2359: That's it from Sportsday Live for Wednesday, which will resume on Thursday at 0800 BST.

2347: FOOTBALL -Manchester City are lining up a deal for 17-year-old Argentine midfielder Eugenio Isnaldo, reports the Daily Mail. The Newell's Old Boys player lined out in a friendly against Liverpool on Wednesday that City won 1-0.

2339: HORSE RACING - Officials say the 2012 Breeders' Cup will be held at California's Santa Anita Park on 2-3 November. The track has hosted the event five times, mostly recently in 2009.

2333: FOOTBALL - The Daily Mirror reports that Stoke boss Tony Pulis met with Joey Barton's agent on Wednesday and is in talks with the Newcastle midfielder about a move to the Potters ahead of the start of the Premier League season.

2321: BEACH VOLLEYBALL - Britain's number one pair Shauna Mullin and Zara Dampney save three match points and produce a stunning fight-back to defeat Santiago & Acevedo of Puerto Rico, in the Olympic test event at Horse Guards Parade. The win means they follow fellow Britons Denise Johns and Lucy Boulton into the knock-out phase which begins on Friday.

2314: FOOTBALL - Everton's Tim Cahill says that this weekend's Premier League matches should be postponed until the end of the season as authorities attempt to deal with this week's riots. The midfielder believes the Premier League owe it to the emergency services to postpone the games. "We could only play for the right reasons," he said. "If we have to sacrifice an extra week at the end of the season to finish off the games, then so be it. For me, being in England for 14 years now, it's important that everyone pulls together and makes sure we get back together again."

2258: FOOTBALL -Wales manager Gary Speedsays another poor first-half performance cost them in the 2-1 friendly loss to Australia in Cardiff.

2230: RUGBY LEAGUE -Bradford Bulls back Shad Royston is to leave the club at the end of the season. The 29-year-old Australian, who joined from Halifax this season, has turned down the offer of a new contract and is expected to join French side Pia.

2218: FOOTBALL -Cardiff reach the second round of the Carling Cup following a 3-1 extra-time win over Oxford United.

2210: TENNIS - Roger Federer faces a re-match with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the man who beat him in the quarter-finals of this year's Wimbledon after both won their second round matches at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

2204: TENNIS - Brothers Andy and Jamie Murray make a winning start in the men's doubles at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. The pair beat Canadian wildcards Erik Chvojka and Pierre-Ludovic Duclos 6-2 2-6 10-7 with Andy getting back to winning ways after his surprise defeat to South Africa's Kevin Anderson on Tuesday.

2154: BADMINTON -BBC Sport's Jessica Creighton at the World Championships at Wembley on Twitter: "Chris Adcock couldn't make it 2 in 2 with partner Andy Ellis [in men's doubles]. Adcock & Imogen Bankier now sole British survivors in badminton Worlds."

2146: FOOTBALL - The night's sole Carling Cup tie between Oxford and Cardiff goes to extra time after it finishes 1-1 after 90 minutes.

2143: FOOTBALL -Nottingham Forest complete the signing of former England under-21 international striker Matt Derbyshire from Greek side Olympiakos on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

2138: FOOTBALL -Northern Ireland beat the Faroe Islands 4-0 in their Euro 2012 Group C qualifier. In the night's friendlies, Scotland beat Denmark 2-1, Wales lose 2-1 to Australia while the Republic of Ireland draw 0-0 with Croatia. Elsewhere, Germany beat Brazil 3-2 in Stuttgart.

2105: CRICKET - You can find out what BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew thought about the opening day of the third Test between England and India at Edgbaston in his BBC Sport website column.

2053: TENNIS - Top seed and world number one Caroline Wozniacki suffers a shock 6-4 7-5 loss to Italy's world number 22 Roberta Vinci in the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

2035: FOOTBALL - At half-time in the international matches, Northern Ireland lead the Faroe Islands 1-0 in their Euro 2012 Group C qualifier while in the friendlies, Scotland lead Denmark 2-1, Wales trail Australia 1-0, thanks to a Tim Cahill strike, while it is scoreless between the Republic of Ireland and Croatia. You can follow proceedings with Sam Lyon's live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.

2024: BADMINTON - Britain's Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankierlook back on a good day's work after they make the last 16 of the mixed doubles at the World Championships in London after a 24-22 21-19 win over eighth seeds Songphon Anugritayawon and Kunchala Voravichitchaiku of Thailand.

2014: FOOTBALL -Swansea City sign Dutch international goalkeeper Michel Vorm for £1.5m from FC Utrecht on a three-year contract. The 27-year-old was in the Netherlands squad for Wednesday's postponed friendly against England.

2005: TENNIS - Former world number one Serena Williams says she will play for the U.S Fed Cup team twice next year after not competing in the event since 2007. International Tennis Federation Olympic rules require women to have made themselves available for Fed Cup in two years from 2009-12. The U.S. Tennis Association says that if Williams participates in both Fed Cup ties, it will consider her eligible for the 2012 team - although they add that the ITF will make the final decision.

1959: TENNIS - World number three Roger Federer beats Vasek Pospisil of Canada 7-5 6-3 in his opening match at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic and world number two Rafael Nadal also play on Wednesday.

1951: SAILING - BBC Sport's Nick Hope on Twitter: "Ben #Ainslie extends his #2012 test event lead to 7 points with a win & 2nd place today at Portland & Weymouth. @470Girls guaranteed a medal."

1946: FOOTBALL - Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland are all in international action tonight - Germany play Brazil too - while Oxford face Cardiff in the Carling Cup. Follow proceedings with Sam Lyon's live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.

1935: GOLF - Former world number one Tiger Woods says he expects to get back to winning ways at the US PGA, which starts at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Thursday.

1925: FOOTBALL - Manchester United striker Michael Owen on Twitter: "If Stoke get the players they are linked with they could be the big movers this season. Woodgate and Upson very good signings so far."

1920: CRICKET - Tim Bresnan and Stuart Broad take four wickets apiece as England maintain their dominance over India on the opening day of the third Test at Edgbaston. Sam Sheringham's report is now live on the BBC Sport website.

1915: FOOTBALL - Speaking about the potential transfer of Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal to Barcelona, BBC Radio 5 live senior football reporter Ian Dennis tells 5 live Sport: "Arsenal are not confirming the reports coming out of Spain but it should be done within the next 48 hours. Arsenal are keen to hold out for the best possible deal, for as near to 40m euros as possible. It looks like - by this weekend - the long-running saga could finally be over. Arsenal are desperate to get to this 40m euro mark and it should be completed by the weekend."

1905: SAILING - Turns out even the Extreme Sailing Series has limits... racing cancelled today for the first time in the event's history, with conditions described as 'extreme', 'dangerous' and 'on the edge' in Cowes. Elsewhere, ferocious winds have caused problems for sailors at the Olympic test event in Portland and Weymouth, where the 49er and Match Racing fleet races were postponed and one of the Star class suffered a broken mast earlier today.

1844: FOOTBALL - BBC Sport understands that Cesc Fabregas is on the verge of leaving Arsenal for Barcelona. The move is yet to be formally completed but Arsenal expect the deal to be done by the weekend. BBC sports news correspondent Dan Roan has been told by senior sources that all the funds generated by the sale will be reinvested in new players.

1840: CRICKET - Back over to Edgbaston, where England close at 84-0 in reply to India's first-innings 244 on day one of the third Test. The hosts trail by 140 runs after knocks of 52 by Andrew Strauss and 27 by Alastair Cook.

1835: GOLF - Spectators will be allowed to bring mobile phones on to the course for the first time at a major golf event when the 93rd PGA Championship tees off on Thursday. The idea has been tested at US PGA and Champions Tour events but the PGA of America will be the first major event to allow phones. "We did not even hesitate. We knew it was right to do so for this championship because it enhances the experience," said PGA of America president Allen Wronowski.

1830: ATHLETICS - Allyson Felix is among eight defending champions named in a 129-strong United States team for the upcoming World Championships in South Korea. Felix will attempt to become the first woman to win gold at both 200m and 400m in a World Championships during the 27 August-4 September competition in Daegu.

1824: FOOTBALL - Goals from Tom Cairney, Ryan Jack and Stuart Armstrong hand Scotland Under-21s victory over Norway Under-21s but the friendly win is marred by a serious injury to Motherwell defender Steven Saunders. Saunders, who won a full Scotland cap against the Faroe Islands in 2010, is carried off on a stretcher with an Achilles injury and taken away from St Mirren Park in an ambulance.

1817: FOOTBALL - A Russia side featuring Chelsea's Yuri Zhirkov and Everton's Diniyar Bilyaletdinov beat Serbia 1-0 thanks to Pavel Pogrebnyak's 53rd-minute winner.

1808: RUGBY LEAGUE - Sean Long on Twitter: "I feel a bit sad I've hung my boots up. My only saving grace is I'm still involved in rugby league."

1757: BEACH VOLLEYBALL - BBC Sport's Nick Hope at the Olympic test event at Horse Guards Parade reports that GB number two beach volleyball pairing Denise Johns and Lucy Boulton are through to the knock-out phase after following up Tuesday's defeat of Canada with straight sets (21-19, 21-14) victory over Hunkus/Lowe of the USA in Pool D. They face Brazilian duo of Vivian/Lima in their final group game tomorrow. "It feels really great... we've one more tough match, but we're through and anything can happen in the knock-out rounds."

1745: RUGBY UNION - Number eight Raphael Lakafia will make his debut for France in Saturday's World Cup warm-up against Ireland in Bordeaux. Here's the full team... Damien Traille, Vincent Clerc, David Marty, Maxime Mermoz, Alexis Palisson, Francois Trinh-Duc, Dimitri Yachvili, Raphael Lakafia, Imanol Harinordoquy, Thierry Dusautoir (captain), Romain Millo-Chluski, Julien Pierre, Luc Ducalcon, Dimitri Szarzewski, Sylvain Marconnet. Replacements: Guilhem Guirado, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Lionel Nallet, Julien Bonnaire, Morgan Parra, David Skrela, Maxime Medart, Fabien Barcella.

1735: FOOTBALL - As speculation continues over the future of Wesley Sneijder, BBC Sport's Saj Chowdhury and John Sinnott give us the lowdown on the Inter Milan playmaker.

1723: CRICKET - Openers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook take England to 36-0 in reply to India's first-innings 244 on day one of the third Test at Edgbaston.

1715: FOOTBALL - Championship club West Ham re-sign left-back George McCartney on a season-long loan from Sunderland.

1708: GOLF - US Open champion Rory McIlroy decides not to declare which team he would represent in the 2016 Olympics until he has to. In 2009, the 22-year-old said it would be Great Britain and Northern Ireland if he qualifies for golf's return to the Games in Rio. But all Northern Irish citizens can opt for Ireland and McIlroy says: "I still don't know. Whatever I say is going to upset someone so I may as well just wait until I have to make a decision."

1658: FOOTBALL - Liverpool FC appeal for calm following the riots that spread to the city on Tuesday evening.

1646: FOOTBALL - Fifa ban six match officials for life over two friendlies played in Turkey this year in which seven penalties were awarded.

1641: BADMINTON - Following a winning start to day three of the World Championships at Wembley Arena, Britain's wildcard entries are knocked out in the second round, Lauren Smith and Alex Langley losing 21-10 22-20 to 11th seeds Poon Lok Yan and Tse Ying Suet, and 18-year-old Toby Penty falling to 11th seed Sho Sasaki in the men's singles 21-13 21-13.

1639: FOOTBALL - Fifa suspend Caribbean football official Lisle Austin for a year for breaching statutes in the ongoing fallout from the presidential election bribery scandal.

1636: CRICKET - TMS summariser Michael Vaughan on Twitter: "Just had the most surreal 30 mins on commentary for channel 5... Mick Jagger, Liz Hurley and Shane Warne all in the room..."

1632: FOOTBALL - BBC Sport's Chris McLaughlin on Twitter: "Sheriff officers have been at Ibrox today as #Rangers tax dispute continues. Club willing to pay bill of £2.8m but dispute penalty of £1.4m."

1630: CRICKET - WICKET India are all out for 224 on day one of the third Test against England at Edgbaston.

1630: BADMINTON - Lee Chong Wei beats Ville Lang on Finland in straight games in the second round of the World Championship at Wembley Arena.

1628: RUGBY LEAGUE - The Rugby Football League suspend Leigh's Mick Govin for two years following a breach of their anti-doping regulations.

1626: CRICKET - WICKET India captain MS Dhoni departs for 77 from 96 balls - a fourth wicket for Stuart Broad - to leave India on 224-9 on day one of the third Test against England at Edgbaston.

1619: GOLF - BBC Sport golf correspondent Iain Carter on Twitter: "As expected nothing too revelatory from Woods, although interesting he divulged texting Stevie after Scott's win on Sunday."

1614: CRICKET - Australia beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets with 71 balls remaining in the opening one-day international in Pallekele.

1608: FOOTBALL - Wigan hoping to complete the signing of 19-year-old French striker Nouha Dicko, who has impressed in a trial spell with the club after leaving Strasbourg.

1606: CYCLING - German sprint specialist Andre Greipel of Omeg-Pharma claims his second successive victory on the Eneco Tour, with Tyler Farrar, of BMC, retaining the race leader's jersey.

1602: FOOTBALL - Blackburn Rovers midfielder Keith Andrews at Portman Road today to discuss a loan move to Ipswich Town until January. Deal could be done by close of play today.

1555: CRICKET - Hampshire batsman Liam Dawson falls in the first over of the Championship Division One match against Durham at the Riverside.

1552: RUGBY LEAGUE - Wakefield confirm the signing of Samoa international Ali Lauitiiti, just a day after he revealed his seven-year stay with Leeds was coming to an end.

1549: CRICKET - In Division One of the Championship, Worcestershire reach tea on 203-4 against Sussex at Horsham.

1545: CRICKET - India reach tea on 205-8 on the opening day of the third Test at Edgbaston.

1545: GOLF - BBC Sport golf correspondent Iain Carter on Twitter: "Biggest attendance of week in interview room for Tiger Woods. Are we deluded or will he say something interesting?"

1544: GOLF - US Open champion Rory McIlroy in confident mood at the US PGA Championship in Atlanta: "I feel very comfortable in this country and playing on the types of golf courses over here. I also get a great response from the crowds - I feel the reception I get is like an American player."

1542: CRICKET - Play finally to begin after rain in the Championship between Durham and Hampshire at the Riverside at 1545, Durham winning the toss and putting Hampshire in. Check the match scorecard

1535: CRICKET - WICKET Praveen Kumar is caught behind off Tim Bresnan, following a review by England, and India are 195-8. Follow the scorecard

1533: GOLF - BBC Sport golf correspondent Iain Carter on Twitter: "An hour's golf chat tonight on 5Live from 9pm - join @JayATownsend & @MrAndrewCotter and me. Interviews with Rory, Donald @ W'wood."

1523: FOOTBALL - Spanish football expert Guillem Balague on Twitter: "After lots of talking, Arsenal starts to accept Barcelona won't pay £40m for Cesc, negotiations are advancing. All could be sorted before Friday."

1515: RUGBY UNION - Australian international centre Ryan Cross is to join French Top 14 side Perpignan as a cover for the World Cup, according to local media reports.The 31-year-old, who has played eight Tests for the Wallabies,is expected in Perpignan on Tuesday.

1507: CRICKET - India reach 150 in the Third Test at Edgbaston. Three wickets apiece for Tim Bresnan and Stuart Broad, James Anderson with the other. Follow the scorecard.

1455: FOOTBALL - Blackburn Rovers have made a bid for Leicester defender Sol Bamba and are "quite close" to agreeing a deal for the Ivory Coast international, according to Rovers boss Steve Kean.

1445: CRICKET - Yorkshire make 275-4 from their 40 overs in the CB40 match with Middlesex at Lord's. Follow the scorecard.

1443: FOOTBALL - Andrey Arshavin admits it would be an "enormous" loss for Arsenal to see captain Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri leave, but insists focus must remain on ending the Gunners' trophy drought.

1439: FOOTBALL - Injured Everton midfielder Seamus Coleman on Twitter: "On my way back to Ireland for a few days! Gutted to miss start of season but its always nice to get home and see family!"

1434: CRICKET - WICKET Amit Mishra is caught behind off Stuart Broad as India slump to 111-7 at Edgbaston. Follow the scorecard

1433: CRICKET - Eight of England's Ashes winners have been nominated for the ICC's Cricketer of the Year award, including skipper Andrew Strauss.

1430: FOOTBALL - Bristol Rovers against Watford in the Carling Cup is re-arranged for 23 August.

1419: DISABILITY SPORT - British Cycling name a 13-strong team for next month's Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Denmark, including four Paralympic road champions in Darren Kenny, Sarah Storey, David Stone and Rachel Morris. Three riders will be making their Road World Championship debut - Mark Colbourne, Simon Price and Crystal Lane.

1415: CYCLING - Regarding the 1130 BST entry, BBC Sport's Matt Slater writes: "Fleming and McEnroe, Shearer and Sutton, Stockton to Malone...as sporting double acts go few have been as prolific as road cycling's Marks, Cavendish and Renshaw. The latter leads him out and Cav closes the deal. But with their HTC-Highroad team folding, the peloton's most potent one-two combination are on the market and where one goes, the other follows. Or so we thought. Could Renshaw be tired of playing second fiddle? Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf thinks so. It says the Aussie has been offered the chance to race against the Manx Missile for Rabobank next year, as opposed to racing for him at Team Sky. So far nothing has been confirmed but this would rank with Peter Taylor leaving Brian Clough in sport's divorce stakes."

1412: CRICKET - WICKET VVS Laxman is caught by Stuart Broad off Tim Bresnan for 30 to leave India on 100-6 on day one of the third Test.

1407: CRICKET - WICKET James Anderson uproots Suresh Raina's middle stump and India are 92-5.

1407: FOOTBALL - Listen to Scotland against Denmark on BBCSportsound, with highlights on BBC One at 2245 BST.

1403: SQUASH - Top seed Nicol David beats England's Emily Whitlock in straight games in the second round of the Australian Open, with top men's seed Nick Matthew also through.

1357: FOOTBALL - Sunderland are not expecting summer signing John O'Shea to be match fit in time for Saturday's Premier League opener with Liverpool.

1351: FOOTBALL - West Bromwich Albion's home match with Stoke City put back 24 hours to Sunday, 28 August due to the Potters' Europa League commitments.

1340: FOOTBALL - Association of Chief Police Officers football lead Andy Holt [Assistant Chief Constable, South Yorkshire Police] due on Five Live this afternoon to talk about policing football issues.

1334: FOOTBALL - Japan beat South Korea 3-0 in a friendly in Sapporo.

1333: FOOTBALL - Stoke make a "last bid" to Tottenham for striker Peter Crouch and midfielder Wilson Palacios, according to Potters chairman Peter Coates.

1326: BADMINTON - BBC Sport's Jess Creighton on Twitter: "British badminton coaches refused to comment on Nathan Robertson's earlier tweet following unexpected exit from Worlds with Jenny Wallwork."

1321: RUGBY LEAGUE - Leeds Rhinos on Twitter: "Brett Delaney & Chris Clarkson both struggling for Friday." [in the Super League against Castleford, kick-off 2000 BST]

1318: CRICKET - TMS Producer Adam Mountford on Twitter: "Ashley Giles tells TMS that this 2011 side is better than the 2005 team he played in."

1314: CRICKET - Sri Lanka are all out for 191 in the 42nd over of the opening one-day international against Australia in Pallekele, left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson taking a career-best 6-31 in his 100th ODI. Follow the scorecard

1313: FOOTBALL - Italy coach Cesare Prandelli tells Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli he needs to grow up if he is to reach his full his potential.

1310: CRICKET - Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Twitter: "One way traffic again .. 4-0 looking a near on certainty at this rate..."

1307: CRICKET - No play before lunch in the other Division One match between Durham and Hampshire at the Riverside. Check for any play on the match scorecard

1303: CRICKET - In Division One of the Championship, Worcestershire recover from a dreadful start against Sussex at Horsham to reach 79-2 at lunch. Follow the scorecard

1259: CRICKET - WICKET Tim Bresnan caps a superb first morning for England with a stunning delivery to bowl obdurate India batsman Rahul Dravid for 22 to leave the tourists on 75-4 at lunch. Follow live text on the BBC Sport website.

1252: CRICKET - WICKET Sachin Tendulkar edges to James Anderson in the slips for Stuart Broad's second wicket of the day. India 60-3. Follow live text on the BBC Sport website.

1242 BADMINTON: - BBC Sport's Jess Creighton at the World Badminton Championships: "Imogen Bankier & Chris Adcock have defied the rankings. Huge win against Thai 8th seeds to reach last 16! Wembley are on their feet!"

1236: CRICKET - WICKET Tim Bresnan bowls Gautam Gambhir. He's on his way for 38. India 59-2 at Edgbaston.

1228: FOOTBALL - Manchester United's on-loan winger Bebe is sidelined for around six months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, Turkish club have announced

1222: FORMULA ONE - In an exclusive interview, QPR owner and F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone tells BBC Sport it would send "a terrible message to the world" if any Premier League games are called off this weekend because of rioting. Full story from BBC sports news correspondent Dan Roan to follow soon.

1212: FOOTBALL - Football League chairman Greg Clarke warns matches will be postponed this weekend if police resources are needed elsewhere to combat the riots sweeping the country. "We have to support the police and the government in making the streets safe,then after that we can think about 'let's get our football games going ahead'."If they need to move police away from football games, we will cancel thosefootball games." he said.

1206: CRICKET - England batsman Michael Lumb signs a three year contract with Nottinghamshire after announcing that he will leave Hampshire at the end of the season. "We're delighted that Michael has agreed to join us and the meetings that we've had with him have been very constructive in terms of our respective ambitions and the role he sees himself playing in fulfilling them," said Nottinghamshire Director of Cricket Mick Newell.

1156: FOOTBALL - Tonight's Carling Cup first round match at the Memorial Stadium between Bristol Rovers and Watford has been postponed because of Police advice.

1143: FOOTBALL - Manchester United legend Roy Keane believes his old club will romp to the Premier League title this season.The outspoken Irish midfielder has dismissed the chances of Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal. "Even Sir Alex Ferguson said the other day the league's getting tougher. But I don't think so," Keane told The Sun.

1130: CYCLING - Team Sky looks to have been beaten by Team Rabobank for the signature of Mark Renshaw for the next two seasons, reports Cyclingnews.

1121: FOOTBALL - Gordon Marshall has returned to Motherwell to take on the role of goakeeper coach. The 47-year-old spent two years at Fir Park as a player between 2003 and 2005 and replaces Stuart Kerr, who has left the club for family reasons.

1115: CRICKET - WICKET Stuart Broad takes the early wicket of Virender Sehwag. Matt Prior with the catch. India 8-1.

1110: ATHLETICS - Reigning world high jump champion Yaroslav Rybakov will miss the upcoming world athletics championships because of a foot injury, Russia's national squad head coach Valentin Maslakov said Wednesday.

1100: RUGBY - Japan rugby international Ryodhei Yamanaka has accepted a two-year doping ban despite blaming his positive result on a cream he used to encourage growth of facial hair.The 23-year-old, tested positive for a banned steroid at a national team training camp in April.

1055: CRICKET - As for India three changes, injured off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is replaced by leg-spinner Amit Mishra, fit-again opener Virender Sehwag coming in for Abhinav Mukund and opener Gautam Gambhir returning for the injured Yuvraj Singh.

1046: CRICKET - No suprises in the England team line-up. Steven Finn misses out and in comes Ravi Bopara for his first Test for almost two years,in place of the injured Jonathan Trott.

1039: CRICKET - England have won the toss and have put India into bat at Edgbaston. There is live ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave and the BBC Sport website and live text commentary on the website.

1034: FOOTBALL - Kilmarnock are set to sign Osasuna striker Jorge Galan on a season-long loan deal.

1029: FOOTBALL - Manchester United's on-loan winger Bebe has torn his anterior cruciate ligament, Turkish club Besiktas announce.

1025: FOOTBALL - QPR complete the signing of former Ipswich goalkeeper Brian Murphy on a two-year deal.

1022: FOOTBALL - Winger Wesley Verhoek admits there is no chance of him signing for Rangers after snubbing a move to Nottingham Forest, says the Daily Record.

1010: GOLF - Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer says it has ended its 10-year commercial relationship with Tiger Woods and hopes he can "overcome his difficulties."

1006: CYCLING - Daily Telegraph's Brendan Gallagher on Twitter: "Mark Renshaw repotedly going to Rabobank as number one sprinter. Brave move. Races v Mark Cavendish next year will be interesting."

0958: CRICKET - Sri Lanka face Australia in the one-day international at Pallekele. You can follow the scoreboard on the BBC Sport website.

0950: FOOTBALL - Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi signs a two-year contract extension which will keep him at St James' Park until summer 2014, the club have confirmed.

0946: FOOTBALL - Midfielder Joe Allen has becomes the latest player to commit himself to Swansea after agreeing a new four-year contract.

0941: FOOTBALL - Italy play World Cup winners Spain in a friendly later today. Antonio Cassano will start up front for Italy alongside Giuseppe Rossi with Manchester City's Mario Balotelli on the bench. Spain's Barcelona midfielder Xavi will miss the match because of a right leg muscle injury.

0933: FOOTBALL - Galatasaray's Turkish international winger Arda Turan has reached a deal to sign for Spanish club Atletico Madrid, the Istanbul club said late Tuesday.

0925: RUGBY LEAGUE - BBC Radio 5 live's George Riley on Twitter: "Just spoken to Sean Long. Fascinating stuff - clip on 5live at 0930, full interview on website shortly, blog to follow today."

0920: FOOTBALL - BBC Sport's Tom Fordyce on Twitter: "Gearing up for third Test at Edgbaston. Pitch apparently green. Grey clouds overhead. Forecast iffy like Onuora. Text comm with you shortly."

0916: CRICKET - BBC Radio cricket producer Adam Mountford poses the question whether England's cricket team is the best England XI ever.

0910: FOOTBALL - Manager Roy Hodgson admits West Brom defender Steven Reid is his biggest injury concern ahead of Sunday's Premier League opener with Manchester United at The Hawthorns.

0901: RUGBY LEAGUE - BBC Radio 5 live reporter George Riley : "Sean Long will announce tomorrow he is taking coaching job."

0855: FOOTBALL - Japanese teenager Ryo Miyaichi is granted a work permit to play for Arsenal next season on the grounds of being an "exceptional talent".

0848: RUGBY LEAGUE - Sean Long on Twitter: "Thanks for all your tweets about me retiring. I've had a great career. I will start to look back of what I have achieved with a smile."

0843: RUGBY LEAGUE - Injury-plagued Hull FC Sean Long on his decision to retire: "Making this decision has been killing me, it isn't how I wanted to end my career."

0835: RUGBY LEAGUE - Sean Long confirms to the Hull Daily Mail he has taken the "agonising" decision to retire from rugby league.

0827: FOOTBALL - The new Premier League season kicks off this weekend. BBC Sport has produced a club-by-club preview.

0823: RUGBY UNION - Sale Sharks sign full-back Joaquin Tuculet on a one-year contract. Tuculet, 22, will move to Edgeley Park from playing club rugby in Argentina.

0818: FOOTBALL - Wolves will discover today if striker Kevin Doyle will miss the start of the season when their medical staff assess his knee injury after he was released from international duty by the Republic of Ireland.

0812: ATHLETICS - Pole vaulter Kate Dennison on Twitter: "I know it's easy for me to say, but I really wish this country would man up and shake these rioters up, in which ever way is necessary."

0806: CRICKET - England women's cricket captain Charlotte Edwards on Twitter: "Good to hear the cricket is still going ahead and idiots haven't managed to get that cancelled!"

0803: CRICKET - The third Test between England and India begins at 1100 BST. Birmingham was affected by the riots but the contest is set to go ahead. There is live ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave and the BBC Sport website and live text commentary on the website too.

0800 BST: - Top transfer stories from Wednesday's gossip column:

Wesley Sneijder will sign for Manchester United in the next 48 hours for a fee believed to be around £32m.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Lassana Diarra is a step closer to a move to Spurs after Real Madrid cut their asking price for the midfielder.
Full story: talkSPORT

Arsenal have told Manchester City they can buy Samir Nasri for an initial fee of £22m after conceding the midfielder will not sign a new contract.
Full story: Daily Mirror