England complete a series whitewash over India, Juan Mata is set to move to Chelsea, Arsene Wenger is hit with a two-match ban by Uefa, plus more.
1859: That's all from Sportsday Live for now. Our breaking news service will resume on Tuesday at 0800 BST.
1847: CRICKET - England captain
Andrew Strauss praises spinner Graeme Swann's performance in the fourth Test as England beat India by an innings and eight runs. "There's a lot expectation of him on a wicket that turns a lot but he delivered again," said Strauss.
1842: CRICKET - BBC cricket correspondent
Jonathan Agnew praises England's dominant victory over India
in his latest column. "The scale of England's achievement is summed up in this statistic - this is only the seventh time in Test history that there has been a whitewash in a series of four matches or more," he said.
1837: FOOTBALL -
Liverpool defender
Sotirios Kyrgiakos has joined German club Wolfsburg on a two-year contract.
1828: HOCKEY -
BBC Sport's Ollie Williams on Twitter: "Matt Daly equalises from almost no distance for England. Makes it sound easy but he had to do a lot to control and finish under pressure."
1819: RUGBY UNION - Wales coach
Warren Gatlandexplains the reasons behind the names in his 30-man squad for the World Cup in New Zealand.
1813: HOCKEY -
BBC Sport's Ollie Williams on Twitter at the EuroHockey Nations Championships: "Dutch go a goal up 10 minutes in. They'd been applying pressure before that although I've seen encouraging flashes of England invention."
1808: CRICKET - India captain
Mahendra Dhoni admitted his side
"need to regroup" as they suffered a 4-0 Test series defeat by England. Dhoni told Test Match Special: "You have to be at your best when you play one of the best teams in the world.
1756: OLYMPICSThe US Olympic Committee has notified all interested cities that it will not submit a bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. Chicago, New York and Dallas were among those that had expressed interest in putting forth a bid to host the games, but any bid was contingent upon the USOC working out a long-simmering revenue-sharing deal with the International Olympic Committee.
1734: RUGBY UNION -Conor Murray is still struggling to come to terms with his shock inclusion in Ireland's World Cup squad. Two years ago he was helping AIB League club team Garryowen escape relegation, but his meteoric rise now sees him among the 30 names that will soon depart for New Zealand: "I live with a few of the Munster lads and last night they were trying to shake me to get me excited," said Murray. "I still hadn't really realised what had happened. I'm sure in the next few days I'll understand how big it is."
1720: RUGBY LEAGUE -Wigan are handed a disciplinary worry ahead of Saturday's Challenge Cup final , with second-row
Harrison Hansen charged with a dangerous tackle. Hansen must face a Rugby Football League disciplinary committee hearing tomorrow after being charged by the League's match-review panel with a grade B offence on Bradford captain Andy Lynch during his side's 60-12 Super League win over the Bulls last Friday.
1656: TENNIS -The Court of Arbitration for Sport reduces tennis player Robert Kendrick's doping ban from one year to eight months. Kendrick tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine at the French Open on 22 May - he blamed it on a capsule he took to combat jet-lag. The 31-year-old American had been seeking a reduced three-month ban, which would have allowed him to compete at the US Open, but he will not be able to return to competitive tennis until January 2012.
1650: FOOTBALL -The Italian players' association warn they will strike unless a new collective contract is signed before the start of the Serie A season this weekend. The players' representatives of all 20 Serie A clubs met in Milan this afternoon to reaffirm their demand for the league to sign a new deal.
1642: FOOTBALL - Bundesliga bottom side
Cologne reject a transfer request from Turkey's Galatasaray for star striker
Lukas Podolski, the German club confirm.
1635: SWIMMING -Governing body Fina says all 362 doping tests from last month's world championships in Shanghai have come back negative. There were 311 urine samples taken, including 43 screenings for the blood booster EPO, and 51 blood tests.
1631: GOLF -Paul McGinley and Jean Van de Velde will captain Great Britain and Ireland and continental Europe respectively in next month's Seve Trophy at St-Nom-la-Breteche, near Paris.
1623: FOOTBALL - Spanish league players remain on strike after league officials and the players' union fail to reach an agreement to end the current work stoppage. The two sides emerged from Monday's meeting without an agreement, which threatens to delay the second round of games this weekend. The opening round of matches scheduled for last weekend did not go ahead.
1620: RUGBY UNION - Wasps suffer a major injury blow ahead of the new Premiership season as flanker Tom Rees is ruled out for the majority of the campaign with a serious knee injury. Rees, 26, ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in a recent pre-season friendly against Agen and will be sidelined for between six and nine months after undergoing surgery.
1615: RUGBY LEAGUE - Wakefield's Belle Vue ground will continue to be known as the Rapid Solicitors Stadium after the club announced a new two-year deal with the law firm. The club have agreed to spend £500,000 on improvements to the ground following the awarding of a new Super League licence but still have plans to move to a new stadium in 2013.
1555: RUGBY LEAGUE - Salford sign Australian forward Shannan McPherson, whose move to Crusaders collapsed when the Welsh club withdrew their Super League licence application.
1548: FOOTBALL - Rangers full-back Steven Whittaker loses his appeal against a three-match European ban for his red card against Malmo in the Champions League.
1540: CRICKET -
England beat
India by an innings and eight runs to win the fourth and final Test and complete a 4-0 series victory. Read all the reaction on the
BBC Sport website. 1533: FOOTBALL - Wolves boss Mick McCarthy says he will turning down any bids for striker Kevin Doyle.
1525: CRICKET - England are on course to complete a Test series whitewash over India. Follow the final day's action on the
BBC Sport website. 1519: FOOTBALL - Manchester United manager
Sir Alex Ferguson on
Tottenham and
Luka Modric: "Spurs said they are never going to sell him. That's what [chairman] Daniel Levy says, but there is always the feeling that if someone comes in, he will be sold. It is difficult for Harry [manager Redknapp] having to work out what Daniel Levy is thinking, but Harry would have wanted to bring in a couple of players."
1512: FOOTBALL - The Italian players' association is standing firm with its threat to strike if a new collective contract is not signed before the start of Serie A this weekend, according to Associated Press.
1505: FOOTBALL - QPR's new owner Tony Fernandes appoints Philip Beard as the club's new chief executive officer.
1457: RUGBY LEAGUE - Wigan prop forward Andy Coley, 33, confirms he is to retire at the end of the season.
1453: FOOTBALL - Manchester United are set to face
Tottenham in Monday's Premier League clash at Old Trafford. There will be
live text commentary on this website and coverage on BBC Radio 5 live.
1443: CRICKET -England captain
Andrew Strauss is spoken to by the umpires after bowler Stuart Broad is deemed to have walked across the middle of the pitch between overs. Follow our
live text commentary for further details.
1437: FOOTBALL - Ex-Germany captain
Michael Ballack will not be sold by
Bayer Leverkusen, says the German league club's director of sport Rudi Voeller.
1426: CRICKET - WICKET -Tendulkar's dream of a 100th international century has to wait as he is given out lbw by umpire Rod Tucker for 91 and
India are 262-5. 1424: RUGBY UNION - Munster prop
BJ Botha is
sidelined for up to a month following a calf injury he sustained in Friday's clash with London Wasps.
1421: CRICKET - WICKET - Mishra is bowled by Swann for 84 to leave India on 262-4 - 29 behind England.
1415: FOOTBALL - Spanish league footballers will extend their strike over pay to the second day of the new season next weekend.
1412: CRICKET - Tendulkar is dropped again, on 85, by wicketkeeper Matt Prior off Swann.
1356: BASKETBALL - Great Britain forward
Dan Clark will have an MRI scan on Wednesday or Thursday to ascertain if he has a broken bone in the hand he injured against
Australia at the weekend in the Olympic test event. A break would almost certainly rule Clark out of the
Eurobasket finals, which start in Lithuania on 31 August. But team captain Andrew Sullivan is expected to be back in training on Wednesday after a hip injury.
1341: FOOTBALL -Manchester United sign a four-year deal with DHL, believed to be worth £40m, to be their training kit sponsor for all sessions outside of European games. They also announce a three-year partnership with Vietnam mobile telecommunications company Beeline to distribute United content in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
1330: FOOTBALL - Tottenham midfielder Nico Kranjcartells the Evening Standard that his Tottenham and Croatia team-mate Luka Modric should not be vilified for wanting to leave the club for Chelsea. "No one deserves to judge him if he decides to go because he has given three fantastic years to the club," says Kranjcar.
1312: RUGBY UNION - Conor Murray and
Geordan Murphy make Ireland's 30-man squad for the Rugby World Cup. Tomas O'Leary and Luke Fitzgerald miss out.
1308: FOOTBALL - Malaga and Spain midfielder
Santiago Cazorla has warned that the on-pitch hostility that boiled over between Real Madrid and Barcelona in
last week's Spanish Super Cup final threatens to undermine the Spanish national squad ahead of Euro 2012.
1302: FOOTBALL - New Rangers signing
Carlos Bocanegra has been cleared to join the rest of his team-mates after obtaining a visa.
1300: CRICKET -
India reach lunch on 216-3 on the final day of the
final Test at The Oval, 75 runs behind England, with Tendulkar on 72 and Mishra 57.
1258: CRICKET - India's
Amit Mishra passes fifty on the final day of the
final Test, the second half century of his Test career.
1247: CRICKET -
Sachin Tendulkar is dropped on 70 just before lunch on the final day of the
final Test as he bids for his 100th international century.
1244: CRICKET -
India pass 200 shortly before lunch on the final day of the
final Test at The Oval, less than 100 from making England bat again.
1242: CRICKET -
Simon Mann on
Test Match Special: "Just had a look at the betting and the draw is odds on."
1232: CRICKET -
Phil Tufnell on
Test Match Special: "You get the feeling if England get one they'll get two or three...but they've got to get one first."
1226: RUGBY UNIONSam Warburton to become the youngest Wales World Cup captain when he skippers the squad in New Zealand next month.
1224: CRICKET -
Michael Vaughan on
Test Match Special: "This pitch is now playing like Chennai or Mumbai."
1212: FOOTBALL -Chelsea target Juan Mata on Twitter: "Travel to London for medical examination,and come back to Valencia to say goodbay to everybody as you deserve...thanks so much!"
1208: CRICKET -
Michael Vaughan on
Test Match Special: "It's so important you get the character in the dressing room of scrapping for a draw. It means a lot."
1157: FOOTBALL -
Fifa has announced that Bahamas have pulled out of the 2014 World Cup qualifying competition. Football's governing body did not give any reason for the withdrawal.
1149: CRICKET - India move to 162-3, with
Sachin Tendulkar reaching 50 at the Oval. The tourists still trail England by 129 runs as they battle to avoid a series whitewash. Follow live commentary on the
BBC Sport website or
Test Match Special. 1142: FORMULA 1 - The sport's governing body, the FIA, is considering banning the use of the
DRS overtaking device in the famous Eau Rouge corner at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix over concerns that using the device in the flat-out 180mph sequence of corners could be a safety risk.
1135: FOOTBALL - Arsenal say they will
appeal against Arsene Wenger's two-match ban from Uefa for breaching rules in Champions League qualifier against Udinese where he communicated with the club's bench while serving a touchline ban.
1129: FORMULA 1 - Seven-time world champion
Michael Schumachersays it's "hard to believe" this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix will mark the 20th anniversary of his Formula 1 debut.
1117: FOOTBALL - Manchester United defender
Chris Smalling says his side will be
ready to deal with the attacking threat posed by Tottenham in Monday night's Premier League match at Old Trafford. It is Spurs' first league game of the season, after their match with Everton was called off because of the riots in London.
1110: GOLF - Ireland's
Paul McGinley will lead the Great Britain and Ireland team as non-playing captain in the
Vivendi Seve Trophy in Paris which begins on 15 September. France's
Jean Van de Velde will captain Continental Europe.
1105: FOOTBALL - Press Association reports
Aston Villa striker
Gabriel Agbonlahor is a doubt for Tuesday night's Carling Cup second round clash with League Two side Hereford. The 24-year-old opened the scoring in Saturday's 3-1 Premier League victory over Blackburn, but failed to re-appear after the break because of a hamstring problem.
1100: CRICKET - Play is underway at The Oval with India resuming on 129-3 on the final day of the fourth Test against England. Follow live commentary on the
BBC Sport website or
Test Match Special. 1049: FORMULA 1 - Brazil's
Rubens Barrichello is pinning his hopes on a
new aerodynamic update package that Williams are introducing at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix. The Grove-based team have not scored points since Canada in June.
1042: FOOTBALL - Arsenal manager
Arsene Wenger has been given a
two-match ban by Uefa for breaching rules in Champions League qualifier against Udinese where he communicated with the club's bench while serving a touchline ban.
1040: CRICKET - India will resume on 129-3 with
Sachin Tendulkar on 35 as the tourists look to save the fourth Test and avoid a series whitewash. Follow live text commentary on the
BBC Sport website with
Test Match Special commentary starting at 1045 BST.
1026: FOOTBALL - Cardiff boss
Malky Mackay says he would
not want to make too many changes for Tuesday's Carling Cup clash with Huddersfield, even if he could. The Bluebirds' hectic start to the season has seen the squad's limited resources stretched.
1012: FOOTBALL - Former Republic of Ireland manager and ex-Liverpool and Aston Villa defender
Steve Staunton has joined
Steve Bruce's backroom staff at Sunderland.
1007: TENNIS - Russia's
Maria Sharapova has risen three places to number four in the latest
WTA Tour world rankings following her marathon 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 victory over Serbia's
Jelena Jankovic in the Western & Southern Open on Sunday.
0958: GOLF - United States Solheim Cup captain
Rosie Jones springs a surprise by naming Ryann O'Toole as one of her wild cards for the match against Europe at Killeen Castle in Ireland from 23 to 25 September.
0954: CRICKET - India batsman
Virender Sehwag is going home and will miss the one day matches, having not fully recovered after the shoulder operation which forced him to miss the first two Tests,
according to Cricinfo. 0952: CRICKET - England batsman
Eoin Morgan is confirmed in the
Kolkata Knight Riders' squad for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which starts next month.
0950: OLYMPICS - Read
BBC sports editor David Bond's full report on the
Olympic Stadium decision on the BBC Sport website.
0942: FOOTBALL- Sir Alex Ferguson tells Paris St Germain they have no chance of signing Manchester United striker
Dimitar Berbatov. "I had [manager] Ferguson on the phone but he said he was counting on Berbatov and he was not for sale," said PSG coach Leonardo on Sunday.
0935: FOOTBALL - Australia captain
Lucas Neill joins United Arab Emirates champion
Al Jazira. 0930: RUGBY UNION - Australia full-back
James O'Connor has been suspended for the deciding Tri-Nations match against New Zealand on Saturday after failing to appear at two official team functions last week.
0926: CRICKET -Steven Finn on Twitter: Great win yesterday for Middlesex. Made better by rubbing it in the brainless idiots faces at fine leg! Just need England to win today. Come on lads."
0920: GOLF - Former number one
Tiger Woods drops another three places to 36th in the latest world rankings. Open champion Darren Clarke, Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez and the
PGA Tour's newest winner Webb Simpson have all now overtaken Woods.
0912: FOOTBALL - AC Milan are hopeful of landing
Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani, according to
Gazzetta dello Sport. The paper also says that Juventus are after Chelsea defender Alex.
0905: FOOTBALL - Download the latest
5 live Football Daily podcast for reaction to a bad weekend for Arsenal and manager Arsene Wenger, plus thoughts on victories for early Premier League pacesetters Manchester City and Wolves.
0859: FOOTBALL - Former
Arsenal full-back
Nigel Winterburn on BBC Radio 5 live: "I don't think Arsenal will make a big money signing, if you're talking £30m-£40m. Could there be three signings of £5m-£15m? It's a possibility."
0855: FOOTBALL - Lee Dixon and John Hartson discuss the weekend's Premier League action on
MOTD 3 on the BBC Sport website.
0837: CRICKET - Test Match Special analyst
Phil Tufnell: "If Sachin Tendulkar got 100 and England won it'll cap off everything. I don't think he will though." England face India on the final day of the fourth and final Test - the action begins at 1100 BST. There is full live coverage on this
website and on TMS. 0828: BASEBALL - The
Los Angeles Angels secure the services of their pitcher
Jered Weaver for the next five years after he agrees to a five-year contract extension. The contract is worth $85m (£51.5m) according to
Major League baseball's website.
0822: FOOTBALL - Manchester City boss
Roberto Mancini said he hopes to complete the signing of
Samir Nasri before Arsenal's Champions League match on Wednesday.
0818: FOOTBALL - Manchester United striker
Javier Hernandez: "I have been training with the team for three or four days but I don't know when I will be back in the squad. I always say they are the decisions for the manager. Only he can answer that."
0812: OLYMPICS - BBC sports editor David Bond: "The BBC has learned that an independent investigation into the decision to award West Ham the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games has concluded there is no reason to reopen the bidding process" Full story to follow on BBC Sport website.
0803: BOXING - Carl Froch on Andre Ward, ahead of the 29 October super-middleweight unification clash: "He can't punch and he can't knock anybody over. Even if he could punch he couldn't knock me over because I've got a grantite chin."
0800 BST: -
Top transfer stories from
Monday's gossip column: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has made bids of £15m and more than £20m for Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila and Lille forward Eden Hazard. (Daily Mirror)
Chelsea will make a move for Fiorentina attacker Stevan Jovetic as soon as their deal to sign Juan Mata from Valencia has been finalised. (Fanatix)
Blackburn are on the verge of signing striker Vedad Ibisevic from Hoffenheim for £6m. (Daily Mirror)
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