Worcestershire express disappointment that England will not allow all-rounder Moeen Ali to play in their T20 Blast quarter-final.

On Saturday, they face Surrey at The Oval with a finals day place at stake.

"I would have loved for him to be helping us qualify. It means a lot to Worcestershire to try and get there," director of cricket Steve Rhodes says. "But rules are rules and coaches are coaches - and I thoroughly understand Peter Moores' situation."

Fulham complete the permanent signing of Bulgarian international defender Nikolay Bodurov.

The 28-year-old has signed a three-year contract with an additional one-year option.

Bodurov made 125 appearances for his hometown club, Pirin Blagoevgrad, before moving to Litex Lovech in 2009, helping them to the Bulgarian championship on two occasions.

Arsenal's Mesut Ozil called in on the USA basketball team at their Las Vegas training camp recently...

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... the German World Cup winner practised his jump shot and posed for photographs with NBA stars such as Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose and Damian Lillard...

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... there will be one World Cup Germany won't be winning this year - the Fiba World Cup. They haven't qualified. The United States are the holders.

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Manchester City are planning to send young players to develop at their Major League Soccer franchise in the USA.

New York City FC, who signed England midfielder Frank Lampard from Chelsea in July, are owned by City and baseball giants New York Yankees.

"We have some bright players. We might ask them to come to New York before they play at Manchester," City chief executive Ferran Soriano tells ESPN. "This is a team that's going to play beautiful soccer in New York."

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The boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Ali during his 1971 fight with Joe Frazier have been sold for $388,375 (£237,000).

An anonymous bidder bought the gloves at an auction in Cleveland, US.

The bout, dubbed the "Fight of the Century", saw Frazier beat Ali by a unanimous decision to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion.

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France midfielder Clement Grenier, who has recently been linked with Newcastle, denies he missed training recently to try to force a move from Lyon.

He posted on his personal website:, external "I have read a lot of things about myself recently. I have no problem with the club and have never missed a training session intentionally. There is no controversy and my intention is to be back on the pitch and competing as soon as possible."

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Broken pacts, discontent and a silent owner - BBC Sport's Ben Smith delves into the background to Southampton's £92m player sale. Read more here.

With Louis van Gaal installing cameras at the club's training ground to observe all aspects of his players during training, how would you get the best out of your squad? Let us know #bbcsportsday, external

Samuel Kelly:, external Make them dribble around crocodiles.

Matt Allen:, external Pure good man management. Utd players might as well be in the big brother house. Lack of faith in his players.

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo says the La Liga champions are not interested in signing Arsenal's Santi Cazorla, Chelsea striker Fernando Torres or Manchester United's Javier Hernandez.

"Many names have been mentioned, but none of those players, neither Cazorla, Torres nor Chicharito [Hernandez] are on our agenda," Cerezo tells Radio Marca.

"If we sign another player, it won't be any of them."

Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker on Twitter:, external "August has arrived. The month that football returns to our lives."

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Southampton boss Ronald Koeman appears determined to keep Morgan Schneiderlin at the club, according to the Daily Mirror's Darren Lewis.

The midfielder has been linked with a move to Tottenham.

Lewis writes on Twitter:, external "Ronald Koeman rules out Morgan Schneiderlin's exit - just as he did with Dejan Lovren. #pricenotrightyet."

Tottenham's Spanish winger Iago Falque signs for Italian Serie A side Genoa.

The 24-year-old Spanish winger joined Spurs on a season-long loan deal from Juventus three years ago before completing a permanent move the following year, but made only one Premier League appearance.

According to the Eastern Daily Press's Norwich City reporter Paddy Davitt, striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel could be set for a loan move to French side St Etienne.

Davitt tweets:, external "Suggestions across the channel there is a buy option in proposed RvW season-long loan to St Etienne. Six million euros quoted. St Etienne to cover all of RvW wage during the proposed loan deal period."

England pace bowler James Anderson has a hearing on Friday over his alleged clash with India's Ravindra Jadeja during the first Test.

Jadeja will also appeal against his fine for his part in the incident at the same hearing.

The International Cricket Council handed Anderson, 32, a level three misconduct charge over claims he abused and pushed Jadeja at Trent Bridge. Anderson faces a maximum four-Test ban if he is found guilty.

League One Oldham sign forward Jonathan Forte after a successful trial.

The 28-year-old, released by Southampton in the summer, has signed a one-year contract with the club in a deal until the end of the season.

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How did Barcelona defender Gerard Pique become the player he is today? By being pushed over by Louis van Gaal when he was 12, apparently.

The two worked together when Van Gaal managed Barcelona, and Pique says: "He had a really good relationship with my grandfather who was the vice-president of football at Barcelona and I had the chance to meet him one day in my grandfather's house.

"I was 12 or 13 years old and he arrived at the house and he knew that I was playing for the Barcelona youth team - and he pushed me and I fell down on the floor and he said to me: 'You are not tough enough to be a centre-back'. He is very disciplined but I think he will do brilliantly at Manchester United."

St Johnstone face an uphill struggle to progress in the Europa League after losing 2-1 at home, external to Spartak Trnava of Slovakia on Thursday.

The visitors broke the deadlock midway through the first half through striker Ivan Schranz's left-footed effort.

A mistake in the Saints defence allowed Schranz to double Trnava's advantage in the second half. However, captain Dave Mackay slotted home from close range in injury time to give the Perth team hope.

New rules which prevent players and coaches betting on any worldwide footballing activity will help in the fight against match-fixing, says Football Association general secretary Alex Horne.

Players from the top eight tiers of the English game are banned from betting on the sport under new rules which came into force on Friday.

"We want to keep our message as simple as possible - and it cannot be more simple that as a player you cannot bet at all on football," says Horne.

With Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal observing every aspect of his players' training with hordes of video cameras, as well as making all his squad speak English and sit at round tables to encourage conversation, how would you get the best out of your players? What is the best and worst new training methods you have heard implemented? Let us know via #bbcsportsday. , external

Nathan Mawell:, external "I'd split the squad into teams of 4/5 and set them non football competitions to do after training. Treasure hunts etc.

Adediran Afolabi:, external "Pep's short pass system and double marking of opponents with ball still remains the best trend in modern football."

Aberdeen lost the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round tie 2-0 to an impressive Real Sociedad side.

It was always going to be tough for Derek McInnes's men and they did well to keep it at 0-0 for 45 minutes.

However, the Spaniards found their touch in the second half - although the Dons could have defended better when David Zurutuza broke the deadlock. Sergio Canales' long distance shot beat Jamie Langfield to double the deficit.