London riots affect sporting fixtures, Andy Murray beaten in Montreal, plus more.
2359: That's it from Tuesday's
Sportsday Live, which will resume on Wednesday at 0800 BST.
2322: FOOTBALL - Stockport are trying to talk former Blackburn and Portstmouth striker
Benjani into signing for them,
according to the Daily Mail . The 32-year-old has been offered a contract by Blackburn but has been training with friend Didi Hamann's club to stay fit.
2316: RUGBY UNION - Argentina coach Santiago Phelan says fly-half
Juan Martin Hernandez will miss the World Cup after failing to recover in time after knee surgery. Phelan has named his 30-man squad for the tournament with Felipe Conteponi as captain.
2304: FOOTBALL -The Daily Mirror reports that Arsenal midfielder
Samir Nasri will get his move to
Manchester City. The Gunners have told City manager Roberto Mancini he can have the French international for £22m after conceding that they have zero chance of persuading Nasri to sign a new contract.
2258: FOOTBALL -The Daily Mail reports that
Chelsea are prepared to use
Yossi Benayoun as part of their attempt to sign
Luka Modric from Tottenham.
2238: FOOTBALL -Nottingham Forest win a dramatic penalty shoot-out 4-3 over
Notts County in the first round of the Carling Cup. Wes Morgan's 120th-minute goal for Forest sent the game to extra time and Steve McClaren goes on to get his first win as Forest manager.
Wycombe, Leyton Orient, Carlisle and
Hartlepool also win their games on penalties.
2223: FOOTBALL - In the Carling Cup,
Peterborough, Rochdale and
Burnley all win after extra time while five ties go to penalties, including Nottingham Forest v Notts County, thanks to a late equaliser from Forest's Wes Morgan.
2208: TENNIS -Andy Murray says he is at a loss to explain his 6-3 6-1 defeat to South African world number 35
Kevin Anderson at the Montreal Masters. "I just felt very slow, the game seemed to be going so fast," he said. "I couldn't get anything going. I started both sets really, really badly which doesn't help against someone that serves like Kevin. It's normal to be a little bit sort of like nervous and not play your best when you haven't played for four or five weeks but I hoped to be playing better than that, especially with the amount I've been practicing."
2202: RUGBY UNION - South Africa add Western Province defensive coach
Jacques Nienaber to their coaching staff on a short-term basis ahead of their World Cup title defence in New Zealand next month.
2137: BASKETBALL - Following tonight's 95-80 win over Nigeria,
Great Britaincoach Chris Finch now has to trim his 18-man squad to 14 players (with the addition of Luol Deng and Rob Archibald) for
next week's London Olympic test event. 2135: BADMINTON - England's Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork lose in the opening round of the World Championships in London. The 10th seeds lost 21-19 21-19 to Malaysia's Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh.
2118: BASKETBALL - BBC Sport's Rob Dugdale in Cobham: "
Great Britain beat
Nigeria 95-80 with a solid shooting performance as they continue their preparation for
EuroBasket 2011. Chris Finch's team hit 11 three-pointers to win for the second time in three days after their 96-70 win over Netherlands on Sunday. 18-year-old
Devon van Oostrum hit four threes in his 18 points and
Ogo Adegboye added 13. GB led almost throughout, but Nigeria, led by 27 points from Derrick Obasohan, never gave up.
2112: SAILING:Hannah Mills and
Saskia Clark retain the overall lead in the 470 women's event at the
Olympic sailing test regatta in Weymouth and Portland.Paul Goodison moved up to fifth in the Laser event while
Nick Dempsey saw Dutch rival Dorian van Rijsselberge overtake him and take the lead in the RS:X windsurfing competition as
Bryony Shaw moves up to third in the women's equivalent.
2101: FOOTBALL -BBC Sport's Howard Nurse on Twitter: "I am hearing that there is NO agreement between #MUFC and Inter for the transfer of
Wesley Sneijder - there is no deal (as far it stands)."
2042: FOOTBALL - At half-time in the night's
Carling Cup ties,
Derby County trail 3-0 at home to League Two side
Shrewsbury Town.
Leeds are losing 1-0 against Yorkshire rivals
Bradford, while
Hull are 1-0 down at home to
Macclesfield,
Portsmouth are losing 1-0 at home against
Barnet and
Preston are trailing 2-1 against
Crewe at Deepdale. You can follow
the latest from Sam Lyon on the BBC Sport website or on
BBC Radio 5 live sports extra 2031: TENNIS - BBC Radio 5 live's Philip Studd in Montreal watching
Andy Murray's defeat to Kevin Anderson at the Rogers Cup : "This performance is reminiscent of the way Murray played after the Australian Open. He has made lots of unforced errors and it has been a dreadfully off-colour display."
2023: TENNIS - Defending champion
Andy Murray loses 6-3 6-1 to world number 35
Kevin Anderson of South Africa in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.
1953: TENNIS - Britain's Andy Murray loses the first set 6-3 against 6ft 8in South African
Kevin Anderson in his opening match at the Canadian Masters.
1942: BOXING - Veteran world champion Bernard Hopkins, the WBC light-heavyweight title-holder, says he has already worked out fellow American and challenger Chad Dawson
ahead of their 15 October clash . "Any adversity, he bails out," Hopkins said. "I just have to give him some problems. We know what will happen. I already diagnosed him."
1933: FOOTBALL - Man Utd's Rio Ferdinand
on Twitter: "Unrest now in Manchester... come on now... this isn't the way... stooooooooop it. What is this in aid of? Innocent people are the victims."
1927: FOOTBALL - BBC Sport's Sam Lyon
on Twitter: "Man Utd and Inter have reportedly agreed a fee of £33m for Wesley Sneijder. Player's representatives negotiating personal terms."
1906: BADMINTON - English men's number one Rajiv Ouseph finds third seed Peter Gade too tough as his
World Championship hopes end at the first hurdle. Ouseph, ranked 27 in the world, rallied in the second game at Wembley Arena but was ultimately no match for the Danish veteran, who won 21-8 21-18.
1853: CYCLING -
World champion Thor Hushovd will join the BMC Racing Team for the 2012 season, the American outfit has announced. The Norwegian won two stages of the Tour de France this year for Garmin-Cervelo.
1848: TENNIS -
Britain's Andy Murray is due on court in 10-15 minutes at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. Murray, aiming for his third straight Canadian Masters title, will begin his US Open build-up against 6ft 8in South African Kevin Anderson.
1825: FOOTBALL -
Striker Shane Long has completed a move from Reading to Premier League club West Bromwich Albion. Long, 24, had been in Ireland with his national team but flew back to England on Monday in order to sign a long-term contract at the Hawthorns.
1817: OLYMPICS - BBC Sports editor David Bond
on Twitter: "Just been down to beach volleyball at horse guards. Contrast with riot images down the road couldn't be greater."
1810: FOOTBALL - Stoke manager
Tony Pulis on the
signing of former England defenderMatthew Upson: "This is another fantastic deal for this football club when you consider the quality and experience of the lad.".
1802: FOOTBALL - Celtic legend
Henrik Larsson tells BBC Scotland's
Chick Young that he failed to spot Neil Lennon as a future manager of the club.
1748: FOOTBALL - Defender Matthew Upson signs a two-year contract with Stoke.
1745: TABLE TENNIS - Great Britain announce a provisional squad of 16 for the Olympics, which will be cut in February before the final three men and three women are announced in May. Paul Drinkhall, Liam Pitchford, Gavin Evans, Andrew Baggaley, Darius Knight, Daniel Reed, Gavin Rumgay, Chris Doran are in the men's squad with Kelly Sibley, Joanna Parker, Na Liu, Naomi Owen, Hannah Hicks, Emily Bates, Alice Loveridge and Charlotte Carey forming the women's squad.
1740: FOOTBALL - Scans have revealed that Everton midfielder
Seamus Coleman suffered a torn ligament in his right ankle after a challenge by Carlos Marchena of Villarreal at Goodison Park on Friday.
1734: CRICKET - BBC Sport's Jonathan Agnew
on Twitter: "BCCI announces MS Dhoni declines toss interviews with rights holders TMS and Channel 5 TV. "Too busy." Only Test captain to do so."
1726: GOLF - World number two
Lee Westwood on the impromptu interview given by caddie Steve Williams after his employer Adam Scott's win in the WGC Invitational last weekend, which Williams described as his "greatest" win. "It's blatantly obvious that he's a fantastic caddie because he's won with all different kinds of players. I just didn't see the point in putting him on TV," Westwood says.
1723: FOOTBALL - Arsenal midfielder
Cesc Fabregason Twitter: "Very happy to read that Ryo Miyaichi has been granted the work permit to play for the first team. Great kid. He deserves it."
1712: FOOTBALL -
Scotland team to face Denmark on Wednesday: McGregor; Bardsley, Caldwell, D Wilson, Crainey; Snodgrass, Brown, Adam, Morrison, Naismith; Miller.
1704: FOOTBALL - Arsenal's teenage midfielder
Ryo Miyaichi has been granted the work permit he requires to play first-team football for the Gunners this season,
the club's website reports. 1657: FOOTBALL - BBC Sport's Chris McLaughlin
on Twitter: "Scotland team for Denmark includes Danny Wilson and Robert Snodgrass. Naismith and Miller also start."
1642: BADMINTON - BBC Sport's Jess Creighton
on Twitter from Wembley Arena: "Ouseph is seriously battling in second set after losing first. Gade so nimble, covers court at will. Easy to see how he's third seed."
1631: CRICKET - Yorkshire batsman
Joe Root and Lancashire left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan are added to the England Lions squad for the three-match one-day series with Sri Lanka A, starting at Worcester on Friday.
1628: OLYMPICS - More from London Mayor
Boris Johnson: "We've got our work cut out between now and July 27 2012 when we welcome the world to London. We've got to rebuild parts of our city, we've got to repair the damage that has been done and we've got to rebuild trust ... but it can be done and it will be done."
1624: RUGBY LEAGUE -
Motu Tony agrees a new one-year deal with Wakefield Wildcats with the option of a second year.
1622: FOOTBALL - BBC Sport's Richard Burgess
on Twitter: "London mayor Boris Johnson live on the BBC News Channel: 'London will cope brilliantly with the Olympics.'"
1615: FOOTBALL - BBC Sport's Juliette Ferrington
on Twitter: "Sunderland sign midfielder James McClean from League of Ireland outfit Derry City."
1551: FOOTBALL - Sunderland striker
Asamoah Gyan tells
BBC Newcastle that Stephane Sessegnon is showing he can lead the club to success this season.
1545: ATHLETICS - British sprinter
Mark Lewis-Francison Twitter: "I know times are hard but this is not the way forward. We will all have to pay for these riots so please #stoptheriots"
1541: FOOTBALL - Republic of Ireland coach
Giovanni Trapattoni explains why
Kevin Doyle withdrew from the squad for the friendly against Croatia: "The news from this morning is that we saw Doyle is not 100% fit and we decided with the doctor that he could go back to his club."
1533: ATHLETICS - Great Britain marathon runner
Lee Merrien tells
BBC Guernsey he is to train on a treadmill in a greenhouse to help him acclimatise for the World Championships.
1525: FOOTBALL - Newly-promoted
Atalanta will start the new Serie A season with a six-point deduction while their captain
Cristiano Doni has received a three-and-a-half-year ban from the game after the Italian Football Federation announced the punishments for alleged match-fixing.
1520 GOLF: - British golfer
Ian Poulteron Twitter: "So sad to watch the riots in London. It's just a shame to see, tragic."
1516 FOOTBALL: - New Arsenal signing
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tells
Arsenal TV Online: "I've never really been a mad fan of anyone but Arsenal definitely were one of the teams I've always followed. I think that's the best way to learn to play football, watching the boys play at Arsenal."
1509 FOOTBALL: - Blackburn complete the signing of Partizan Belgrade midfielder
Radosav Petrovic for an undisclosed fee.
1505 OLYMPICS: - Minister for Sport and the Olympics
Hugh Robertson on what happens to the Games if violence occurs next year. "Don't confuse the two," he says of the riots and sport's plans. "What has happened over the last couple of nights is unforgivable. It is straight forward low level criminality- people trying to steal goods from shops." The Olympic Security Plan, he says, has been modelled against the highest level of terrorist threat and in every situation security chiefs can think of.
1459 BEACH VOLLEYBALL: - Olympic organisers
Locog have brought forward the start times of the Olympic testing event at Horse Guards Parade in central London because of security concerns, so that the competition is concluded at 1915 BST rather than 2200.
1445 FOOTBALL: - Republic of Ireland striker Kevin Doyle is ruled out of Wednesday's friendly against Croatia.
1450 ATHLETICS: - Leading British athlete
Christine Ohuruogu speaks out against the riots
on Twitter: "Stop destroying our communities! What will we have left when all has been razed to the ground? What will have been achieved?"
1445 FOOTBALL: - Ipswich agree a six-month loan deal for Blackburn's Republic of Ireland international
Keith Andrews. 1437 RUGBY UNION: - Scotland half-back Greig Laidlaw is named Edinburgh captain for the forthcoming season.
1434 SQUASH: - Nicol David beats Samantha Davies in straight games in the Australian Open and next faces Emily Whitlock of England after her four-game victory over 15th seed Kylie Lindsay.
1423 FORMULA 1: -Jarno Trulli says he is "not panicking" about his future in Formula 1 despite struggling at Lotus.
1414 RUGBY LEAGUE: - Harlequins have signed dual-code international
Craig Gower for the start of next season.
1343 FOOTBALL: - Nottingham Forest target
Wesley Verhoek decides to stay in the Netherlands with his hometown club ADO Den Haag.
1333 GOLF: - World number one
Luke Donald paired with Alvaro Quiros and Nick Watney for the first two rounds of this week's final major of the year, the USPGA Championship in Georgia. Tiger Woods lines up with Padraig Harrington and Davis Love. The year's other major winners Charl Schwartzel, Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke all play together.
1322 FOOTBALL: - Chelsea teenager
Conor Clifford has been called into the Republic of Ireland squad ahead of Wednesday night's friendly with Croatia at the Aviva Stadium.
1318 BADMINTON: - In the first British win of the day, mixed doubles pair Imogen Bankier of Scotland and England's Chris Adcock defeated Canada's Toby NG and Grace Gao in the opening round of the World Championships at Wembley Arena, 21-11 21-14. That win sets up a second-round match against eighth seeds Anugritayawon & Voravichitchaikul from Thailand. Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson partners Jenny Wallwork in their second-round clash later today,
reports BBC Sport's Jess Creighton on Twitter: 1309 FOOTBALL: - Joey Bartonon Twitter: "Violence always comes from a place of misunderstanding and low to zero self-worth, well mine did anyway."
1306 FOOTBALL: - FA's managing director of Club England Adrian Bevington tells the news conference: "It is a fair point to say the players do carry great weight in the importance they carry with youngsters but I don't think it would be fair to expect the players to start dissecting the social debate."
1302 FOOTBALL: - David Bernstein confirms Wednesday's match was called off because of concerns for the safety of players and supporters. "We have to put safety and security matters first," the FA chairman said.
1259 FOOTBALL: - FA chairman David Bernstein tells a news conference it is hoped to re-arrange the friendly with the Netherlands next year.
1257 FOOTBALL: - FA chairman David Bernstein tells a news conference that tickets for the postponed England v Netherlands friendly will be refunded in full.
1248 FOOTBALL: - Polish club Jagiellonia Bialystok say Celtic will have to offer significantly more if they want to sign goalkeeper Gregorz Sandomierski,
BBC Sport understands. 1243 ATHLETICS: - BBC Sport's Jess Creighton
on Twitter: Full list of British athletes who made World Champs squad
here: 1237 FOOTBALL: - Patrice Evra has been declared unfit for France's friendly against Chile on Wednesday night after he suffered a knee injury playing for Manchester United in the Community Shield on Sunday.
1233 VOLLEYBALL: - British beach volleyball's performance programme manager Kenny Barton insists he has no concerns over the decision to go ahead with the Olympic test event at Horse Guards Parade today despite the ongoing civil unrest in London. "It's been very professionally handled and it's great that the event is going ahead because life goes on. There are no police being taken off the streets to help with this because it's all private security," he told the Press Association.
1229 RUGBY UNION: - England captain Lewis Moody suffered a mild strain of the medial ligament in his right knee against Wales, the Rugby Football Union have confirmed.
1225 CRICKET: - Middlesex have changed the start time of their CB40 match with Yorkshire on Wednesday to 12 noon for safety reasons following the London riots, while Thursday's Championship fixture with Northants will now start at 1100 BST.
1216 RUGBY LEAGUE: -Leeds Rhinos have confirmed that former New Zealand international
Ali Lauitiiti will leave the club at the end of the Super League season.
1209 FOOTBALL: -Tottenham midfielder
Steven Pienaar has undergone groin surgery and is expected to be ruled out for six weeks,
the Spurs website reports. 1201 FOOTBALL: - BBC Sport's Chris McLaughlin on Twitter: "Rangers have not ended their interest in Roland Juhasz after a bid was rejected by Anderlecht. No new bid today though."
1201 FOOTBALL: - BBC Sport's Chris McLaughlin on Twitter: "Rangers have not ended their interest in Roland Juhasz after a bid was rejected by Anderlecht. No new bid today though."
1150 FOOTBALL: - Tottenham playmaker
Rafael Van der Vaart says Manchester United target
Wesley Sneijder would relish the chance to play in the Premier League. "Of course he would like to play in England, it's the biggest league in the world," Van der Vaart said. But when asked if he would be playing against Sneijder this season, he quipped: "I hope not because Man U are going to be stronger."
1145 CRICKET: - England captain
Andrew Strauss on the unrest in the major cities: "We're very safe. It's for the authorities to decide if it's unsafe for the game to go ahead in terms of stewarding and policing - but at the moment we've been given no indication that's the case. We've got to prepare to play a game of cricket. It's for other people to deal with what's going on at the moment. I think the game will go ahead as usual - and if we can take people's attention away from what's going on that's a good thing."
1132: FOOTBALL -Newcastle have signed Manchester United winger Gabriel Obertan on a five-year contract, the club have confirmed on their
official website 1130: BBC Sport's Richard Burgess on Twitter: 5 live Sport has been moved to @bbc5live Sports Extra tonight. Extended Drive on @bbc5live until 8pm, followed by a news special on riots.
1127: FOOTBALL - Sky Sports News report that Stoke are in talks with former West Ham defender Matthew Upson.
1114: FOOTBALL - West Ham say their postponed Carling Cup match against Aldershot has been rescheduled and will now take place on Wednesday 24 August after tonight's match was postponed following the London riots while
Charlton will play their rearranged game against Reading 24 hours earlier.
1108: CRICKET -Warwickshire CC also issued a statement this morning: "Warwickshire County Cricket Club wishes to respond to the media enquiries it has received by confirming that the third npower Test match between England and India at Edgbaston will proceed as planned, and play will begin tomorrow at 11am as scheduled."
1058 FOOTBALL: :Club England managing director Adrian Bevington on Twitter: "Disappointing for game to be called off, but very good communication with met, brent and govt today - sensible decision.""
1050 FOOTBALL: - England general manager Franco Baldini has told BBC Sport: "The players are training this morning and then they will go back to their clubs. At least we got the chance to stay together and have a training session.We are a bit disappointed - but mainly because of what has happened to London. All the rest is not that important. The next time we'll get together will be before the Bulgaria game on 29 August."
1046: FOOTBALL - BBC Sport's John Sinnott on Twitter: "Premier League have had discussions with police over weekend games involving London clubs - too early for a decision, BBC Sport understands."
1045 FOOTBALL: - Crystal Palace's Carling Cup tie against Crawley Town has been rescheduled for Tuesday 23 August after tonight's match was postponed following the London riots.
1038: LONDON 2012 - BBC sports editor David Bond: "Everything is seen through the prism of London as the next Olympic hosts. The challenge is how having simultaneous events across London with these threats. The problems come with the issue of stretched resources."
1033: LONDON 2012 - Statement from the International Olympic committee: 'Security is the top priority for the IOC but is it not our direct responsibility, that is something for the authorities in London in whom we have complete confidence.'
1030: FOOTBALL - Rafael van der Vaart is convinced Tottenham team-mate Luka Modric will still be at White Hart Lane at the start of next month. "I'm really happy that he's going to stay because he's an important player for us," Van der Vaart told
Sky Sports News. 1025 CRICKET: - Chris Tremlett has been ruled out of the Third Test against India at Edgbaston with a back injury. 1005: CRICKET - BBC's Joe Wilson on Twitter: "No tremlett training this morning, ECB appear satisfied by security provisions for the match against India."
0955: FOOTBALL - England's friendly against the Netherlands at Wembley tomorrow has been called off in the wake of the rioting in London, the Football Association confirmed today.
0950: FOOTBALL - Tonight's Carling Cup match between Bristol City and Swindon has been postponed on Police advice. 0933: FOOTBALL - Qatar says it has postponed Wednesday's friendly match against Iraq after sacking coach Milovan Rajevac and replacing him with Brazilian Sebastiao Lazaroni.
0923: FOOTBALL - Police in Nottingham have confirmed the local derby between
Notts County and Nottingham Forest is still on tonight, despite disturbances in the city last night.
0913: CRICKET -Australia captain Michael Clarke says his team must come to terms with Sri Lanka's spinners if it is to turn around its Twenty20 defeats by the host nation and win the upcoming one-day series.
0907: FOOTBALL - Swansea captain Garry Monk has signed a new three-year contract, the Welsh club have confirmed on their
official website. 0851: FOOTBALL - Denmark goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard has joked he could face a fine from his Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson if he denies Scotland in their friendly match at Hampden Park tomorrow night reports the
Scottish Sun .
0840: FOOTBALL -Crystal Palace's Carling Cup tie against Crawley tonight has been postponed,the Selhurst Park club have confirmed.
0813: CRICKET - Former England academy director Rod Marsh believes
Andy Flower's side have put themselves on the brink of becoming the best Test side in the world by mirroring Australia, reports the Daily Express.
0806: NEWS -
BBC Sport has the latest news of sporting fixtures affected by riots in Britain.
0803: NEWS - The
riots across Britain is the main story of the day and they have already affected sporting fixtures. Tuesday's
Carling Cup games at West Ham and Charlton have been called off on police advice. The Football Association are meeting to discuss
England's friendly against the Netherlands on Wednesday and the
England cricket team have been tweeting about the unrest in Birmingham ahead of Wednesday's third Test against India at Edgbaston.
0800 BST: -
Top transfer stories from
Thursday's gossip column:
Arsenal have opened the door for Samir Nasri's £25m move to Manchester City. (the Guardian)
Real Madrid are ready to offer Fernando Gago to Manchester City in exchange for Emmanuel Adebayor. (Inside Futbol)
Newcastle have been told they will have to stump up £14m if they want to sign Tottenham's Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko. (Daily Mail)
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