles Yapi-Yapo suffered serious injury in an horrific tackle in a Swiss Super League game on Sunday.

The 32-year-old midfielder faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after being on the receiving end of an awful challenge from Aarau's Sandro Wieser.

Zurich say the Ivorian's injuries include torn anterior and interior cruciate ligaments, serious cartilage damage, meniscus tear, a torn kneecap and deep bruising in his thigh.

Wieser later apologised for the tackle on his Facebook page.

Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany is a injury doubt for Belgium's Euro 2016 qualifier against Wales.

Kompany has a small tear in his calf and will miss Wednesday's friendly against Iceland, Belgium's assistant manager Vital Borkelmans told Sky Sports, but hasn't yet been ruled out Sunday's match against Chris Coleman's side.

West Brom full-back Sebastien Pocognoli has been ruled out of both matches.

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Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill has urged his assistant Roy Keane to make peace with Sir Alex Ferguson, the Guardian reports., external

Keane was captain of Ferguson's hugely successful Manchester United side but the two have since fallen out over claims in their autobiographies.

"I maintain that the two of them were magnificent for each other and from an outsider's viewpoint it'd be nice if at some stage or another they recognise that publicly," O'Neill said.

Bulgarian heavyweight Kubrat Pulev has accused Wladimir Klitschko of 'sneaky tricks' after being informed that only three people from his camp could be present at the news conference before their IBF title bout.

"The sneaky tricks of the world champion are just the beginning," the unbeaten Pulev wrote on his Facebook page. "That kind of behaviour isn't suitable for a world champion."

The two face off in Hamburg on Saturday, and it promises to be spicy...

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Italy coach Antonio Conte has urged Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli to prove himself following his recall to the national side.

The 24-year-old has had a questionable start to his Anfield career with just two goals, both in cup competitions, and was dropped by Italy for their games against Azerbaijan and Malta last month.

Conte said: "Balotelli is a normal footballer, just like the others. He has significant experience with the national team, but that's not enough.

"He needs to catch my eye and I have to see if he can adapt to our type of football."

West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace says the club are in talks with striker Saido Berahino over a new deal at the Hawthorns.

The in-form 21-year-old has been linked with a host of clubs after scoring seven league goals this season to earn himself an England call-up.

But Peace has told West Brom's website:, external "I wish to assure our supporters that Saido Berahino will not be going anywhere in January or, I hope, next summer. It is not in our minds at all to trade a footballer the club has worked so diligently to develop."

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Here's something you don't see every day...French referee Clement Turpin has admitted he got a big call wrong when he officiated in Paris Saint-Germain's 2-0 win over Marseille yesterday.

Turpin sent off Marseille midfielder Gianelli Imbula for a tackle on Yohan Cabaye with 12 minutes left, but subsequently told Ligue 1 that "he had misinterpreted the tackle made by Imbula, and he shouldn't have been sent off."

Following the red card, Edinson Cavani scored the second PSG goal in the win that brings the defending champions to within one point of their arch rivals at the top of Ligue 1. Imbula will face no further punishment.

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Championship strugglers Blackpool have been fined £30,000 for fielding an ineligible player against Millwall.

An independent football disciplinary commission ruled that defender Donervon Daniels was not eligible to play as his 28-day youth loan had expired.

Daniels, 20, played the full game on 30 August as the Lions won 2-1, but half of the fine has been suspended.

Ghana has ruled itself out as a potential host for the 2015 African Cup of Nations, after original hosts Morocco failed to meet a deadline to confirm it would stage the event.

Morocco wants the tournament postponed due to fears over the Ebola outbreak, while the Confederation of African Football insists it must be played in January - raising the prospect that the event could be moved.

Ghanaian sports minister Mahama Ayariga said his country was "not in position" to host. South Africa, Sudan and Egypt have also declined to stage the 16-team tournament.

Tony in N22: Re Adebayor. Fans booed because style of football is not what they want or expect - no pace and no width. Too slow and predictable. Will struggle at this rate.

Earlier we told you that former Celtic striker Henrik Larsson had stepped down as coach of Swedish minnows Falkenberg. And just a few hours later, he has already walked into another job.

Larsson, 43, has taken charge of Helsingborg, which is the club where he made his name as a player.

"I want to thank Falkenberg for this year, but when this came up it felt like a step in the right direction. It has all gone very quickly," says the former Sweden international.

Larsson, who also played for Barcelona and Manchester United, scored 51 goals in 61 games for Helsingborg before leaving for Celtic and returned for a brief spell at the end of his career.

Chuck:, external Adebayor is right to call out the Spurs fans. The atmosphere at White Hart Lane is just awful. We only make noise to abuse our players!

Blackpool's struggle to name a full complement of players in the opening weeks of the season was well documented. And it turns out that their scrabbling about means they ended up fielding an ineligible player against Championship rivals Millwall on 30 August.

The Football League announce the Tangerines have been fined £30,000, half of which is suspended, by an independent Football Disciplinary Commission (FDC) for playing defender Donervon Daniels.

Millwall won the match 2-1 with Daniels playing the full 90 minutes.

Morecambe manager Jim Bentley says his side's FA Cup first-round exit at Conference strugglers Dover was his lowest point in management.

After watching the Shrimps lose 1-0, travelling supporters showed their frustration at the team's performance and Bentley said the criticism was justified.

"Our crowd had every right to have a a go at us when we're walking off the pitch," he tells BBC Radio Lancashire. "I've not had that as a manager, but I take it on the chin. I've got big enough shoulders to take it and the players can't expect people to feel sorry for them."

Richie Spurs:, external If Adebayor finds it much easier to play away from White Hart Lane how come he hasn't scored an away goal since February?

Millwall manager Ian Holloway says Brentford boss Mark Warburton deserves credit for how well the club has adapted to life in the Championship.

The Bees moved up to sixth in the Championship with Saturday's 3-2 win at The Den.

"I think their manager deserves a medal the size of a coal bunker lid," said Holloway.

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For a man who's just been thrashed 6-1 6-1 in under an hour, Tomas Berdych is impressively sanguine about his defeat by Stan Wawrinka at the ATP World Tour Finals.

"Unfortunately it was my worst match of the whole season, and I kept it for the start here in the World Tour Finals," says the Czech.

"I'm in the worst possible situation that I can ever be. I'm going to face Marin [Cilic] or Novak [Djokovic] next, and the only chance to qualify is to beat them - it's almost a mission impossible. But let's try."