0000 - That's it for Tuesday's Sportsday. Wednesday's edition will be back at 0800 BST
Inter Milan have reportedly proposed a sensational swap deal with Manchester City that would see Carlos Tevez join the Italians, with Wesley Sneijder moving the other way.
Full story: Metro
Tevez's proposed £40m move to Corinthians is looking increasingly vulnerable, with the Brazilians admitting they are "pessimistic" about agreeing a deal.
Full story: The Guardian
Tottenham and Aston Villa are locked in a battle with Italian side Lazio to sign Lyon's 21-year-old playmaker Miralem Pjanic.
Full story: talkSPORT
2318: DARTS -
Gary Anderson hits 10 180s but still crashes out of the PDC World Matchplay in the first round after losing 10-6 to
Andy Hamilton.
2255: FOOTBALL -
Rangers boss
Ally McCoist hopes to complete a deal to re-sign Aston Villa defender
Carlos Cuellar well before the weekend. Speaking after the 2-0 friendly win at Blackpool, McCoist says: "The ball is in Carlos's court. We hope to hear from him sooner or later."
2245: BASKETBALL - The
NBA may still be in a lockout but has released its fixtures for the forthcoming season. Should play go ahead, defending champions the
Dallas Mavericks will open at home against the
Chicago Bulls on 2 November.
2224: CRICKET - In tonight's Clydesdale Bank 40 group B match at the Rose Bowl,
Durham beat Hampshire by 81 runs (D/L Method).
2215: FOOTBALL -
Aston Villa manager
Alex McLeish warns supporters that despite losing wingers Ashley Young and Stewart Downing this summer, he only intends to sign one more player. He said: "We're trying to sign another one, and trying to replace the players who have left with players who are at the club."
2203: FOOTBALL - Villarreal striker
Giuseppe Rossi on Twitter after he scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over
Aberdeen: "First victory in preseason..still gotta work more tho. Not even close to 100% but getting there."
2147: GOLF - Former Open winner
Tom Lehman believes
Darren Clarke's experience was the key to his victory on Sunday. He tells 5 Live: "WIth links golf you don't need to always be perfect but you do need to survive and that's what Darren did. He is a classy competitor."
 Pistorius could be cleared to take part in the World Championships in South Korea. |
2133: ATHLETICS - Double amputee
Oscar Pistorius of South Africa runs the qualifying time for the World Athletics Championships for the first time after clocking 45.07 seconds at a 400m race in the Italian town of Lignano.
2115: FOOTBALL - Full time in South Africa as
Tottenham draw 1-1 with the Orlando Pirates, while
Rangers beat
Blackpool 2-0 at Bloomfield Road.
2112: FOOTBALL - Premier League chief executive
Richard Scudamore believes goal-line technology could come into play as early as the 2012/13 season. He tells
the Guardian: "Now Fifa is constructively engaged we are hopeful the 2012-13 season is a realistic aim."
2107: FOOTBALL -
Rangers will play Malmo in the final qualifying round for the Champions League after the Swedish side beat Torshavn 3-1 on aggregate.
2104: FOOTBALL -
Blackburn striker Jason Roberts
on Twitter: Good session today, disappointed about the India trip being cancelled but look forward to it in the future.!! Excellent Pre Season so far!!"
2102: RUGBY UNION - The All Blacks have named their team to face Fiji in a one-off Test on Friday. Highlanders'
Colin Slade will make his first starting appearance for New Zealand at fly-half with
Daniel Carter has been named on the bench.
Jarrad Hoeata will make his debut in the second row.
2053: CYCLING -
Mark Cavendish on Twitter after finishing 43rd in today's 16th stage of the Tour de France, won by Thor Hushvovd: "Wow, fast stage. Tried to stay with the front on final climb but just lost contact. Might shut up some people. Again, great ride by Thor."
2050: BOXING - "For any UK fight fans in Vegas, Floyd Mayweather is doing an open training session for his British fans on Thursday. 3pm at his gym, 4020 Schiff Drive at corner of Spring Mountain and South Wynn,"
tweets Daily Mirror chief sports writer Oliver Holt. WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan fights Zab Judah in the city on Sunday morning.
2042: FOOTBALL - Awana Diab, the United Arab Emirates player whose back-heeled penalty has been an internet sensation, could face punishment from his national football association for his outrageous goal. "I think what happened is disrespectful. We cannot accept anyone in our team who does not respect the opponent,"
said team manager Esmaeel Rashed. 2035: FOOTBALL - In other pre-season friendlies, Wolves are being held
1-1 by Walsall, West Brom lead Kidderminister
2-1 and Rangers are beating Blackpool 2-0.
2027: FOOTBALL - Former Arsenal striker
Sylvain Wiltord, who has been without a club for a year, has signed a one-year deal to play for French second division side Nantes.
2025: CRICKET - Former England batsman
Paul Collingwood scored 73 as Durham amassed a total of 210-5 off 34 overs in their rain-affected CB40 match against Hampshire. The Rose Bowl side are 10 without loss in their reply.
2020: FOOTBALL - Liverpool defender
Chris Mavinga has completed a transfer to Rennes. The 20-year-old joined Liverpool from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2009, but never made a first-team appearance for the Anfield side.
2015: FOOTBALL - Tottenham are level at
1-1 at half-time of their pre-season friendly against Orlando Pirates after
Happy Jele equalised for the South African side. Luka Modric, who has been subject of bids from Chelsea, is the Tottenham skipper.
2003: MOTOGP - Former World Superbike rider
Ben Bostrom has been handed a wildcard entry to this weekend's United States MotoGP.
1952: FOOTBALL -
Michael Chopra scores for new club
Ipswich but they are still 2-1 down at Cambridge.
1938: FOOTBALL - Tottenham take the lead in their pre-season friendly against the Orlando Pirates.
Rafael van der Vaart buries a free-kick from the edge of the area.
1926: FOOTBALL -
West Brom striker
Peter Odemwingie recalled to Nigeria's squad for next month's friendly against Ghana after ending a public spat with coach Samson Siasia.
1914: FOOTBALL - The
Daily Mail report that
Oliver Gill - son of
Manchester United chief executive David - has turned down a professional contract at Old Trafford to study economics at Durham University.
1907: FOOTBALL - New Aston Villa goalkeeper
Shay Given is not concerned about signing a contract to keep him at Villa Park until he is 40. He says: "I'm not frightened by the five years. You look at Brad Friedel, who's 40 and just signed a two-year contract at Tottenham, and Edwin van der Sar, who was 40 last season and probably had one of the best seasons of his career, so in terms of age, I want to play football as long as I can."
1855: FOOTBALL - Champions League second qualifying rd, second leg
FULL-TIME HJK Helsinki 10-0 Bangor City (agg 13-0), BATE 2-0 Linfield (3-1), Flora T 0-0 Shamrock Rovers (0-1). Shamrock Rovers are
through to the third qualifying round. 1850: FOOTBALL - New
Aston Villa signing
Shay Given defends his former team-mate
Carlos Tevez's decision to leave
Manchester City, saying the Argentina star is no "mercenary". "You've got to respect his decision," said the Irishman. "He's got two young kids in Argentina and he sees them once every two months so it's very difficult for him."
1847: ATHLETICS - French triple jumper
Teddy Tamgho confirms he has been
ruled out of the World Championships in Daegu next month with a broken ankle. The 22-year-old posted on his Facebook page: "Broken ankle (the end of the tibia), operation needed, end of the season. Hehe bye bye see you in 2012," report the
Press Association. 1835: FOOTBALL - Champions League second qualifying rd, second leg
LATEST HJK Helsinki 9-0 Bangor City (agg 12-0), BATE 2-0 Linfield (3-1), Flora T 0-0 Shamrock Rovers (0-1)
1825: ROWING - GB Rowing performance director
David Tanner believes Britain are right on course for their most successful ever Olympic regatta at
London 2012. 1820: FOOTBALL - Champions League second qualifying rd, second leg
LATEST HJK Helsinki 5-0 Bangor City (agg 8-0), BATE 2-0 Linfield (3-1), Flora T 0-0 Shamrock Rovers (0-1)
1814: ATHLETICS - Czech hurdler
Petr Svoboda, the European indoor champion over 60m, pulls out of the 110m hurdles event at the
world athletics championships because of a tendon injury.
1809: FOOTBALL - The Turkish Super Cup match between league champions
Fenerbahce and cup winners
Besiktas has been postponed due to a court investigation into
match-fixing allegations which have hit some of the country's major clubs, Turkey's football federation say, report
Reuters. 1758: FENCING - Great Britain finish a disappointing
European Fencing Championships without a single medal after the women's epee team finish 12th at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
1754: FOOTBALL -
Blackburn forward
El-Hadji Diouf is expected to return to training two weeks late on Wednesday. The Senegal international went AWOL earlier this month and was uncontactable despite a number of attempts by Ewood Park officials.
1749: FOOTBALL - Champions League second qualifying rd, second leg
LATEST HJK Helsinki 2-0 Bangor City (agg 5-0).
1748: FORMULA 1 - Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is adamant
Felipe Massa will drive for the team next year. "This is the time for gossip, but next year's drivers will remain Alonso and Massa," said the Italian.
1737: FOOTBALL - Manchester United defender
Rio FerdinandTweets: "Seriously can't wait for the new season to start now...full stadiums, the atmosphere, cup games, the defence of our title #relentless #oooff!"
1724: FOOTBALL - Manager Sir Alex Ferguson says that neither midfielder
Tom Cleverley nor striker
Danny Welbeck will be leaving
Manchester United on loan this season.
1705: FOOTBALL - Teams for this afternoon's
Champions League second qualifying round, second leg tie between BATE and
Linfield (1-1):
BATE: Gutor, Shitov, Yurevich, Filipenko, Likhtarovich, Patotski, Bressan, Nekhaychik, Pavlov, Kontsevoy, Simic. Subs: Scherbakov, Alexander Volodko, Radkov, Bordachev, Rodionov, Olekhnovich, Rudik.
Linfield: Blayney, Armstrong, Ervin, Casement, Watson, Lowry, Hanley, Fordyce, Garrett, Carvill, McAllister. Subs: Addis, Douglas, Lindsay, Billy Joe Burns, Aaron Burns, McCaul, Kane.
1659: FOOTBALL - Teams for this afternoon's
Champions League second qualifying round, second leg tie between HJK Helsinki and
Bangor City (3-0):
HJK Helsinki: Wallen, Moren, Ring, Rafinha, Sadik, Lindstrom, Bah, Riihilahti, Pukki, Sumusalo, Zeneli. Subs: Sahlgren, Kansikas, Fowler, Mannstrom, Pelvas, Parikka, Kastrati.
Bangor City: Idzi, Hoy, Chris Roberts, Morley, Brewerton, Johnston, Chris Jones, Les Davies, Ward, Bull, Wilson. Subs: Smith, Garside, Edwards, Jebb, Walsh, Smyth, Williams.
1652: FOOTBALL - Rangers midfielder
Steven Davis has signed a new five-year contract,
the club announce. The Northern Ireland midfielder joins Steven Whittaker and Allan McGregor in agreeing a lengthy new contract at the club.
1650: FOOTBALL - Blackburn Rovers cancel their pre-season trip to India after safety fears were raised in the wake of last week's bomb attacks in Mumbai which killed 20 people, report
Lancashire Telegraph. 1648: CYCLING - Team Sky's
Ben Swift Tweets from the
Tour de France: "That was great. Good fun that stage. Few more stages like that and we will be in Paris in no time."
1637: FOOTBALL - Chelsea captain John Terry has told
Sky Sports News that
Tottenham midfielder and reported Blues target
Luka Modric is "a world-class player who is very difficult to play against. He's very agile, very quick and a great finisher like we've seen over many years."
1632: FOOTBALL - Hull Citysign Liverpool goalkeeper
Peter Gulasci and Manchester United winger
Robbie Brady on loan.
1625: FOOTBALL - Teams for this afternoon's
Champions League second qualifying round, second leg tie between FC Flora Tallinn and
Shamrock Rovers (0-1):
Flora Tallinn: Pedok, Baranov, Jurgenson, Kams, Palatu, Alliku, Luts, Masitsev, Minkenen, Mosnikov, Henri Anier. Subs: Orgla, Jahhimovits, Peitre, Hannes Anier, Dupikov, Frolov, Beglarishvili.
Shamrock Rovers: Mannus, Oman, Sives, Sullivan, Stevens, Dennehy, Finn, McCormack, Turner, Twigg, Kelly. Subs: Thompson, Murray, Rice, McCabe, O'Donnell, Kilduff, O'Neill.
1615: FOOTBALL - Manchester City midfielder
James Milner hits out at the state of the pitch on which Roberto Mancini's side played their pre-season friendly in Vancouver last night, during which
Yaya Toure sustained an ankle injury. "It was probably one of the worst pitches we have played on," he told
Press Association Sport. "I am not blaming anyone but it is not ideal in pre-season and probably increased the risk of injury."
1602: SNOOKER - World champion
John Higgins is another big name to have crashed out of
the Australian Goldfields Open following his last-32 defeat to Essex cueman Matthew Selt, but former world champions Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy are safely through.
1555: CYCLING - France's
Thomas Voeckler retains the overall leader's yellow jersey at the
Tour de France following Thor Hushovd's 16th stage win.
1547: BREAKING CYCLING - Thor Hushovd wins the 16th stage of the
Tour de France in Gap, his second stage win of the year, beating Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen into second place.
1545: CYCLING - Three-time winner Alberto Contador, along with Cadel Evans and Samuel Sanchez , builds a 30-second advantage over yellow jersey Thomas Voekler and Leopard Trek riders Frank and Andy Schleck with about 5km to go.
1542: BREAKING ATHLETICS - French triple jumper
Teddy Tamgho is out of world championships, reports AFP.
1529: CYCLING - Canadian
Ryder Hesjedal and Russian rider
Mikhail Ignatyev lead the 16th stage of the Tour de France as the riders approach the summit of the Col de Manse. A group including yellow jersey Thomas Voeckler and Spain's Alberto Contador break free of the peloton.
1520: CYCLING - Belgian rider
Dries Devenyns wins the intermediate sprint on the 16th stage of the Tour de France to earn 20 points in the sprint standings. Jeremy Roy and Tony Martin take second and third. Forty-two kilometres remain in the race.
1515: CRICKET -
England spinner Graeme Swann says he hopes the confusion over the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in Test cricket will be short-lived.
1455: CYCLING - Belgian rider
Dries Devenyns wins the intermediate sprint on the 16th stage of the Tour de France to earn 20 points in the sprint standings. Jeremy Roy and Tony Martin take second and third. Forty-two kilometres remain in the race.
1450: CYCLING - AFP reports that Tour de France officials say they are "not worried" by snowfall high up in the Alps a day before the peloton tackles three days in the mountains.
1445: FOOTBALLWest Brom on Twitter:George Thorne rewarded with new two-year contract, plus a further year's option in the club's favour, to keep him at Albion until June 2014.
1435: FOOTBALL - Former Chelsea and Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen signed a two-year contract with Greek side AEK Athens, reports AFP.
1426: OLYMPICS - Britain's Olympic minister Hugh Robertson said security planning for next summer's Games would not be disrupted by this week's resignations by London's two top policeman over the phone-hacking scandal engulfing the now defunct News of the World.
1418: FOOTBALL - Liverpool have confirmed that Hungarian keeper
Peter Gulacsi has joined Hull City on loan.
1414: RUGBY LEAGUE - Harlequins RL wing
Chris Melling, 26, has signed a new two-year contract with Harlequins RL. Currently in his fifth season with the club, the former Wigan and Great Britain full-back is happy to continue his playing career in the capital.
1410: FOOTBALL - QPR manager Neil Warnock insists any move for trialist
Danny Gabbidon is at an early stage. "We're just looking at Danny,"
Warnock told the club's website. 1406: FOOTBALL - West Brom continued their preparations for the new Premier League season by earning a comfortable 4-2 win over student side Ventura County Fusion.
1350: ATHLETICS - AP reports Russian pole vaulter
Yelena Isinbayeva will make her Diamond League debut at the DN Galan meet in Stockholm on 29 July. The world record holder, who took a break from competition last year, made her season debut in Belgium last weekend, jumping 4.60 meters to win a meet in Heusden.
1342: CYCLING - Several riders, including Britain's
David Millar, have attempted to form a breakaway in stage 16 of the Tour de France, however, they have failed to make it stick. The peloton remains all together at the 65km mark with 97.5km still remaining. Follow live updates on the Tour's
official website. 1334: BOXING - Paul McCloskey will take on Columbian Breidis Prescott in a
WBA light-welterweight title eliminator in Belfast on 10 September.
1326: CRICKET -
London's Evening Standard reports that England batsman
Eoin Morgan was more worried when facing his older brothers in a kickabout in north Dublin than he is about confronting the world's best bowlers.
1318: FOOTBALL - Barcelona coach
Pep Guardiola says the club will
"fight to the end" to sign Arsenal midfielder
Cesc Fabregas. "Barcelona have made an offer, Arsenal another and we have until 31 August to try to reach an agreement,"said Guardiola. "We will fight to the end to try to get Cesc because we believe he will improve the team and the squad".
1310: FOOTBALL - Scotland's referees have
secured a new fee of £840 for officiating Scottish Premier League matches. The new agreement represents a £40 increase for whistlers, who had been pushing for a £1,000 match fee.
1301: FOOTBALL -
London's Evening Standard reports that Crystal Palace have signed Norway left-back
Jonathan Parr for an undisclosed fee.
1255: FOOTBALL - Newcastle boss
Alan Pardew says that
Yohan Cabaye has been granted a visa - however it will be processed too late for him to take part in the Magpies' American tour. Pardew told the
Evening Chronicle: "We have already had word back that he will eventually get a visa, but it doesn't help us, because we need it now. It's a three-week process."
1247: CRICKET -
Graeme Swann tells
Talksport that he believes
Virender Sehwag's absence in the first two Tests could be the key to England beating India. Sehwag is recovering from shoulder surgery and will play no part at Lord's or Trent Bridge.
1240: FOOTBALL - The Globe and Mail reports
Vancouver Whitecaps co-owner Jeff Mallett says the club is interested in signing former Manchester United midfielder
Owen Hargreaves. 1233: SNOOKER - World champion
John Higgins has crashed out of the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo. The Scot lost his first round match 5-4 to
Matthew Selt, a player who has never previously been beyond the last 32 of a ranking event.
1226: FOOTBALL - Barcelona coach
Pep Guardiola says his main priority is to reinforce the team's attack with Chile forward
Alexis Sanchez and hints that the Spanish champions could be prepared to wait to reach a deal for Arsenal midfielder
Cesc Fabregas. Guardiola said: "Cesc will make us better, we're interested, but if it's not to be then maybe next year and we use the money for something else."
1218: CYCLING - Stage 16 of the Tour de France, from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Gap, is underway with French rider
Thomas Voeckler defending the Tour de France leader's yellow jersey. Follow the action on the Tour's
official website. 1210: FOOTBALL - Leeds United manager
Simon Grayson tells
BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast why he has banned his players from using Twitter after striker
Davide Somma posted details about his knee injury on the social networking site.
1151: FOOTBALL - Nottingham Forest midfielder
Guy Moussi, 26, has signed a
new three-year deal with the club.
1143: DIVING -
Qin Kai and
Luo Yutong win the men's 3m synchro springboard diving title at the
World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai to take unbeaten China's tally to six.
1137: RUGBY LEAGUE -
St Helens have signed former Wigan back row forward
Mark Flanagan. The 23-year-old spent the last two years with Wests Tigers in Australia's National Rugby League.
1130: ROWING - Olympic champion
Zac Purchase is set to make a
return to the British squad for September's World Championships in Slovenia after illness.
1119: FOOTBALLBBC Sport understands Swansea City have had a bid of around £2m for Newcastle United winger
Wayne Routledge accepted.
1112: FORMULA 1 - Hispania driver
Daniel Ricciardo says learning to manage the Pirelli tyres better and getting closer to the rest of the field are his main aims ahead of this weekend's race in Germany, plus more in
Tuesday's F1 gossip column. 1045: FOOTBALL - Northern Ireland defender
Stephen Craigan has
announced his retirement from international football at the age of 34.
1035: FOOTBALL - Brazil starlet
Neymar has said he intends staying with current club Santos, dampening expectations of a high-profile transfer to Real Madrid and Chelsea.
1010: BOBSLEIGH - Members of the British Bobsleigh team will travel to the Michael Johnson Performance Centre in Mckinney, Dallas Texas to begin pre-season training later this week for 10 days.
1000: FOOTBALL - Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has backed
Shay Given to "prove his point" after ending a frustrating spell on the Manchester City sidelines with a move to the midlands. "Shay has come here probably with something of a point to prove and that won't do any harm at all," said McLeish.
0948: BREAKING FOOTBALL - Manchester City are closing in on a deal to sign Atletico Madrid's
Sergio Aguero despite the deadlock in Carlos Tevez's proposed move to Corinthians.
0935: RUGBY UNION -
Matt Giteau has been dropped for the Tri-Nations series opener against South Africa, casting doubt on his World Cup role after Australia's shocking loss last weekend to Samoa.
0920: FOOTBALL -
Scotland's top gossip story: Rangers are pushing Carlos Cuellar to decide by the end of today whether he will return to Ibrox from Aston Villa, report the
Daily Record. 0911: CRICKET - Essex Cricket announce that England batsman, Alastair Cook has signed a new two-year deal with the club that will run until the 2013 season.
0854: FOOTBALL - Fiorentina winger Valon Behrami hopes to see
Alberto Aquilani join the Serie A outfit this summer, reports Corriere dello Sport.
0845: FOOTBALL - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed deadly rivals Liverpool are now "back on the radar", reports Press Association.
0820: DIVING -
Shi Tingmao led a Chinese one-two in the women's 1m springboard as the hosts remained unbeaten at the Shanghai world championships with five gold medals and five events to go.
0817: FOOTBALL - Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has played down injury fears surrounding
Yaya Toure after he turned his ankle during their 2-1 victory over Vancouver White Caps. "He fell over the other player's foot and hurt his ankle, but hopefully he will be okay," said Mancini
0813: CANOEING - Olympic champion Tim Brabants will race off against
Paul Wycherley on Wednesday to decide who paddles for GB at the sprint canoe World Championships. Injury and illness have left Brabants struggling in the K1 1000m boat, with team-mate Wycherley eager to take over. "It's a bit of a grudge match if I'm honest. It's been a really awkward situation," Wycherley told BBC Sport's Ollie Williams. Whoever wins the best-of-three race at Eton Dorney will compete in the K1 for GB at next month's Worlds in Hungary.
0800: FOOTBALL - Top transfer stories from today's Gossip Column:Manchester United's search for a playmaker may turn to Santos' Paulo Henrique Ganso, with a £25m bid being considered for the 21-year-old.
Full story: Metro
Manchester City want assurances from Corinthians that they will be able to pay a £39m transfer fee before they sanction the departure of unsettled forward Carlos Tevez.
Full story: the Times (requires subscription)
Manchester City have edged ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea in the race to sign £18m-rated striker Romelu Lukaku from Anderlecht.
Full story: Metro
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