The latest as England wrap up victory over India at Lord's, on Mark Cavendish's Tour de France success and the latest football transfers.
0000: That's all from
Monday's Sportsday Live, which will resume on Tuesday at 0800 BST.
2345: SWIMMING - Action continues at the
World Swimming Championships in Shanghai overnight with coverage from 1100-1300 BST on the BBC Sport website and via the Red Button. Among those in action will be Britons
Liam Tancock and
Lizzie Simmonds while American
Michael Phelps goes up against compatriot
Ryan Lochte and defending champion
Paul Biedermann of Germany in the 200m freestyle.
2332: FOOTBALL -Manchester City are keeping an eye on goalkeeper
Thomas Sorensen's situation at Stoke with a view to signing him as cover for Joe Hart,
says the Daily Mail.2320: FOOTBALL - West Ham have entered the race to sign Reading striker
Shane Long and have made a £8m bid for the Republic of Ireland international,
the Guardian reports. 2303: FOOTBALL - Aston Villa manager
Alex McLeish is set to go after Spurs defender
Alan Hutton - once he has signed Charles N'Zogbia,
reports the Daily Mirror. 2136: FOOTBALL - It finishes Dunfermline 0-0 St Mirren in the SPL game at East End Park.
2119: ATHLETICS -American track star
Allyson Felix announces on Twitter that she will attempt the 200/400m double at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea next month. She is also hoping to compete in both events at the London Olympics.
2106: FOOTBALL - With around 25 minutes remaining at East End Park, it is still
Dunfermline 0-0 St Mirren. You can keep up to date on the
BBC Sport website. 2053: CRICKET - If you want to relive England's thrilling win over India at Lord's earlier on Monday, tune in to
Michael Vaughan and
Phil Tufnell on BBC Radio 5 Live at 2100 BST.
2038: CRICKET - England captain Andrew Strauss has
praised his team's display after their 196-run win over India in the first Test at Lord's.
2028: FOOTBALL - Sir Alex Ferguson reveals that
Javier Hernandez, who only returned to training on Monday after Mexico's successful Gold Cup campaign, is unlikely to be involved in Manchester United's game on Wednesday against the MLS All-Stars at Red Bull Arena.
2020: TRIATHLON: Britain's Harry Wiltshire is given a six-month ban by the sport's governing body, the International Triathlon Union, for unsportsmanlike behaviour at last month's European Championships following an incident with Spain's Javier Gomez.
2013: FOOTBALL -Manchester United manager
Sir Alex Ferguson doubts whether he will sign any more players before the Community Shield against Manchester City at Wembley on 7 August, reports the Press Association.
2010: FOOTBALL - Former Aston Villa and West Ham midfielder
Nigel Reo Coker agrees personal terms with
Bolton,
reports Sky Sports News. 1958: CRICKET - Northamptonshire are 77-3 in response to Hampshire's 307-6 in tonight's
Clydesdale Bank 40 match. Scorecard on the
BBC Sport website. 1952: FOOTBALL -
Skysports.com understands QPR and West Ham have both made bids for
Jason Puncheon.
1945: FOOTBALL - Follow live Scottish Premier League coverage of
Dunfermline against St Mirren on the
BBC Sport website. 1940: CRICKET -
England name an unchanged 12-man squad for the second npower Test with India, starting at Trent Bridge on Friday.
1935: CYCLING - After finishing 31st overall in his third Tour de France,
Geraint Thomas says he is
happy with the progress he is making. Thomas also praises fellow Brit Mark Cavendish, who claimed the green jersey for the top sprinter after sealing his 20th career stage win in Paris.
1928: FOOTBALL - Rangers have signed defender
Dorin Goian from Palermo subject to a work permit and international clearance,
the Ibrox club have confirmed. 1922: FOOTBALL - French striker
Yoann Arquin completes his move to Hereford after a successful pre-season trial, reports
Sky Sports. 1915: AMERICAN FOOTBALL - The
National Football League (NFL) and players agree to terms to end their four-month-old lockout and ensure next season will go ahead as planned, report Reuters. The players still have to vote on the issue, once the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) reforms, but that is now just a formality after the feuding sides agreed to a multi-billion dollar, 10-year deal.
1910: CRICKET - England captain
Andrew Strauss praises his bowlers after they dismiss India for 261 to hand his side a 196-run victory in the first Test at Lord's. James Anderson took 5-65 and Stuart Broad 3-57 with Chris Tremlett and Graeme Swann claiming a wicket apiece. "I thought it was going to be hard work but it was an outstanding bowling performance the way they worked as a unit," he told
BBC Sport. 1903: CRICKET - Latest score in Thursday night's Clydesdale Bank 40 match: Hampshire have made 307-6 in their 40 overs, with Northamptonshire due to get their reply under way shortly. Full scorecard on the
BBC Sport website. 1857: FOOTBALL - Leeds United complete the signing of Preston goalkeeper
Andy Lonergan for an undisclosed fee, reports
BBC Sport. 1850: RUGBY UNION - Wasps director of rugby Dai Young appoints former Newport Gwent Dragons head coach
Paul Turner as an attack and skills coach, reports
BBC Sport. The 51-year-old becomes Young's first addition to his staff after arriving at Adams Park in June.
1843: CRICKET - India captain
MS Dhoni tells
BBC Sport that he is not despondent despite the tourists suffering a 196-run defeat in their opening Test against England at Lord's. He says playing with three bowlers made manoeuvring the attack a difficult task and hopes the second Test at Trent Bridge will be "more interesting".
1837: FOOTBALL -
Reuters report that Manchester City defender
Jerome Boateng is to join Bayern Munich on a four-year contract after the clubs reached a deal, the Bundesliga side said on Thursday.
1830: FOOTBALL -
Skysports.com understands that
Nigel Reo-Coker has agreed terms with Bolton ahead of a likely switch to the Reebok Stadium. The midfielder has attracted widespread interest since being released by Aston Villa earlier in the summer.
1825: CRICKET - England's captain
Andrew Strauss on Sky Sports: "It was an outstanding Test match and an outstanding performance. The way the bowlers stuck at thier task today was great. It's always tough to bowl sides out on the fifth day here. If you're going to do it you need a disciplined bowling attack. We back ourselves to bowl teams out, we back ourselves to get 20 wickets."
1817: CRICKET - England's
Kevin Pietersen says he expects "sluggish starters"
India to bounce back from their opening Test defeat at Lord's. Pietersen was named man of the match for his first innings 202 not out in the 196-run win for the home side.
1810: FOOTBALL - Defender
David Weir insists there is no chance of Rangers taking their Champions League qualifier against Malmo lightly, reports Press Association. "Every year, teams go out to less-fancied teams but it's up to us to try to ensure that it doesn't happen to us," he said.
1804: CRICKET - Want to know how
England went 1-0 up in the series against India, courtesy of a 196-run win at Lord's? Read our man
Sam Sheringham's report on the final day.
1759: TAEKWONDO - London 2012 taekwondo hopeful
Martin Stamper is targeting a return from a knee injury at the British Open in Manchester in October, reports the Press Association.
1750: FOOTBALL - A rape charge against Dundee United and Scotland footballer David Goodwillie has been dropped, reports
BBC Scotland. 1745: FOOTBALL - The
Turkish football federation has postponed the start of the season until 9 September amid a match-fixing probe that landed 30 suspects in jail, including the president of league champions Fenerbahce, reports Associated Press.
1738: FOOTBALL - Tottenham defender
Bongani Khumalo has joined Reading on a season-long loan, the north London club confirm on their
website. 1730: FOOTBALL - Cambridge have terminated midfielder
Steven Connors' contract after five weeks because they say he did not tell them about a pre-existing medical condition, reports
BBC Sport. 1725: FOOTBALL - Three FIFA executive committee members and up to 15 Caribbean associations could face a new investigation over the bribery scandal that saw
Mohamed Bin Hammam banned for life, reports the Press Association. Judge Petrus Damaseb, the deputy-chairman of FIFA's ethics commission, has asked FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke to consider a new probe into some of those that attended the meeting in Trinidad on May 10 and 11 where cash gifts were said to have been paid.
1719: CRICKET - And moments later, James Anderson has
Suresh Raina caught behind by Matt Prior to leave England one wicket away from victory.
1714: FOOTBALL - West Brom midfielder
Youssouf Mulumubu signs a new three-year contract, the
club confirm.
1708: CYCLING - Olympic gold medal winner Chris Boardman believes
Bradley Wiggins should prioritise the 2012 Tour de France ahead of the London Olympics, reports
BBC Sport. "He's done the gold medal thing. This [the Tour] should be more important for him," said Boardman.
1703: FOOTBALL -
Aston Villa and
Wigan release a joint statement confirming that a fee has been agreed between the clubs for midfielder
Charles N'Zogbia.
1648: GOLF - English golfer
Paul Casey donates his £20,000 winnings from the inaugural PowerPlay Golf event at Celtic Manor to the English Golf Union in recognition of their help during his amateur career, reports the Press Association. "I had great support from the EGU when I was coming through the ranks as a junior, so I am very happy to help them with their player development programme," said Casey.
1642: FOOTBALL - Barcelona's sporting vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu is confident the club still have plenty of time to secure the signing of Arsenal captain
Cesc Fabregas. "They [the talks] are going in the right direction," Bartomeu said at a press conference on Monday. "We will try and do what we can with the money we have. We have until August 30 to do things and I am sure we will."
1636: FOOTBALL - Fulham confirm the signing of Palermo midfielder
Pajtim Kasami on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. "Pajtim is a young, talented midfielder who has potential, so we are very excited about signing him on a four year contract. He is a versatile midfield player who can adapt quite easily to more than one position," Cottagers boss Martin Jol told the
official club website. 1622: ATHLETICS - British triathlete
Harry Wiltshire is suspended for six months by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for unsportsmanlike conduct. Wiltshire was disqualified from the European Championships last month for impeding world champion Javier Gomez during the race, which was won by Alistair Brownlee.
1615: FOOTBALL -
Leicester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson says defenders Michael Ball and Aleksandar Tunchev are both likely to be offered new deals by the club, reports
BBC Sport. 1609: FOOTBALL -
Liverpool have missed out on transfer target Blaise Matuidi after the 24-year-old France international completed a move to Paris Saint-Germain, reports
talkSPORT. The St Etienne midfielder had reportedly been a long-term target for Kenny Dalglish's side.
1603: FOOTBALL -
Rangers are boosted by the return of skipper
David Weir for their Champions League qualifier against Malmo.
1554: FOOTBALL - New Barcelona signing
Alexis Sanchez is keen to avoid comparisons with Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo and has admitted he would like to play with Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas.
1544: CRICKET -
India are 218-5 at tea on the fifth and final day of the
first Test at Lord's. They require 240 more to win with 40 overs left in the day.
1540: FOOTBALL - Former referees chief
Hugh Dallas's action for unfair dismissal against the
Scottish Football Association has been settled out of court. Dallas left the SFA after being implicated in a row over an offensive email about the Pope. He was planning to sue the organisation at an employment tribunal in Glasgow this week.
1537: FOOTBALL -
QPR have signed Wales international defender
Danny Gabbidon from West Ham on a free transfer, the Loftus Road club have confirmed.
1534: FOOTBALL -
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy is introducing a Twitter crackdown and warned players will be fined if they disclose team secrets.
1527: CYCLING - Tour de France winner
Cadel Evans of Australia has climbed atop the International Cycling Union's official world rankings, having previously been fourth. Alberto Contador, who won the Giro d'Italia in May, but finished fifth in the Tour, remains in second place.
1524: CYCLING -
Qatar, buoyed by a successful bid to host the 2022 football World Cup, is interested in staging the start of the 2016
Tour de France.
1517: BOXING -
Amir Khan is determined to enter any showdown with
Floyd Mayweather as an equal: "I'd fight anyone, I'd even fight Mayweather next. But when I fight him I want to be a big name. I don't just want to fight him as another opponent, I want to be on the same level as him. So when I do fight him it will be like when Manny Pacquiao and Mayweather fight - both of them as champions, not opponents."
1512: SWIMMING -
Norway's Alexander Dale Oen says he used the pain experienced by his country as a result of the
recent bomb and shooting attacks to fire him to victory at the World Championships in Shanghai. "I just tried to use what happened back home as fuel and tried to think we just need to push forward. We just need to let everyday life come back. We can't let this guy ruin the future for us," Dale Oen said.
1505: CYCLING/OLYMPICS - Chris Boardman believes
Bradley Wiggins should prioritise the 2012 Tour de France over the London Olympic Games. "When you ride a Tour you either come out of it completely nailed or in the form of your life - and it's impossible to replicate it in training," said Boardman. "If you are going to do the double then you are risking the Olympics and saying the Tour is most important - and frankly for Bradley I think it should be at this stage of his career."
1502: FOOTBALL -
Paul Lambert will explore every option to try to keep Norwich in the Premier League next season - even if that means "winning ugly".
1500: FOOTBALL - Barcelona vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu reaffirms the club are continuing negotiations for Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas.
1459: OLYMPICS - With exactly one year to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympic football tournament, adidas has announced the official football will be called
'The Albert' .
1448: CRICKET -
Jimmy Anderson dismisses
Sachin Tendulkar for 12 in the 2,000th Test at Lord's as India, chasing 458, are reduced to 165-5 with 68 overs remaining.
1446: OLYMPICS - Britain's Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson says the country has already prepared for attacks by "lone wolves" on the 2012 London Games but will re-examine security plans after the
attacks in Norway .
1443: BOXING -
Tyson Fury has corrected quotes attributed to him in many of Monday's newspapers, announcing that he would not turn down Wladimir Klitschko if the Ukrainian wanted to fight him. "I did say I was going to win all the titles first and then move on but then again if the chance comes calling then you never know what's going to happen," Fury told talkSPORT.
1440: BMX - After consultation with the GB Cycling Team medical staff,
Shanaze Reade has decided not to participate in the forthcoming BMX World Championships after aggravating a wrist injury she recently had surgery on. "It was a tough choice to make as obviously I wanted to go out there and defend my title," said Reade, "but looking at the bigger picture, preparing for the test event in August is the priority for my Olympic ambitions and I don't want to do anything to jeopardise being ready for that."
1436: RUGBY LEAGUE -
BBC Sport's George Riley on Twitter: "A bit baffled by choice of Warrington (Wigan-Saints) and Doncaster (Cas-Leeds) for RL semis. Could pack out bigger stadia. TV figs will go up!"
1422: BOXING - Saturday's British and Commonwealth heavyweight title fight between
Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora , which was broadcast on terrestrial TV by Channel 5, is watched by 3m viewers.
1416: OLYMPICS -
BBC Sport's Martin Gough on Twitter: "Team GB still on track for goal of top four finish at the 2012 Olympics and second in the 2012 Paralympics, says funding body."
1408: FOOTBALL -
Paris St Germain have signed
France forward Jeremy Menez from AS Roma on a three-year deal, the Ligue 1 club said on Monday.
1404: CRICKET - England think they have dismissed Sachin Tendulkar, lbw to Stuart Broad, but Umpire Billy Bowden declines the appeal. Replays show it was hitting halfway up middle stump. India pass 150 for the loss of four wickets.
1356: FORMULA 1 - Red Bull Racing boss
Christian Horner says the German Grand Prix - where Mark Webber was third and Sebastian Vettel fourth - has acted as a "reminder" that the team cannot afford to relax if they are going to deliver the world championship again this year.
More F1 Gossip in our post-race Column for Monday. 1350: FOOTBALL - Chile forward
Alexis Sanchez says he has come to
Barcelona "to learn from the best." He has signed a five-year contract with
the Spanish champions after passing a medical. Barcelona bought him from Italian club Udinese for 26m euros.
1335: FOOTBALL -
Press Association Sport report that Valencia president Manuel Llorente has attempted to end speculation over
Juan Mata's future by insisting his club will not sell the attacker at any price. The former Real Madrid youngster has been linked with a move away from the Mestalla all summer with the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City linked to the 23-year-old.
1328: OLYMPICS - "While there is consensus that the team is well placed for success, British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt again stopped short of naming a specific medal target. He said fourth place was an aspiration rather than a target, warning that getting there would be 'very tough' given the increasing threat from Germany and Australia," says
Gordon Farquhar, BBC Radio 5 live's sports news correspondent, on home hopes for London 2012. Pool of tears for Brazilian swimmer
1313: FOOTBALL -
Rangers boss Ally McCoist has confirmed they have agreed a fee with Palermo for
Dorin Goian. The Romanian is having a medical in Glasgow and could complete his move to the Scottish champions in the next few hours.
1256: CRICKET -
BBC's Test Match Special producer Adam Mountford on Twitter: "Now that was special. Real hair on back of neck that moment as
Tendulkar walked to the middle. Just imagine if he scores 100 runs today." Sachin is there because Graeme Swann took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir.
India now 140-4. Truly intoxicating atmosphere at Lord's now...
1248: SWIMMING - Teenager
Ye Shiwen wins China's first swimming gold medal at the
2011 world championships in Shanghai after producing a stunning freestyle leg to land the women's 200m individual medley.
1243: CRICKET - Another wicket has fallen at a hot Lord's,
VVS Laxman (56) caught by Ian Bell off the bowling of
Jimmy Anderson. India now 131-3. "Nothing more than a loosener from Anderson... and Laxman just slogged it down Bell's throat at midwicket," says
chief sports writer Tom Fordyce on our live text commentary. England need seven more wickets.
1223: BADMINTON - The draw for
next month's world championships at Wembley Stadium (8-14 August) have been announced and England's only seeded players,
Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork (10th), have received a bye into the second round. Meanwhile, England's top singles male and Commonwealth silver medallist Rajiv Ouseph will face third seed Peter Gade of Denmark in the first round. Ouseph has never beaten Gade in six attempts. Scotland's Susan Egelstaff, the highest ranking women's singles player from the home nations, faces Canada's Michelle Li whom she beat earlier in the year.
1215: CRICKET - Leicestershire's
James Taylor, 21, will captain
England Lions for the first time for the four-day match against Sri Lanka A in Scarborough, which starts on 2 August.
1153: SWIMMING - Brazil's
Cesar Cielo, who escaped a possible doping ban shortly before the event, wins the men's 50m butterfly title at the
world swimming championships in Shanghai. He clocked 23.10 seconds in the final to beat Australia's Matthew Targett.
1148: MOTO GP - "After missing out last weekend in Germany to team-mate Dani Pedrosa, the real Casey Stoner returned with a stunning ride to win in
Laguna Seca. We saw two classic passes from the Repsol Honda rider - and it was probably the hardest I've ever seen him overtake people." Read more from
Steve Parrish's BBC Sport column right here.
1125: SWIMMING - Dana Vollmer of the United States wins the
women's 100 metres butterfly title at the
world swimming championships in Shanghai. She clocked 56.87 seconds in the final to beat Australia's Alicia Coutts, while China's Ying Lu took bronze.
1121: FOOTBALL -
Press Association Sport understands that
Aston Villa are set to sign Wigan winger
Charles N'Zogbia in a £9.5m deal.
1055: CYCLING -
BBC Sport's Matt Slater on Twitter: "Cav's lead-out man Mark Renshaw says Cadel Evans is 'still developing as a rider' and can win TDF again, Aussie cycling firmly on the map."
1053: SWIMMING -
BBC Sport's Ollie Williams on Twitter: "Day two of World Swimming live on BBC website/red button shortly. I'm on a train so can't watch. Tell me if big things happen, won't you?"
1049: RUGBY UNION -
South Africa captain John Smit says that the Springboks will be in top gear when they begin their World Cup defence against Wales in the autumn. An inexperienced Springboks side lost 39-20 to Australia on Saturday, but Smit said: "The one thing I promise is that we will be fully ready and prepared for that first game against Wales. We've got an opportunity to play four games in the Tri-Nations, which in itself are against the best teams in the world, so you'll pretty much know exactly where you are once the Tri-Nations is done."
1046: CRICKET -
BBC Sport's Dave Gordon on Twitter: "Inside Aquatics venue on Olympic Park for the first time. Simply stunning. See it on BBC on Wednesday to mark one year to go."
1037: GOLF - Former world number one
Ian Woosnam has admitted
he may retire from golf within the next two to three years. The victorious 2006 European Ryder Cup captain finished tied 16th at the Senior Open at Walton Heath, 10 shots behind champion Russ Cochran. But he has struggled with a bad back in recent years and said: "Retirement thoughts have crept in, no doubt. I am 53 now. I did say I'd do it until I'm about 55 or 56."
1032: DARTS -
Phil Taylor won his 12th
World Matchplay title with an 18-8 victory over James Wade at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on Sunday. Taylor, 50, claimed a fourth successive World Matchplay victory.
1029: CRICKET -
Lord's Ground on Twitter: "Sadly we've had to revert to one ticket per person today. Known touts in the queue ruining it for everyone."
1023: SNOOKER -
Stuart Bingham has climbed to 12th in the world rankings following his Australian Goldfields Open triumph. The Basildon cueman won the first ranking title of his career by beating Mark Williams 9-8 in the final in Bendigo and jumped three places.
1019: FOOTBALL -
Wolves midfielder Adlene Guedioura is to see a specialist to determine the extent of his ankle problem. The 25-year-old Algerian midfielder suffered the setback when on African Nations Cup qualifying duty for his country last month.
1016: GOLF - England's Luke Donald and Lee Westwood remain one and two in the latest
golf world rankings . Tiger Woods is out of the top 20 - down to 21 - while Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke jumps to 31st after his victory in the Open.
1008: ROWING -
BBC Sport's Martin Gough on Twitter: "Three more in GB squad for rowing World Champs - Katherine Copeland, Kieren Emery and Peter Chambers, who was a sub with brother in Lucerne."
1002: FOOTBALL -
Dorin Goian hopes to finalise the details of his move to
Rangers today. The Ibrox club have reportedly agreed a fee of around £750,000 with Italian club Palermo for the 30-year-old defender.
0954: HOCKEY -
Ashley Jackson, who scored twice when England beat Germany to win the European title in 2009, will return from injury to help defend the crown at the end of August. Jackson, 23, has been out of action for eight months.
0949: CRICKET - Fans have been advised not to travel to
Lord's this morning if they are not already in the queue to get into the ground for the final day of the historic
2,000th Test .
0944: FORMULA ONE - Lotus Renault test driver
Bruno Senna, nephew of the late Ayrton, will replace Nick Heidfeld at this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix - but only in Friday's first practice.
0939: CRICKET - The
Australian Test squad for the tour of
Sri Lanka will be announced on Tuesday. Australia will play two Twenty20s, five one-dayers and three Tests.
0935: AMERICAN FOOTBALL - An end to the
NFL lockout may be imminent, as a committee of league players is scheduled to meet Monday in Washington to consider an offer by club owners.
0930: BOXING - Veteran Maesteg boxer
Jason Cook, 36, says he will not be quitting the ring despite losing a British light-welterweight title fight against champion Ashley Theophane at Wembley on Saturday.
0925: GOLF - Three-time major winner
Padraig Harrington will return to defend his title at the Iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia, which will offer a 60% increase in prize money, the Asian Tour said on Monday.
0922: CRICKET - International Cricket Council (ICC) chief
Haroon Lorgat has hit back at former Australian captain
Steve Waugh's claim that 56 cricketers reported illegal approaches by bookmakers to the governing body last year.
0918: GOLF -
Tiger Woods, expected to announce later this week that he is returning to action at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Thursday week, is out of the world's top 20 for the first time since January 1997.
0906: DIVING -
Tom Daley has decided to leave school early in an attempt to renew his dream of being crowned Olympic champion in London. The 17-year-old lost his world title in Shanghai on Sunday, finishing fifth in the 10m platform.
0903: FORMULA ONE -
Jenson Button says that any slim hopes he had of challenging for the world championship have disappeared after two consecutive retirements.
0857: FOOTBALL - Sir Alex Ferguson has backed
Javier Hernandez to eclipse last season's 20-goal haul for Manchester United.
0855: BOXING -
Bury's Scott Quigg is being linked to a fight with Nottingham's Jason Booth after beating Franklin Varela on in a WBA Inter-Continental super-bantamweight title fight on Saturday.
0847: RUGBY UNION - The
All Blacks will rest at least four key players for Saturday's
Tri-Nations Test against South Africa. Assistant coach Wayne Smith confirmed on Monday that Crusaders forwards Brad Thorn, Owen Franks and Kieran Read and Blues hooker Keven Mealamu will be released from the All Blacks squad this week to recuperate from tiring Super 15 campaigns.
0839: CRICKET - Aussie legend
Matthew Hayden will return to cricket with the Brisbane Heat for the T20 Big Bash League in Sydney.
0833: FOOTBALL -
Aston Villa have resumed talks with Wigan over signing winger
Charles N'Zogbia and are close to agreeing a fee. Wigan had rejected Villa's bid of £9m for the former Newcastle player. But the two clubs held further discussions over the weekend and are believed to be not far from reaching a compromise figure of around £9.5m.
0807: FORMULA ONE - Britain's Lewis Hamilton claims McLaren are
"back in the fight" after his win in the German Grand Prix.
0800: FOOTBALL - Top transfer stories from
Monday's gossip column: Arsenal are set to hijack Chelsea's move for giant Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, nicknamed the 'new Didier Drogba'; Chelsea are poised to test Tottenham's resolve to keep Luka Modric by offering £27m and 21-year-old striker Daniel Sturridge for the Croatian playmaker, Arsenal will this week increase their £12m bid for Everton's 28-year-old defender Phil Jagielka.
0800: CYCLING - Morning. We'll kick off with news that the Isle of Man's Mark Cavendish is
"the greatest sprinter of all time" according to Scotland's David Millar, speaking to
BBC Sport's Matt Slater . Cavendish, 26, claimed the 20th Tour de France stage win of his career on Sunday to become the first British winner of the prestigious green jersey.
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