And on that we bid you farewell for Thursday.

Thank you for all your interaction today and we will be back on from 08:00 BST on Friday. More transfers and gossip to welcome in the weekend.

For now though, you can stay across all aspects of the Commonwealth Games as our live text continues.

David Gordon:, external Four out of six last World Cups US have done as well or better than England. Time to stop patronising.

Matt Johnson:, external The MLS has come on huge strides. The stadia like at Seattle Sounders is better than most Premier League sides. Fans are amazing to. Embraced it.

Thank you for all your tweets on our debate which focused on whether the MLS can challenge the best European leagues in years to come. Frank Lampard will soon find out if it is hard or easy. He is a New York City FC player.

It looks like England will land two more medals in triathlon at the Commonwealth Games.

The Brownlee brothers - Alistair and Jonathan - are currently first and second respectively with under three kilometres of the run stage to go.

The gap between second and third is growing. Earlier in the day, England took gold in the women's race when Jodie Stimpson was victorious.

Follow the closing stages on our Commonwealth Games live text commentary.

Germany's Bernhard Langer and American Bob Tway share the lead on four under in the Senior British Open at Royal Porthcawl.

Langer, 56, is through nine holes and could open up a clear lead, while Scotland's Colin Montgomerie shot a one over par round of 72 on day one.

Vincenzo Nibali wins the final mountain stage of this year's Tour de France and now looks to have built an unassailable lead in the race for the yellow jersey.

The Italian took stage 18 by one minute and 10 second and is now over seven minutes clear of Frenchman Thibaut Pinot.

For reaction, follow our live text commentary.

Fraizer Campbell completes his move from Cardiff City to Crystal Palace for a fee of £900,000.

The striker, 26, turned down an offer from Leicester City and the Eagleswill be the seventh club he has represented since breaking through at Manchester United.

He becomes Palace's second signing of the summer, following Chris Kettings' arrival on a free transfer.

Some more of your views on whether Major League Soccer can one day rival the European leagues. Tweets us on #bbcsportsday.

Nioclás Mac Daibhidh:, external MLS cannot compete with Europe. A) It's franchise system means poor teams stay in the top flight despite bad performance. B) It seems more than happy to be nothing but a retirement league for over-the-hill players like Footie-Spice.

Frank Lampard is the Premier League's all-time leading midfield goal scorer. During his spells at West Ham and Chelsea, he made a habit of timely arrival in the penalty area or coolness from the penalty spot to notch 171 goals.

He is trailed by Steven Gerrard - on 111 goals - and Paul Scholes with 107.

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New York City "ticks all the right boxes" for new signing Frank Lampard.

"I had a fantastic 13 years at Chelsea and can look back at that with pride, but it was a great time for me and Chelsea to move on," says the former West Ham midfielder.

Lampard, says he will now start thinking about his international career with his club role finalised and is applauded at the end of his news conference for a well delivered speech on wanting to build a rapport with his new set of supporters.

So a new beginning for Frank Lampard, but New York City will not be in action until 2015 and the midfielder is asked what he will do between now and then.

"I'm going to keep fit, that's the main thing," he says. "How I do that is not clear yet, this has all just happened. I will sit down with people from the club and find the best way forward."

A loan move back to Europe has been reported as a possibility and New York City sporting director Claudio Reyna says "we are exploring a few options."

Chelsea FC tweet:, external Wishing Frank Lampard the very best of luck in New York! #SuperFrank

Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard joins Major League Soccer side New York City FC on a two-year contract.

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Lampard, 36, was released by the Blues at the end of last season after his contract expired to end his 13-year association with the London side.

He moved from West Ham to Chelsea in June 2001 in an £11m transfer and became the club's record goalscorer with 211 goals in his 649 appearances.

Newly-formed New York City FC will play in their first MLS season in 2015.

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Bad news for Derby County fans - Rams midfielder George Thorne is set to be sidelined for nine months with a knee injury.

Thorne was an influential figure on loan at Pride Park last season, but he only joined Derby on a permanent basis last week.

The 21-year-old injured his cruciate knee ligaments in Tuesday's friendly against Zenit St Petersburg.

If our MLS debate has got your thoughts running overtime, check out BBC Sport's feature on American finally falling in love with soccer.

"As recently as 2000, MLS was still using penalty shootouts to decide matches, so concerned was the fledgling league at the potential reaction to a drawn game - almost an abomination in sports like basketball, baseball, ice hockey and American football," writes BBC Sport's Simon Stone.

Your views on our Major League Soccer debate are plentiful and varied, so thank you. We have asked if you think the MLS can compete with major European Leagues? Tweet us on #bbcsportsday.

Ben Adams:, external US Soccer is on a huge upward trajectory. I genuinely believe they'll win the World Cup before we will again.

Sakriya Neupane:, external MLS needs to introduce promotion/relegation system and remove the salary cap if they are to compete with European leagues.

William Mooney:, external Was at a MLS game last night. Quality of play and crowds improving but still miles off from Prem matches I've attended.

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Luis Suarez could make his Barcelona debut against rivals Real Madrid, with the first El Clasico of the season set for the weekend of Sunday, 26 October.

The striker, who is banned for four months for a bite on Italy's Giorgio Chiellini, cannot feature for his new club until that day, when his ban expires.

Should the game be scheduled for Saturday 25 October, Suarez - Barca's £75m summer signing from Liverpool - would remain banned from all football activity.

Fraizer Campbell has left Cardiff City to join Crystal Palace after the Premier League side triggered a £800,000 release clause in the striker's contract.

The fee could rise to close to £1m with add-ons.

Leicester City had also been courting Campbell, who scored six goals in the Premier League last year as Cardiff were relegated, but the 26-year-old agreed terms with Palace.

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Swansea City announce the signing of Ecuador international Jefferson Montero on a four-year deal.

The 24-year-old winger, who started all three of Ecuador's group games, joins from Mexican club Morelia.

He becomes Swansea's sixth signing of the summer after the acquisitions of Gylfi Sigurdsson, Lukasz Fabianski, Marvin Emnes, Stephen Kingsley and former Lyon striker Bafetimbi Gomis.

Franck Ribery could return from injury for Bayern Munich this weekend according to boss Pep Guardiola.

The forward missed France's World Cup campaign with a back injury, but with a number of Bayern's star players still on holiday after the tournament, could find himself back on the pitch.

"Ribery has trained well this week," says Guardiola. "I think he can play a couple of minutes in Hamburg."

Bayern take on Borussia Monchengladbach in the Telekom Cup.

Chelsea forward Lucas Piazon joins German side Eintracht Frankfurt on a season-long loan.

The 20-year-old has already had spells with Malaga and Vitesse Arnhem since joining Chelsea in 2012, scoring 11 goals for the latter last season.