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Brendan Rodgers, Adam Johnson, Floyd Mayweather and Fernando Alonso (Getty Images)

Wednesday's biggest stories:

• Manchester City could move for Brendan Rodgers in the summer if they axe Manuel Pellegrini.
• But Pellegrini comes out fighting as he defends his position as City manager.
• Rodgers believed he would have been sacked were it not for 'radical changes' at Liverpool.
• Adam Johnson arrested after 15-year-old girl 'boasted about a relationship with him'.
• Rapper 50 Cent stakes £1m on Floyd Mayweather to beat Manny Pacquiao in May.
• Fernando Alonso to miss the Australian Grand Prix after suffering head injury.

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Today's Premier League fixtures:

Manchester City v Leicester - 7.45pm

Newcastle v Manchester United - 7.45pm

QPR v Arsenal - 7.45pm

Stoke v Everton - 7.45pm

Tottenham v Swansea - 7.45pm

West Ham v Chelsea - 7.45pm

Liverpool v Burnley - 8pm