Kim Clijsters withdraws from the US Open, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer lose in Cincinnati, England dominate India on day two of the fourth Test, footballers in Spain vote to strike, plus more.
2210: That's all from
Sportsday Live for this week. Our breaking news service will resume on Monday at 0800 BST.
2205: TENNIS - World number three
Roger Federer is knocked out of the
Western & Southern Open with a 6-2 7-6 (7-3) defeat by
Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals.
2156: RUGBY LEAGUE - All over in tonight's two Super League matches.
Wigan beat
Bradford 60-12 to secure their 11th successive victory and
Salford see off
Huddersfield 24-18.
2149: FOOTBALL - New
Los Angeles Galaxy striker
Robbie Keane remains "100% committed" to playing for the
Republic of Ireland despite the distance. "Throughout my career I've always been committed to Ireland and that won't change," he says. "Nothing will change unless the manager of Ireland (Giovanni Trapattoni) tells me different."
2117: TENNIS - Eighth seed
Thomas Berdych wins the first set of his quarter-final clash with world number three
Roger Federer in Cincinnati 6-2.
2112: RUGBY UNION - Australia utility back
James O'Connor could miss next week's Bledisloe Cup showdown with the All Blacks in Brisbane
after missing a public team appearance in Sydney . The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said it has asked the 21-year-old back to explain his absence from Thursday's Rugby World Cup squad announcement at Sydney airport.
2054: TENNIS - Second seed Vera Zvonareva reaches the semi-finals in Cincinnati with a 6-3 7-6 (8-6) victory over
Daniela Hantuchova.
2046: RUGBY LEAGUE - Super League half-time latest: Wigan 18-12 Bradford; Salford 12-18 Huddersfield.
2038: TENNIS - World number three
Roger Federer is on court against number eight seed
Thomas Berdych in Cincinnati.
2033: RUGBY UNION - Clermont's Georgian international prop
Davit Zirakashvili is racing to be fit for next month's Rugby World Cup In New Zealand after suffering a right knee sprain training with the French Top 14 team.
2017: TENNIS -
American Mardy Fish defeats world number two
Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4 in the quarter-finals in Cincinnati to set up a last four encounter with Britain's Andy Murray on Saturday.
2012: ATHLETICS -
American sprinter Jeremy Dodson is arrested on suspicion of identity theft, days before he is due to leave for the athletics World Championships in South Korea. Dodson, who was due to compete in the 200m in Daegu, was arrested and released on Wednesday after posting a $10,000 bond.
1952: TENNIS -
Mardy Fish secures a break of serve in the second set
to establish a 6-3 3-2 lead in his quarter-final against Rafael Nadal in Cincinnati. The winner will play
Andy Murray in the last four.
1930: CRICKET - Worcestershire
require another 126 runs to win their LV County Championship match against Lancashire at Blackpool. The visitors will start the final day on 203 for five.
1843: FOOTBALL - Tottenham are close to signing Real Madrid anchorman Lassana Diarra according to
Sky Sports News. 1834: CRICKET -
Nottinghamshire seamer Andre Adams dents
Somerset's title hopes with six for 33 as the home side were bowled out for 177 on the third day of the rain-affected LV County Championship match at Taunton. Notts are
183-3 in reply at the close. 1829: CRICKET -
Kevin Pietersen and
Ian Bell take England past 400 in their first innings
in the fourth Test against India. Their stand of 319 is the 13th best partnership is the 11th best in England's history.
1819: TENNIS -
Andy Murray will play either Mardy Fish or Rafael Nadal in the last four. "I feel good, much better than last week. Each day I need to feel a little bit better. That is key to going to the US Open," the British number one told
Sky Sports. 1812: TENNIS - British number one
Andy Murray advances to the semi-finals in Cincinnati with a 6-3 6-3 win over Frenchman Gilles Simon.
1810: GOLF - Sweden's
Mikael Lundbergleads the Czech Open on eight under par, one shot clear of Spain's
Jose Manuel Lara. 1758: TENNIS -
Infostrada2012 on Twitter: "Kim #Clijsters is first defending champion to miss US Open due to injury since she herself was injured for title defense of #USOpen in 06."
1728: TENNIS - Britain's
Andy Murray secures what looks like the decisive break of serve against
Gilles Simon in the
Western & Southern Open quarter-finals. The Scot strikes in game four of the second set and then holds for a 6-3 4-1 lead.
1750: CRICKET -
England are keeping the scoreboard ticking over on
day two of the fourth Test against
India. At drinks, the hosts reach 361-2 in their first innings.
Ian Bell is now 138 not out and
Kevin Pietersen unbeaten on 132.
1741: FOOTBALL - Winger
Damien Duff signs a one-year contract extension, which commits him to Fulham until 2013.
1733: TENNIS - Statement from
Kim Clijsters on her withdrawal from the US Open: "Two weeks of rehab was not enough to heal this injury. I trained very hard this summer and felt in a good shape to play the US Open. Now there is nothing else I can do than to rest and have treatment every day."
1728: TENNIS -
Andy Murray gets off to an ideal start against
Gilles Simon in their last-eight meeting at the
Western & Southern Open. The British number one breaks serve for the third time to take the opening set
6-3 in Cincinnati.
1721: CYCLING -
Bradley Wiggins' quest to make up for his Tour de France disappointment will start at 1658 BST on Saturday, when Sky begin the opening team time trial stage of the
Vuelta a Espana. Londoner Wiggins was in prime form in France before breaking his collarbone in a fall. Fellow Brit Mark Cavendish and HTC-Highroad start at 1714.
A full list of start times is on the Cycling Weekly website. 1718: TENNIS - Over to Cincinnati and
Andy Murray v Gilles Simon in the
quarter-final at the Western & Southern Open. The pair exchange early breaks of serve before Murray strikes again in game five. He is now serving at 4-3 in the first set.
1714: CRICKET - More good news for
England at The Oval, where
Kevin Pietersen brings up his 19th Test century. The hosts move on to
324-2 on
day two of the fourth Test against
India, with Pietersen (110no) and Ian Bell (128no) at the crease.
1705: HORSE RACING -
BBC Sport's Cornelius Lysaght: "Jockey Hayley Turner records her second ever success at Flat racing's highest - Group One - level as 20-1 shot Margot Did beats Hamish McGonagall and Prohibit in the prestigious Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York."
1644: FOOTBALL - Algerian striker
Mohamed Chalali, 22, is
close to signing for
Aberdeen from Greek side
Panionios after spending a week on trial at the club.
1627: FOOTBALL -
Syria are disqualified from the
2014 World Cup after fielding an ineligible player in qualifying. Tajikistan will be reinstated into the competition in Syria's place. "The Syrian team is disqualified from the competition, losing their second round knockout phase by forfeit," reads a statement.
1620: CRICKET -
Ian Bell hits a 16th Test century as
England reach
296-2 by tea on
day two of the fourth Test against
India at The Oval. Bell heads into the pavilion on 114 not out, partnered by Kevin Pietersen on an unbeaten 98.
1557: FOOTBALL - New
Barcelona signing
Cesc Fabregas acknowledges he has a fight on his hands for first-team opportunities at the Nou Camp but insists he had to
leave Arsenal because he had "stagnated". He tells Barca TV: "The easiest thing would have been to stay at Arsenal. It's going to be really tough to make the starting XI, but I needed a new challenge in my life. I thought I'd stagnated a bit, and needed a change of scenery."
1540: CRICKET - On day two of the fourth and final Test between
England and
India at The Oval, Ian Bell (91no) and Kevin Pietersen (77no) take the hosts to
251-2 in their first innings.
Live text commentary on the
BBC Sport website and
TMS audio commentary on
BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.
1530 FOOTBALL -
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish says the departure of Cesc Fabregas, and possibly Samir Nasri, from Arsenal will not make Liverpool's task any easier when the two sides meet on Saturday.
1440 TENNIS - Players in Spain's top two divisions will strike on the first day of the season after last-ditch negotiations with clubs on wage guarantees collapsed, the league announced on Friday. "We put on the table today our positions, which are very far apart, and we are concentrating now on being able to save the second day," Professional Football League (LFP) chairman Jose Luis Astiazaran told a news conference.
1422 FOOTBALL -
Ipswich Town boss Paul Jewell has made an approach for Jimmy Bullard, but admitted that the midfielder is attracting Premier League interest.
1347: FOOTBALL - Manchester United defender
Chris Smalling has told BBC Radio Manchester's
Steve Wyeth he expects new signing David de Gea to become a great goalkeeper for the club. "He's trained really well this week," said Smalling. "You can see his agility and his kicking, he's going to be a great keeper for us. He's learning English and that's coming along, that'll help although a lot of the lads speak Spanish here. Some of the media have been a bit judgemental based on the first couple of games. It's only a matter of time before the whole world sees what a good goalkeeper he is."
1340: FOOTBALL - Aston Villa manager
Alex McLeish has told BBC 5 Live's
Mike Sewell that he does not expect to be active in the transfer market this summer - unless players leave the club.
1332 CYCLING - Britain's
Bradley Wiggins says he's eager to deliver at the Vuelta a Espana after
crashing out of the Tour de France: "Hopefully I'll stay upright this time and have the opportunity to do what I didn't get to do at the Tour de France. I'm still firing and ready to go; it almost feels like the start of the season."
1323: CRICKET- England finish on 126-2 at lunch at the Oval. Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen are at the crease on 29 and 18, respectively. Follow the latest
on BBC Five Live .
1307 CYCLING - BMX Olympic test event in London has been delayed due to Thursday' rain. The competition - featuring Britain's
Shanaze Reade - will now start at 1430.
1258: FOOTBALL - Is
David Dein right about
Arsene Wenger?
Read this blog from the BBC's
Dan Roan and give us your view.
1249: FOOTBALL- The Mirror's John Cross on Twitter reporting from manager
Arsene Wenger's press conference: "Wenger says Dein wrong to suggest he may walk away, reaffirms loyalty. Says he's friends with DD [David Dein] but won't say if spoken about return"
1239: FOOTBALL- Arsenal on Twitter reporting from manager
Arsene Wenger's press conference: "Wenger says "Nasri is in the squad tomorrow and is available to be picked""
1215: RUGBY UNION- South Africa scrum-half
Fourie du Preez says Saturday's Tri-Nations game against an under-strength New Zealand team is "almost do-or-die" for the struggling world champion Springboks.
South Africa are still without a win this season.
1151: CYCLING - Leopard Trek's
Stuart O'Grady has spoken out in support of world champion
Thor Hushovd after he was left out of the Garmin-Cervelo team for the Vuelta a Espana. "I'm just really disappointed that the world champion can't race the races he wants to," O'Grady
told Cycling Weekly. 1146: FOOTBALL - BBC Sport's Liam McLeod: "Aberdeen hope to finalise deal to sign Algerian trialist
Mohamed Chalali. Negotiations ongoing right now.
Craig Brown say while negotiations continue, it's unlikely Aberdeen will sign Chalali in time for tomorrow's game v Inverness.
1138: FOOTBALL - BBC Sport's Juliette Ferrington at Bolton: "
Owen Coyle says he'd love to bring
Shaun Wright-Phillips to the club but that "there's one or two things that need to be ironed out."
1125: FOOTBALL - Uefa
begin disciplinary proceedings against Arsenal manager
Arsene Wenger for communicating with his team during the Champions League qualifier against Udinese while serving a touchline suspension.
1122: FOOTBALL - Manchester City boss
Roberto Mancini tells reporters there has been no recent interest from other clubs in the Argentinian striker
Carlos Tevez. Mancini is "hopeful" of concluding a deal for Arsenal's
Samir Nasri. 1058: CRICKET - "There will be 98 overs today. Official close of play is 1830 BST (but more likely 1900 if they haven't bowled the overs). Lunch at the normal time (1300), while tea is a movable feast and will be at 1610," reports
BBC Sport's Mark Mitchener at The Oval for the second day of the fourth Test between England and India.
1052: FOOTBALL - Manchester City boss
Roberto Mancini says
Carlos Tevez, who said in June that he would never return to Manchester, is fit to play, and could take part in Sunday's match against Bolton.
1049: FOOTBALL - Wolves official Twitter feed: "For information. Wolves fan who posted racist comment on Twitter last night has been handed an indefinite ban from Molineux. Club will simply not tolerate any form of racism however it is communicated."
1045: FOOTBALL - Former Arsenal vice-chairman
David Dein's interview with BBC Sport's Dan Roan, in which he describes talk of getting rid of the Gunners boss
Arsene Wenger as "very dangerous", is available to watch
in full on the BBC Sport website. 1029: FOOTBALL - Bolton manager
Owen Coyle tells
BBC Radio Manchester that striker Tuncay won't be available to play against Manchester City on Sunday. The former Stoke forward who signed for the Wanderers last week on a season long loan is still awaiting a work permit.
1010: FOOTBALL - Reuters report Manchester United captain
Nemanja Vidic faces longer on the sidelines than initially expected with manager Alex Ferguson saying on Friday the defender would be out for up to five weeks with a calf injury. There was better news for fellow centre back Rio Ferdinand, who had been ruled out for six weeks with a hamstring injury but who could now return in time for the Premier League champions' home match against Arsenal on 28 August.
0920: FOOTBALL - Download the latest 5 live Football Daily podcast to hear Harry Redknapp reflect on Tottenham's 5-0 Europa League win over Hearts. Match summariser Craig Levein also discusses the gulf in quality between the Premier League and the SPL, while we also have the latest from Manchester United and QPR.
0917: FOOTBALL - The Spanish soccer league (LFP) will resume talks with the players' union (AFE) on Friday to try and stop strike action that is threatening to halt the start of the season in the country's top two divisions this weekend.
0900: FOOTBALL - Tottenham's assistant manager
Kevin Bond tells BBC Radio 5 live that Luka Modric is not for sale and could be fit for Monday's trip to Manchester United. He also says he expects striker Emmanuel Adebayor to join the club and replace Robbie Keane. "It seems like that's more than speculation," Bond said. "From what I can gather I think we're trying to do the deal. It looks like he's [Adebayor] going to come in and replace Robbie Keane, and it would strengthen our squad if it's able to be done."
0854: BASKETBALL - BBC Sport's Chris Mitchell reports as Great Britain put in one of their best performances of the Olympic test event in London so far as they lose 97-95 to Serbia, one of the strongest sides in European basketball.
0845: CRICKET - Chairman of selectors
Andrew Hilditch has lost his job and coach Tim Nielsen must re-apply for his post in a major overhaul following their Ashes defeat.
0815: CRICKET - Sri Lanka's selectors have appointed Tillakaratne Dilshan as captain of the national side for all formats until the end of 2011.
0810: ATHLETICS - Jamaican athlete
Steve Mullings has confirmed he has tested positive for the banned diuretic furosemide and could now face a life ban from athletics.
0805: Top transfer stories from
Friday's gossip column: Chelsea are planning a £60m double swoop for Tottenham's Luka Modric and Valencia midfielder Juan Mata. (Daily Mail)
West Brom have held talks with Owen Hargreaves and are confident that the former Manchester United player will pass a full medical if they can agree personal terms with him. (The Guardian)
Shakhtar Donetsk forward Willian has opened the door to a move to Chelsea, Arsenal or Tottenham - professing that he would love a move to England's capital. (Metro)
0800 BST: FOOTBALL - Former Arsenal vice-chairman
David Dein has told BBC Sport that Arsenal fans must give manager Arsene Wenger the respect he deserves or risk losing him.
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