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And that picture seems an appropriate note on which to end today's Sportsday.
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Image source, Team ScotlandScotland's heavyweight judoka Chris Sherrington decides he would join in the warm ups with the netball squad.
Team Scotland tweets:, external "That moment when the netball squad were stretching and Chris Sherrington had a go."
Image source, Getty ImagesDame Kelly Holmes believes the Commonwealth Games is an important platform for athletes who are targeting Olympic success at Rio in 2016.
She says: "The Commonwealth Games is a really good platform for anyone who is looking to go to an Olympic Games.
"That two-week period of understanding what a multi-sport event is like as it's the only one outside of the Olympic Games is crucial. Integrating into the village and looking into the dining hall environment, it's a big learning curve."
Image source, @CyDLeonesaAs we reported earlier, Spanish third tier side Cultural y Deportivo Leonesa have revealed their new kit for the forthcoming season - a black and white shirt designed to look like a tuxedo.
We now have footage of some of their players having a kickabout in it. And perhaps even more remarkably they are smiling while doing so.
Just wait until the season starts lads.
Northern Ireland boxer Michaela Walsh has her eyes firmly on a medal - and a few treats.
She says on Twitter:, external "All I want right now is a Commonwealth Gold medal around my neck along with a Nandos, Domino's pizza, tin of coke, sweets and chocolate."
Image source, Getty ImagesEngland head coach Anna Mayes says her players will not take Wales lightly when the teams go head to head in the Commonwealth Games netball tournament.
Mayes' squad get their Pool B campaign at Glasgow 2014 under way against their home-nation rivals on Friday before a mouth-watering clash with world champions Australia on Saturday.
She says: "We are very fortunate to have played against a lot of the Welsh athletes within our domestic competition, the Superleague. We don't underestimate them at all."
Image source, AFPLynne Hutchison wants to become the first rhythmic gymnast from England to win a medal other than bronze when she takes part in the individual event.
England have won eight bronze medals in the discipline at the Commonwealth Games but never a silver or gold.
She says: "We got bronze in Delhi but there are more teams fighting for the medals this year. I want to win a medal. I am going to aim high."
Image source, Getty ImagesScotland's Marc Austin wants to put on a show for his family as he gets the chance to repay them for supporting his Commonwealth Games triathlon dream.
He says: "It's the culmination of a seven-year journey because I do remember when I was 13 that I decided it was something I wanted to do, and it gave me an extra edge.
"I'll often just go away and race in foreign places and my family don't get to see me. So it's great family and friends can come down and see me race."
Image source, Getty ImagesCroatian club HNK Rijeka deny any of their players racially abused Manchester City's Seko Fofana in a friendly.
City's elite development squad coach Patrick Vieira took his team off the pitch when the 19-year-old French midfielder made the allegations after being sent off just before half-time.
A statement from the Croatian club says: "Rijeka clearly and unequivocally rejects any possibility that the players at the match against Manchester City participated in assaulting the rival players on racial, religious or ethnic grounds. "
After it emerged yesterday that Malaysian shooter Nur Ayuni Farhana Abdul Halim would not compete because of a missing jacket, another athlete has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games amid bizarre circumstances.
Canada's Nic Hamilton will miss the track cycling events after crashing into an official in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Hamilton suffered concussion, while the female official suffered a suspected broken collarbone in the accident.
The velodrome had to be closed for 30 minutes, delaying a visit from the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
Image source, @garyjameswriterHuge adverts in Spanish & English looming over Penn Plaza in New York promote New York City FC.
The Manchester City-backed franchise are expected to confirm Frank Lampard as their latest signing and could make the announcement about the England midfielder as early as tomorrow.
Matt Grange:, external "Chris Waddle to Torquay United. Back when Chris Evans was rumoured to be staging a takeover!"
Jon Ellis:, external "Exeter City signing ex-England international Lee Sharpe back in 2002."
Michael:, external "Jorg Albertz - Clyde, amazing player even at his age."
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Wakefield's Australian back-row forward Matt Ryan is to have an operation on a shoulder that will cause him to miss the remainder of the season.
The 26-year-old, who signed from Parramatta last winter, is the only player to have appeared in all 22 matches this year.
"He's had it for a while and didn't want to know the full extent until I made him go and get a scan - he wanted to carry on playing," said coach James Webster.
Image source, Cultural y Deportiva LeonesaNow then, would you be so keen to buy your club's replica jersey if it looked like this?
Spanish third tier side Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa have unveiled a shirt designed to look like a tuxedo, complete with a bow tie.
Something you can wear out on the town of a Saturday night after going to the game, perhaps?
Spain striker Diego Costa insists manager Jose Mourinho has not asked him to adapt his game to suit Chelsea.
The £32m signing from Atletico Madrid told the club's website: "One of the main things he [Mourinho] said was that he doesn't want me to change," said Costa, who scored 64 goals in 134 appearances for Atletico.
"It was Jose's and the club's decision to buy me and the reason they signed me was because of the way I played at Atletico. I just have to improve fine details to become a better player."
Image source, Gillian EdwardsTeam Scotland table tennis player Gillian Edwards tweets:, external "Nails done, ready for opening ceremony."
Sally Pearson is set to pull out of the 100m at the Commonwealth Games as she recovers from a hamstring injury.
However, the Australian is still planning to defend her title in her main event, the 100m hurdles.
"I'm confident the injury won't come back, but I'm not at the stage where I can do two events," Pearson, 27, said.
Paul Britney Shears:, external Southampton signing Kevin Keegan. Out of this world.
Rob Meech:, external George Best to Bournemouth. Ok, he only played a handful of times, but we can still say he was a Cherries player!
Image source, Getty ImagesUefa has agreed to a request from FC Copenhagen to move the first leg of their Champions League qualifier against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk away from the troubled eastern region of Ukraine.
The third qualifying round encounter will now be played in Kiev, in the centre of the country, on July 30.
