Joey Barton to have QPR medical, Man City sign Samir Nasri from Arsenal, Juan Mata joins Chelsea from Valencia, plus more.
1843 FOOTBALL: Arsenal team to face Udinese in Champions League second-leg qualifier - Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Djourou, Jenkinson, Song, Frimpong, Ramsey, Walcott, Gervinho, Van Persie.
1828 FOOTBALL: Joey Barton on Twitter: "Going for a medical now, still no contract offer from NUFC.......think that just about makes my mind up."
1810 FOOTBALL: Blackburn's veteran midfielder Brett Emerton looks set to sign for Australian A-League side Sydney FC. BBC Sport understands that the 32-year-old could sign a three-year deal as early as Thursday afternoon.
1802 ATHLETICS: Phillips Idowu believes even thinking about ending his public row with UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee is a "waste of time" as he prepares to defend his world triple jump title in Daegu, South Korea. "The only thing that matters is how I perform," said the Briton.
1754 FOOTBALL: AC Milan are on the verge of signing Alberto Aquilani on a one-year loan deal from Liverpool, according to reports in Italy. When asked about Aquilani, AC Milan vice-president
Adriano Galliani told Gazzetta dello Sport: "We have taken a great quality player, right for Milan. Now our market is more than closed."
1743 FOOTBALL: Danny Welbeck and Phil Jones are called into the England Under-21 squad for next month's double-header against Azerbaijan and Israel, casting doubt over their involvement in the
senior side's matches with Bulgaria and Wales .
1739 RUGBY UNION: BBC rugby union commentator
Alastair Eykyn on Twitter: "[Leicester coach] Richard Cockerill insists centre Manu Tuilagi 'must start' for England at RWC and believes he's destined for stardom in NZ."
1732 FOOTBALL: Turkish champions Fenerbahce are removed from the Champions League because of an
ongoing match-fixing investigation . Turkey's Football Federation says it has withdrawn Fenerbahce after emergency meetings on Wednesday.
1722 RUGBY UNION: New Zealand team for the
Tri-Nations decider and final World Cup warm-up in Brisbane on Saturday: Mils Muliaina, Cory Jane, Conrad Smith, Ma'a Nonu, Zac Guildford, Dan Carter, Piri Weepu, Kieran Read, Richie McCaw (captain), Adam Thomson, Sam Whitelock, Brad Thorn, Owen Franks, Keven Mealamu, Tony Woodcock. Reserves: Andrew Hore, John Afoa, Ali Williams, Victor Vito, Andy Ellis, Colin Slade, Isaia Toeava.
1713 FOOTBALL:Chelsea's new signing Juan Mata: "Right from the first moment there have been good feelings all around me. Training has been great and the players are a great group to train with. Valencia was a big club anyway but I have left to join a bigger club and it is all about the opportunity to win trophies and I have that here."
1709 HORSE RACING: BBC horse racing correspondent
Cornelius Lysaght on Twitter: "Jockey Willie Twiston-Davies (son of Nigel, brother of Sam) breaks an ankle just days after back from broken leg at Worcs; turned pro at w/end."
1706 FOOTBALL:Left-wing Mata will be available for Saturday's game against Norwich having already trained with the Chelsea squad at Cobham earlier today. He is the London club's fourth signing of the summer following Oriol Romeu and Romelu Lukaku's arrivals, as well as the capture of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who has joined Atletico Madrid on loan.
1701 FOOTBALL: Chelsea complete the signing of winger
Juan Mata from Valencia on a five-year deal.
1653 CRICKET: Keith Bradshaw is to stand down as MCC secretary and chief executive. The MCC Committee met at Lord's today to confirm that it had "reluctantly accepted" the resignation of Mr Bradshaw for family reasons.
1649 FOOTBALL: The Argentine Football Association (AFA) lifts a four-year ban on fans attending away matches in the four divisions below the top flight. The ban was put in place in July 2007 amid rising violence both inside and outside stadiums that
culminated in a fan's death after a promotion play-off between Nueva Chicago and Tigre.
1638 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport news correspondent
Dan Roan on Twitter: "Full judicial review hearing into Olympic stadium decision to be held on Oct 18th."
1636 CYCLING: Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez secures a solo win on stage five of the
Tour of Spain on Wednesday. Wouter Poels of the Netherlands was second, with Spain's Dani Moreno, the winner of Tuesday's stage, in third. Quick Step rider Sylvain Chavanel of France retained the overall lead for a second day running.
1615 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport news correspondent
Dan Roan on Twitter: "Breaking: Judge grants permission for Spurs/Orient application for judicial review of decision to give Olympic stadium to West Ham."
1604 JUDO: Britain's Gemma Howell Battles through to the last 16 of the
Judo World Championships but is unable not secure a shot at a medal in Paris, beaten by Isabel Fernandez of Spain.
1543 FOOTBALL: Remember there is a big night of
Champions League action. Arsenal will try to book their place in the group stage - Udinese stand in their way.
BBC Sport will have full coverage of their second leg play-off tie.
1535 CRICKET: Matches continue in the county championship today. The
BBC cricket site has the latest scores.
1525 RUGBY LEAGUE: BBC Radio 5 live's
George Riley on Twitter: "I'm told [Manchester United manager] Sir Alex [Ferguson] gave the Wigan players tips about performing on the biggest stage at Wembley and then posed for photographs with them."
1517 RUGBY UNION: Wales confirm a one-off Test against Australia at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday 3 December.
1513 FOOTBALL: There is
YouTube footage, released by Manchester City, of
Samir Nasri inside the Etihad Stadium.
1510 GOLF: Winning
Ryder Cup captain
Colin Montgomerie says any European player who is based in the United States runs the risk of not being selected for the next running of the tournament.
1502 FOOTBALL: Reading announce the signing of central defender
Kaspars Gorkss from QPR.
1457 FOOTBALL: For the latest on
Tottenham's legal bid for the 2012 Olympic Stadium follow BBC sports news correspondent
Dan Roan on Twitter. 1448 FORMULA ONE: BBC Sport online F1 editor
Andrew Benson on Twitter: "McLaren are encouraging their drivers to be aggressive as they seek to rein in Red Bull."
1435 FOOTBALL: Bayern Munich midfielder
Arjen Robben will be out for an undetermined period of time to allow treatment on his groin problem,
say the German club. 1428 FOOTBALL: AC Milan forward
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is declared fit for the start of the new Serie A season after suffering a twisted ankle. Milan begin the defence of their title away to Cagliari on Saturday.
1422 FOOTBALL: Celtic players Kelvin Wilson, Beram Kayal, Gary Hooper and Charlie Mulgrew were included in the squad which travelled to Switzerland for Thursday's Europa League play-off second leg with Sion.
1418 FOOTBALL: Rangers are boosted by the return of Lee McCulloch, Maurice Edu and Carlos Bocanegra for their
Europa League play-off second leg against
Maribor.
1411 FOOTBALL: Stoke boss
Tony Pulis claims there is "no question" his squad needs further strengthening before next week's transfer deadline. "I think everybody knows we have to bring players in - I don't think there is any question from the top of the football club right down," said the Potters manager.
1405 JUDO: After posting impressive victories against the under-57kg world number eight and nine at the World Championships, Britain's
Gemma Howell has lost in the last 16 to Isabel Fernandez of Spain by waza-ari, the second-highest score possible. That means all Brit's are out of today's competition at Bercy Stadium in Paris following early exits by Sophie Cox (under-52k) and Danny Williams (under-73kg). Britain's highest-ranking judoka Euan Burton beings his campaign tomorrow in the under-81kg category.
1355 FOOTBALL: Midfielder
Juan Mata has had his medical and it is expected Chelsea will announce his signing this week, BBC Sport has learnt.
1338 HOCKEY: BBC Sport's Ollie Williams on Twitter: "Full time: England 8-1 France. Just shy of a record scoreline according to EnglandHockey. England men into EuroHockey semis. Prob versus Germany."
1255 FOOTBALL: Liverpool are to open football academies in India in an initial bid to reach out to fans in Asia and ultimately beyond. The first academy in India will be set up in New Delhi this October with former England and Liverpool midfielder Steve McMahon as the chief coach.
1245 FOOTBALL: Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp says he hopes midfielder
Luka Modric will play against Manchester City at the weekend: "I'm not bothered about anyone else," said Redknapp. "He is here, we love him, he is a great player and I need him back playing. "The chairman has made it clear that he is not for sale so he has to crack on with it now and I'm sure he will. "Will he play tomorrow? Possibly. We will see how his hamstring is on Thursday. Certainly I'm looking to have him fit for the weekend against Man City."
1217 FOOTBALL: Derby County defender John Brayford is on the verge of signing a new three-year contract. The 23-year-old, who moved to Pride Park on a three-year contract in May 2010, was the club's player of the season in 2010/11.
1204 FOOTBALL: Newcastle midfielder
Joey Barton has been given permission to hold transfer talks with QPR, Press Association Sport understands.
1158 FOOTBALL: Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has declared an interest in signing Liverpool's out-of-favour midfielder
Joe Cole. Cole turned down an offer from Spurs in order to move to Merseyside last summer, but the switch has not worked well for the Londoner, who failed to establish himself as a first-team regular last season.
1137 FOOTBALL: Hamburg have confirmed the signing of defender
Slobodan Rajkovic for an undisclosed fee from Chelsea. The 22-year-old Serbian passed a medical yesterday and put pen to paper on a four-year contract with the German club today.
1131 FOOTBALL: Dundee United have confirmed the signing of striker
Lauri Dalla Valle on loan from Fulham until January.
1126 FOOTBALL: Atletico Madrid have given Uruguay striker, and former
Manchester United frontman,
Diego Forlan, permission to negotiate a possible transfer. The Spanish media are already linking him with a move to Inter Milan.
1111 RUGBY UNION: England flanker
James Haskell will be fit for selection ahead of Saturday's game against Ireland following a foot injury.
1106 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport understands that
Fulham have entered the race to sign Freiburg's Senegal striker Papiss Demba Cisse.
Blackburn have also been linked with the 26-year-old.
1041 FOOTBALL: Nacional's sporting manager, Daniel Enriquez has told BBC Sport that Liverpool have made an offer for centre-back
Sebastian Coates and believes the final details of the transfer will be done in the next few hours.
1039 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
Dan Roanon Twitter: "Latest round of Spurs' & Orient's High Court fight v decision to award Olympic stadium to West Ham goes ahead despite last-minute talks."
1031 FOOTBALL: Hamburg have recruited 22-year-old
Chelsea defender
Slobodan Rajkovic on a four-year deal.
1028 FOOTBALL: Joey Barton will be rested for
Newcastle's Carling Cup second round trip to Scunthorpe on Thursday night.
1020 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
Dan Roanon Twitter: "Spurs' QC Dinah Rose arrives at High Court. Suggests club's judicial review appeal into Olympic Stadium decision will go ahead at 10.30."
0948 FOOTBALL: Barcelona midfielder
Cesc Fabregason Twitter: "Tonight I'll be watching Arsenal, my ex-team mates, friends and all the fans. I wish u all the best of luck cause u deserve to be in the CL."
0938 BASKETBALL: British basketball star Luol Deng dunking a cauliflower on
The One Show can be seen again on the BBC iplayer.
0915 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
Juliette Ferrington at Stoke City
on Twitter: "Huth and Etherington suspended tomorrow night and fitness tests on Pennant and Delap. Stoke have sold more than 20,000 tickets for the Brit tomorrow night - Tony Pulis hopeful of a home sell out."
0912 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
Dan Roanon Twitter: "Holland become no 1 team in FIFA's new world rankings 2nd Spain 3rd Germany - ludicrously England now 4th above Uruguay 5th, Bra, It, Arg!"
0908 FOOTBALL: MK Dons manager
Karl Robinson on his team's
4-0 Carling Cup victory at Premier League Norwich: "You can understand where the Premier League clubs find it hard to play these games but for our club it's another chance to earn a little bit more money and it's also nice to go and play Premier League teams. From our perspective it's a fantastic competition but you can also see where the Premier League teams are coming from."
0901 FOOTBALL: Statistical wizards
Opta with some encouraging news for Arsenal ahead of tonight's big match. "Arsenal have conceded only one goal in the last seven matches they have played against Italian sides. Catenaccio."
0900 FOOTBALL: The Turkish first division title will be decided by a play-off involving the top four teams at the end of this season, in an attempt to boost revenue.
0855 FOOTBALL: Shrewsbury manager
Graham Turner on his team's
3-1 Carling Cup victory over Premier League newcomers Swansea: "It's a terrific feeling. Most Premier League clubs rotate their squads and Swansea did that but it still doesn't take anything away from our victory, it was well-earned. For those not in Europe it's still a big competition, as they get to the later rounds they realise the value of the competition."
0843 TENNIS: Good news for British number one
Elena Baltacha, who fights back from a set down to
beat third seed Julia Goerges in the second round at the Texas Open.
0819 FOOTBALL: Marking your card for live action tonight on
5 live, we have full commentary on
Arsenal's crunch Champions League play-off second leg in Udinese, the Gunners holding a slender 1-0 lead from the first match, while on Sports Extra there is live commentary of Exeter v
Liverpool in the Carling Cup.
0813 CRICKET: Test Match Special Producer
Adam Mountfordon Twitter: "Commentary on Ireland v England from Dublin tomorrow from 10 on R4LW and 5LSpex."
0809 GOLF: World number seven Adam Scott will join Open champion
Darren Clarke and American Bubba Watson in a strong field for the Australian PGA Championship in Queensland from 24-27 November.
0804 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
Dan Roanon Twitter: "On way to High Court as Spurs appeal against rejection of application for judicial review into decision to give 2012 stadium to West Ham but could be end of road for Spurs if appeal rejected or their lawyers advise abandonment- If case heard will start at 10.30."
0800 BST: -
Top transfer stories from
Wednesday's gossip column: Tottenham have agreed a loan deal for Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor. (The Sun)
Manchester United are hoping to lure Samir Nasri to Old Trafford despite Manchester City agreeing a deal with Arsenal for the midfielder. (Daily Mail)
QPR are stepping up their efforts to sign unsettled Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton and have made a new £5m offer for West Ham's Scott Parker. (Daily Mail)
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