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Katarina Johnson-Thompson has won gold in the pentathlon at the European Indoor Championships in Prague

A commuter who was pushed from a Paris Metro by football fans in an allegedly racially-motivated incident has turned down Chelsea's invitation to attend an upcoming match.

Souleymane S was offered the opportunity to attend Chelsea's clash with Paris Saint-Germain, but won't take up the offer. He is, however, willing to meet club officials.

"It is too early to go to a football match for my client," Jim Michel-Gabriel, who is representing Souleymane S, told Press Association Sport.

"My client was very shocked about what happened on the subway."

Michel-Gabriel confirmed the written invitation had been received.

Souleymane S may consider attending a future match at Stamford Bridge.

"Maybe," the lawyer added. "We will meet Chelsea, but not during a match. It's too early."

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has warned Steven Gerrard there is no easy route back into his first-team plans.

The Reds captain has missed the last six matches with a hamstring injury and, although he has returned to training this week, he will be assessed before a decision can be made on whether he is fit to face Blackburn in Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final.

In his absence they have won five times, with their only defeat coming to Besiktas in the Europa League, but although Jordan Henderson has stepped up to successfully lead the side Rodgers insists the 24-year-old is no carbon-copy replacement.

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Wigan boss Malky Mackay has given his backing to new club chairman David Sharpe.

Sharpe, 23, has replaced his grandfather Dave Whelan at the helm of the the Lancashire club, with many expressing concern at his inexperience.

"It's easy to have a throwaway line about a 23-year-old taking over a football club but he's been round about the football club since he was a young man," said Mackay.

"He's here every day, is at every game and knows the inside of the football club. I look at the experience and the amount of time somebody has been at a football club.

"He's got good people round about him and I know the things that drive him, the things he's passionate about and they are good values for wanting a football club to go forward in terms of academy and recruitment."

Andy Murray saw off American Derek Young in four sets in Great Britain's opening Davis Cup clash with USA.

The Scotsman won 6-1 6-1 4-6 6-2 to give Great Britain the advantage in the early tie.

Ayegbeni Yakubu is hoping to fire Reading to Wembley after the Nigerian striker return to English football to fulfill his dream.

The striker was absent when former club Everton lost to Chelsea in the 2009 FA Cup final due to injury, something Yakubu wants to make amends for.

Dave King, Paul Murray and John Gilligan have been voted onto the Rangers board, with the shareholders voting overwhelmingly to remove existing board members Derek Llambias and Barry Leach.