BBC Sport presenter Jonathan Edwards on Mo Farah's withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games: "I'm not surprised to be honest. Clearly he's got a real issue with his health. Alberto Salazar his coach does nothing by halves. If he wasn't absolutely right, he wasn't going to race."

Farah withdrew from the competition as he has not recovered from a recent illness. You can read more reaction on our Commonwealth Games live text commentary.

The Rugby Football League reveal full details of the new structure for the 2015 Super League and Championship.

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Teams will play 23 games in two divisions of 12 and then be split into three pools of eight.

The top Super Eights group will then play seven further games, with the top four at that stage progressing to contest places in the Grand Final. Four further top-flight clubs for the following campaign will come from the middle qualifiers pool.

Wigan won both the Challenge Cup and Super League last season.

New Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera says the club must keep improving, despite winning 7-0 against LA Galaxy in Louis van Gaal's first game as the club's manager.

"We are happy with the result but let's not forget this is a friendly and we still have many things to improve on," said Herrera, who was voted man of the match for his performance in California.

"Our coach is a very demanding coach, he always looks for only perfection and for that reason he is ideal for a club that always looks to achieve the greatest things, he won't let us sit back and relax or sit back, we still have a lot to prove."

Some comments on our latest Sportsday question, where we asked can the Major League Soccer competition rival European leagues?

Sean Miguel:, external Current league regulations on player acquisition and salary mean that MLS clubs cannot compete with European clubs for stars. Until that changes the quality of play in the MLS will remain closer to the Mexican League than to the Premier League.

Leo Jordan:, external I think the MLS is already more exciting than some European leagues like the Bundesliga. They give football a fresh twist.

Somerset fear wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter could miss the rest of the season after suffering a serious facial injury.

Image source, Craig Kieswetter - Twitter

Kieswetter, 26, broke his nose and damaged his eye socket and cheekbone when a ball went through his helmet grille while batting against Northants.

Director of cricket Dave Nosworthy told BBC Somerset: "He needs to recuperate and show that he's ready. Whether that will be this season or not - time will tell."

Blackpool's pre-season friendly against Alfreton, which was scheduled for Saturday, has now been cancelled because of a lack of players for the Championship side.

This comes after their tour of Spain was cancelled and a recent friendly against Penrith saw the Tangerines field five trial players in the team.

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Swansea City confirm that Alejandro Pozuelo has joined Rayo Vallecano for an undisclosed fee.

A loan move looked likely (see 13:13), but the Spanish midfielder has returned to his home country on a permanent deal after just one season at the Liberty Stadium.

Pozuelo, 22, made 36 appearances and scored two goals for the Swans, but did not feature in the last two months of the season.

The signing of Bojan Krkic underlines what Stoke City are capable of, according to striker Peter Crouch.

The Potters have secured the signature of the former Barcelona striker, 23, on a four-year-deal.

"The fact he's young and wants to come to Stoke City proves we are an ambitious club and people want to come here," Crouch tells the Stoke Sentinel.

"When he burst on to the scene at Barcelona he was awesome and he is still an incredibly talented player. The fact we have got him at such a young age hopefully means we will have him for his best years."

The first gold medal of the Commonwealth games is won by...England.

Jodie Stimpson, 25, shows courage and a deadly kick for the line as she wins the women's triathlon.

You can catch all of the reaction to her win on our live text commentary now.

Here are some of your views on the debate so far:

Ben Burgess:, external People who think US can't succeed due to NFL etc taking best athletes..their second string athletes did better than our 1st in Brazil.

Daryl Lewis:, external No, the MLS gets them at the end of their European careers. Long way to go before they rival Europe in any aspect

Tom Bateson:, external Everyone is saying "MLS just has old players". I guess everyone has forgotten Yedlin, Bradley, Dempsey, Zusi, Besler then?

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Our debate this afternoon focuses on Major League Soccer - the domestic league comprising 16 teams from the US and three from Canada.

First run with 10 teams in 1996, it has seen rapid growth in recent years and strengthened along with the fortunes of the US national team.

Indeed, at the 2014 World Cup, in their 1-0 defeat to champions Germany, USA fielded seven players based in the MLS in their side.

Is this league growing sufficiently enough to one day rival European leagues? Tweet #bbcsportsday

Alejandro Pozuelo looks set to complete a loan move from Swansea to Spanish side Rayo Vallecano, reports the South Wales Evening Post., external

The 22-year-old has been pictured holding Rayo's shirt in Spanish media and while Swansea have not confirmed his departure, Garry Monk is understood to be willing to let him leave.

Newcastle and West Ham United's hopes of signing Arsenal's Carl Jenkinson have suffered a blow, reports the Daily Express., external

The Gunners hoped to land Serge Aurier from Toulouse, but the 21-year-old's decision to take up a season-long loan with Paris St Germain means Jenkinson will now be needed as back-up to Mathieu Debuchy at the Emirates.

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Anyone for a photo-bomb with the most famous person in the Commonwealth?

Not a bad souvenir to leave the Commonwealth Games with for Australian hockey player Jayde Taylor who has tweeted the unique photograph.

"Ahhh The Queen photo-bombed our selfie!!", tweets Taylor., external

Clint Dempsey, Kaka, David Villa, Thierry Henry, Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe. All household names, all now in or heading to the MLS in America to play their football. Can the MLS one day compete with European leagues?

Tom Sewell:, external I would encourage any Englishman who thinks MLS can't succeed to go and watch a Seattle Sounders game. MLS is going places.

Charles Nurick:, external The USA will never be a footballing country whilst the likes of the NFL, NBA and MLB snap up the most talented athletes.

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Former Mexico coach Javier Aguirre is appointed Japan manager.

The 55-year-old led Mexico to the last 16 of the World Cup in 2002 and 2010, and takes charge of a Japan side which suffered a first-round exit at this summer's World Cup in Brazil.

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James Rodriguez could make his first league start for Real Madrid against newly promoted Cordoba on the opening day of the season.

The fixtures for La Liga's opening weekend on 23 and 24 August have been released.

Opening weekend fixtures: Sevilla v Valencia; Levante v Villarreal; Barcelona v Elche; Granada v Deportivo La Coruna; Rayo Vallecano v Atlético de Madrid; Eibar v Real Sociedad; Real Madrid v Córdoba; Real Celta Vigo v Getafe; Almeria v Espanyol; Malaga v Athletic Club Bilbao.

It's the final day in the mountains in this year's Tour de France and, realistically, the final chance for anybody to hold up overall leader Vincenzo Nibali's seemingly unstoppable procession to the top of the podium in Paris.

The Italian leads by five minutes and 26 seconds with just four stages to go and it will take something special - or a crash - to take the leader's yellow jersey off him now.

There is still plenty of racing to look forward to, with today's 145.5km stage from Pau taking in the iconic Col du Tourmalet and finishing with an ascent up Hautacam.

For all the thrills and spills, follow BBC Sport's live text commentary from 12:30 BST.

As it is now past midday, we have a new debate we would like you to get involved in.

As we have reported already, many of our English clubs are in the US playing friendlies, spreading the gospel if you will.

Major League Soccer seems to be attracting some big names, with the likes of Thierry Henry, Jermain Defoe and David Villa to name only a few, so is the US a rapidly emerging football country?

Can the MLS rival European leagues? Tweet us on #bbcsportsday or text on 81111.

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Former senior national coach Andy Flower will lead England Lions in their triangular series against New Zealand A and Sri Lanka A next month.

Flower stood down as England head coach after England's whitewash defeat to Australia in the Ashes.

Nottinghamshire batsman James Taylor will captain the team, which acts as a second string to England's main Test side.