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What do you eat in the morning? Suspect it's not as much as Scottish swimmer and Glasgow 2014 poster-boy Michael Jamieson...

Further alterations have come in cycling, with Russ Downing taking the place of Jon Dibben in the men's road race and Liam Kileen replacing David Fletcher.

And in judo, Caroline Kinnane has withdrawn from -78kg event with a neck injury and will be replaced by Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown.

England have announced several changes to their Glasgow 2014 team little under 24 hours before the Games begin.

In the athletics events, the injured Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Meghan Beesley are replaced by Jess Tappin and Laura Wake in the heptathlon and 400m hurdles respectively.

Jo Pavey has chosen to contest only the 5,000m and her place in the 10,000m will be taken by Kate Avery.

Dwain Chambers has withdrawn from the 4x100m relay squad to concentrate on the European Championships and Chris Thompson will miss the 10,000m with a lower leg injury.

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Ben Halls:, external "Andy Cole - Dwight Yorke - Teddy Sheringham - Ole Gunnar Solskjaer."

Andy West, European football expert: "James Rodriguez is obviously wonderful but Real Madrid could use a different Colombian even more: Falcao for Benzema would be bigger upgrade."

Brazil have confirmed that Dunga will assume command of the national team for the second time.

The 50-year-old, who captained Brazil to their fourth world title success in 1994, was sacked in 2010 after reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup in South Africa.

He replaces Luiz Felipe Scolari, who presided over the 7-1 World Cup semi-final evisceration by Germany earlier this month.

Malaysian athletes and officials in Glasgow held a minute's silence at their flag-raising and will wear black armbands at tomorrow's opening ceremony in memory of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash over Ukraine which killed 298 people.

None of the 180 athletes and 72 officials were directly affected by the tragedy.

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Zain Ali:, external "I believe that Barcelona's strike force is something else Neymar, Messi, Suarez. Barca's attack over Madrid's any day."

Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya has challenged drivers Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg to continue their impressive form in the second half of the Formula 1 season.

The Silverstone-based team are enjoying the best year in their history, with 98 points from the first 10 grands prix. That is just 11 points shy of their record haul of 109 from a 20-race season in 2012.

"In terms of targets I certainly feel more podiums are possible," Mallya said. "We need to end the season in the way we started it."

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James Jamieson:, external "Arsenal's invincible strike force of Pires and Ljungberg on the flanks with Bergkamp and Henry up top."

Keep your suggestions coming in for most potent strikeforces on Twitter, using #greateststrikeforce

Three-time world squash champion Nick Matthew will be the flag bearer for England at tomorrow night's opening ceremony in Glasgow.

The 33-year-old, who won singles and doubles gold at the 2010 Commonwealths in Delhi, was voted for by fellow Team England athletes.

BBC Sport's Matthew Pinsent tweets:, external "Kenya's triathlete Swaleh Balala has never swum outside before. 1st triathlon too. Reasonable odds he may get lapped in swim section (1500m)."

The 16th stage of this year's Tour de France, from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon, is under way.

You can follow all the action from the 237km-stage with our live text commentary.

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Helles Mammut:, external "In my opinion it has to be Real Madrid's in the 50s: Gento-Puskas-di Stefano = 5 consecutive European Cups."

You can throw in the feted Frenchman Raymond Kopa and Argentine striker Hector Rial - pictured above with the trio - to make a sensational front five, Helles.

Rhythmic gymnast Francesca Jones has been named as Wales' flag bearer for tomorrow evening's opening ceremony at Celtic Park.

BBC Sport Scotland's John Barnes tweets:, external "@celticfc have rejected a bid from @SouthamptonFC for goalkeeper Fraser Forster. Offer seen as derisory!"

FA chairman Greg Dyke has told a panel of MPs he still hopes to introduce his controversial B league.

The 67-year-old was criticised when he attempted to introduce a new tier for Premier League second teams between League Two and the Conference in a bid to develop young English talent.

That plan was rejected by the Football League and prompted protests from supporters. However, Dyke told politicians: "The game is not over yet."

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Scotland football manager Gordon Strachan carried the Queen's Baton on the final leg of the relay's journey.

Strachan took hold of the baton outside Glasgow's Hampden Park, the home of Scotland's national football team, which is hosting athletics competitions during the Commonwealth Games.

"I think it's a chance for Scotland to grab a hold of sport and use it as a tool to help us," the former Celtic manager said. "When asking politicians to do anything, I always say 'do something about the sport because it can help your country no end'."

Mario Pasalic has joined Spanish club Elche on a season-long loan from Chelsea. The 19-year-old Croatian midfielder moved to Stamford Bridge from Hajduk Split earlier this month.

BBC Sport's Tom Rostance tweets: Possible Real Madrid XI next year which cost approx £376.5m: Lopez (£3.5m), Carvajal (£6m), Pepe (£25m), Ramos (£25m), Marcelo (£6m); Kroos (£20m), Modric (£33m); James (£63m), Bale (£85m), Ronaldo (£80m); Benzema (£30m).